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A-Bombs and Ending the WarBy the end of 1944, the Allies were advancing everywhere. The ____________________ pushed into Germany in the East. The _________________and ______________________led the drive from the West and South.In the pacific, U.S. Forces were rolling back the________________________________. In fierce fighting, they captured island after island in the Pacific. They moved closer to Japan.By early 1945 Axis cities were being heavily _____________________ by British and American planesOn May 7, 1945 Germany surrendered to the Allies. Hitler ________________himself a week earlier.However, Japan still held out - Even though they were losing to the Americans in the Pacific, the Americans knew that the Japanese were not going to____________________.Example - _______________________________- were ___________________ attacks by military aviators from the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific campaign of World War IITo defeat the Japanese the Americans had a secret weapon - The Atomic BombAtomic BombBetween 1942 and 1946 the American’s did tests that produced the first Atomic BombsThis was called the ______________________________Project - The Physicist in charge was ________________________.In early August, 1945 the Americans dropped _______ Atomic Bombs on the Island of JapanFirst Target - Hiroshima - August 6, 1945 - The _________________dropped “_____________________”___________________were destroyed - 69% of Hiroshima’s buildings___________________- ______________________were killed2) Second Target - Nagasaki - August 9, 1945 - The ____________dropped “______________”The explosion generated heat estimated at ___________________°C (7,050 °F) and winds that were estimated at _____________________km/h ______________- _________________ were killedRoughly half of the deaths in each city occurred on the first day. During the following months, large numbers died from the effect of burns, _________________________, and other injuries, compounded by illness and malnutrition. In both cities, most of the dead were civilians,__________________ the WarWW2 caused enormous destruction. Much of Germany and Japan had to be rebuilt. Britain suffered terrible damage also.Casualties - Axis suffered about _________ million military and civilian deaths. The Allies lost 4 times as many. The USSR alone lost ______ million people.Germany and Japan were no longer military powers and France and Britain had lost whateverpower they kept since before WW1. The 2 superpowers to emerge as global Superpowers were the _______________and _______________________. ................
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