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End of WWII. Chapter 17. Liberation of Nazi Camps. Liberation begins in 1944 Soviets liberated Majdanek and Auschwitz United States liberated Buchenwald and Dachau Interview With Survivor News reel of liberation. V-E Day. May 8, 1945 Formal defeat of Nazi Regime and Third Reich
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End of WWII Chapter 17
Liberation of Nazi Camps • Liberation begins in 1944 • Soviets liberated Majdanek and Auschwitz • United States liberated Buchenwald and Dachau • Interview With Survivor • News reel of liberation
V-E Day • May 8, 1945 • Formal defeat of Nazi Regime and Third Reich • Hitler had already committed suicide • V-J Day Allied defeat of Japan • August 15, 1945
Hiroshima • August 6, 1945 • “Little Boy” • Enola Gay, U.S. Air Force B-29 bomber • Paul W. Tibbets Jr. • 80,000 people killed initially • 60,000 people killed from radiation poisoning
Little Boy Bomb • 10 feet long • 9,700 pounds • Uranium-235
Nagasaki • August 9, 1945 • “Fat Man” • Bocks Car, U.S. Air Force B-29 bomber • Charles W. Sweeney • 39,000 people killed initially • 75,000 people killed by bomb-related causes
Fat Man Bomb • 10 feet, 8 inches • 10,265 pounds • Plutonium-239
Yalta Conference • Feb. 1945 • Germany divided into 4 zones • American, British, Soviet, and French • U.S./British goal: reunite Germany over time • Nuremberg Trials • 12 of 24 defendants (Nazi Party members) • April 1945 first meeting of United Nations in San Francisco