Election of 1944 and End of WWII Flashcards
Democrat Candidate (1944)
FDR
TRUMAN NEW VP!!!
Republican Candidate (1944)
NY Governor Thomas Dewey
Why did FDR win?
War was going well.
How did FDR die
Hemorrhage of the brain during portrait
Manhattan Project
Einstein warned FDR of German atomic bomb making.
$2 billion for project.
Created atomic bomb.
Lead scientist of Manhattan
Oppenheimer
General of Manhattan
Groves
Hiroshima killed how many?
180,000 total
70,000 immediately
Why Nagasaki?
Emperor Hirohito refused to surrender.
Nagasaki death?
80,000 total
Nagasaki bomb type
Pu-239
Who was in charge of Africa and Italy missions?
Eisenhower
What happened to Mussolini?
Overthrown. Captured from escape and murdered by firing squad with mistress. Hung upside after to be yelled at.
D-Day Date
June 6th, 1944
D-Day led by
Eisenhower
D-Day Events
4,600 ships.
Normandy, France. Largest seaborne invasion in history.
Led to driving the Nazis out and an Allied victory in Europe.
D-Day Pilots Targeted (2)
- Railroads
- Gasoline Plants
Jew deaths in Holocaust
6 million
Other deaths in Holocaust
5 million
Hitler Date of Death
April 30th, 1945
Hitler Death Events
In 3 floor underground bunker. Using Amphetamines. Shot himself and wife drank poison. Some skeptical, but USSR had skull and matched it with dental work.
V-E Day
May 8, 1945
After suicide, the new general issued a surrender.
VE German General
Jodl
How many concentration camps?
20
Death Camps?
4
List of those killed
- Gypsies
- Alcoholics
- Gays
- Slaviks
- Criminals
Who got to live in camps?
Those that could help the war effort.
Yalta Conference Date
February 1945
Yalta Conference
- USSR to help in Japan
- United Nations
Stalin put __________ in Eastern countries, but promised fair and free elections.
Soldiers.
United Nations start Date
October 1945
Stalin said he would help with _________.
Japan
VJ Day
September 2nd, 1945
Potsdam Date and What happened
Summer 1945.
-Divided Germany in 4 parts.
-Berlin split in 4 parts.
Later combined into East and West.
