Chapter 14 Section 4: The End of the War Flashcards
What date did D-Day occur on?
June 6, 1944
The battle in which the Germans made solid advances initially, but eventually marked the end of German resistance is known as…
the Battle of the Bulge
Who was the first to reach Berlin?
the Soviets
What happened on May 8, 1945?
V-E, or Victory in Europe, Day occurred
7,000 Americans died trying to capture an island during the…
Battle of Iwo Jima
What battle killed 12,000 Americans and more than 100,000 Japanese?
the Battle of Okaniwa
What happened on August 6th and 9th, 1945?
Americans dropped bombs on Japan, first on Hiroshima and then Nagasaki
What happened on August 15th, 1945?
Japan surrendered to the U.S.; this was known as V-J Day
Who was the Atlantic Charter issued by?
FDR and Churchill
The meeting in which the “Big Three” tried to reach an agreement on what to do with postwar Europe is called the…
Yalta Conference
Roosevelt convinced Stalin to agree to join a new world organization proposed by the Allies as the…
United Nations
In July 1945, the “Big Three” met again to discuss the issues affecting postwar Europe; this was known as…
the Potsdam Conference
