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1945BY: LAUREN DEAS, ADRIENNE WEBB, JARED
BURGOYNE
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OPERATION BODENPLATTE• LAUNCHED ON JANUARY 1ST 1945
• AN ATTEMPT BY THE LUFTWAFFE (AERIAL WARFARE BRANCH OF THE GERMAN WEHRMACHT) TO INJURE ALLIED AIR FORCES IN THE LOW COUNTRIES
• THE GOAL WAS TO GAIN AIR SUPERIORITY DURING THE STAGNANT STAGE OF THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE TO ALLOW THE GERMAN ARMY AND THE WAFFEN- SS FORCES TO RESUME THEIR ADVANCES
• THE OPERATION WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR DECEMBER 16TH 1944 BUT WAS DELAYED DUE TO BAD WEATHER
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PLANES
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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE IN 1945• RED ARMY ENACTS MASSIVE OFFENSIVE AGAINST GERMAN FOES ALONG THE
EASTERN FRONT
• JANUARY 12TH 1945 – FEBRUARY 2ND 1945
• TARGETS ARE GERMAN ARMY A AND ARMY GROUP CENTER LOCATED IN EAST PRUSSIA AND POLAND
• BATTLE LINE IS LONG RUNNING FRONT FROM THE LITHUANIAN COAST DOWN TO THE BALKANS REGION
• THE RED ARMY OFFENSIVE IS SPEAR-HEADED BY THE 1ST, 2ND AND 3RD BELORUSSIAN FRONTS AS WELL AS THE 1ST BALTIC FRONT JOINED BY THE 1ST UKRANIAN FRONT
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Soviet troops enter led by a Self-Propelled gun.
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JANUARY 16TH 1945
• HITLER REORDERS HIS FORCES, WEAKENING KEY AREAS OF DEFENSE, TO ATTEMPT A FLANKING MANEUVER AGAINST THE RED ARMY NEAR POZNAN
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MUSSOLINI APRIL 28TH 1945
• HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=2OOGGVJDC8A
• HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=Z9AANXO0F5C
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HITLER’S SUICIDE• APRIL 30TH 1945
• AVA, HIS WIFE COMMITTED SUICIDE WITH HIM BY CYANIDE
• THE AFTERNOON OF, THEIR REMAINS WERE CARRIED UP THE STAIRS, DOUSED IN PETROL, AND SET ON FIRE
• SOME SAY HE DIED BY POISON ONLY
• SOME SAY SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND WHILE BITING DOWN ON A CYANIDE CAPSULE
• THE DEATH OF ADOLF HITLER: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=MB-HC1348ZQ
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GERMANY SURRENDERS• DUE TO FAILURE OF NAZI TROOPS IN BERLIN AND ELSEWHERE, DONITZ AND
HIS FELLOW NEGOTIATORS LOST ANY LEVERAGE IN ASKING FOR CERTAIN CONDITIONS IN REGARD TO THE SURRENDER
• DONITZ DECIDED ON MAY 7 TO GIVE IN TO ALLIED DEMANDS OF UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER
• THE SURRENDER WAS MADE OFFICIAL THE FOLLOWING DAY WITH A SIGNING AT A FORMAL CEREMONY
• MAY 8 WAS DECLARED VICTORY-IN-EUROPE (V-E) DAY, A DAY STILL CELEBRATED AS A PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
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HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI• CONDUCTED BY THE US
• PACIFIC WAR CONTINUED AFTER GERMANY’S SURRENDER
• TOGETHER IN THE UK AND THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA, THE US CALLED FOR SURRENDER OF JAPAN IN THE POTSDAM DECLARATION (JULY 26TH 1945) THREATENING JAPAN WITH “PROMPT AND UTTER DESTRUCTION”
• WHEN THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT IGNORED THE ULTIMATUM, AMERICAN AIRMAN DROPPED LITTLE BOY ON THE CITY OF HIROSHIMA ON AUGUST 6TH 1945
• THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY FAT MAN ON NAGASAKI ON THE 9TH OF AUGUST
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CONTINUED…• WITHIN 2-4 MONTHS, 90-166000 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN HIROSHIMA AND
60-80000 IN NAGASAKI
• HALF OF THE DEATHS IN EACH CITY HAPPENED WITHIN THE FIRST DAY
• ESTIMATED THAT THE PEOPLE WHO DIED ON THE FIRST DAY SUFFERED FROM:
• 60% - FLASH/FLAME BURN
• 30% - FALLEN DEBRIS
• 10% - OTHER CAUSES
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CONTINUED…
• AFTER THAT:
• 15-20% - RADIATION SICKNESS
• 20-30% - BURNS
• 50-60% - OTHER INJURIES
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JAPANS SURRENDER
• AUGUST 15TH 1945 – SURRENDER IS ANNOUNCED
• ANNOUNCED TO JAPANS ALLIES
• SEPTEMBER 2ND 1945 – SIGNED INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER
• OFFICIALLY ENDED WWII
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Germany’s ally zone in July 2945
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When was Operation Bodenplatte launched?
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What officially ended World War Two?
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What did the Potsdam Declaration claim for Japan?
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According to The Death of Adolf Hitler, how did Hitler die?
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How far apart were Mussolini and Hitler’s deaths?