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End of WWII - Coggle Diagram

- - - - In March 1945, American Marines took Iwo Jima after a month of bitter fighting
        
        On April 1, U.S. troops moved onto the island of Okinawa
        
        The next Allied target had to be Japan
        
        President Truman decides to use the atomic bomb
        
        On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima
        
        On August 9, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki
        
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        70,000-80,000 out of the 350,000 civilians died
        
        The first atomic bomb exploded in New Mexico on July, 1945
        
        An invasion would take half a million men
        
        The Japanese put up a desperate fight
      - The Japanese had a bold plan to prevent the allies to resupply troops, but they risked their entire fleet.
        
        On October 23, in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, and the next 4 days, the Japan navy lost disastrously
- - - - Shortage of consumer goods
        
        the government rationed scarce items
    - - a wave of prejudice arose in the U.S. against Japanese
        
        The U.S. government began rounding up "aliens"
      - Civilians were more invested in the war effort
- - - - Invasion (D-Day) began on June 6, 1944
        
        British, American, French, and Canadian troops fought
        
        the Allies took heavy casualties
        
        The Germans were well dug in
        
        Within a month, a million more troops landed
        
        Allied forces moved to Germany from the west opening a second front for the Nazis
        
        Hitler planned a counter attack
        
        He wanted to split the Allied forces and break up their supply lines
        
        On December 16, German tanks broke through weak American defenses in the Ardennes
        
        the Battle of the Bulge
        
        The Germans were pushed back
        
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