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Describe the significance of each of the following leaders: Hitler Mussolini Stalin Churchill Roosevelt Compare and contrast the technologies of WWI and WWII. How did the technology of WWII contribute to the deadlier nature of the war?

Describe the significance of each of the following leaders: Hitler Mussolini Stalin Churchill Roosevelt Compare and contrast the technologies of WWI and WWII. How did the technology of WWII contribute to the deadlier nature of the war?

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Describe the significance of each of the following leaders: Hitler Mussolini Stalin Churchill Roosevelt Compare and contrast the technologies of WWI and WWII. How did the technology of WWII contribute to the deadlier nature of the war?
### Battle of Midway (1942) In the early years of the war, Japan was successful through its island-hopping campaigns and conquest of French Indochina, Burma, Malaysia, the Dutch East Indies, and the Philippines. By 1942, the Japanese Empire stretched from Southeast Asia to the western Pacific Ocean. In the Battle of Midway, fought almost entirely with aircraft, the United States destroyed Japan's first-line carrier strength and most of its well-trained naval pilots. ### Invasion of Normandy (1944) The Allies invaded France on June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day. Allied troops fought their way across the English Channel, landing on the beaches of Normandy. They broke through German defenses to advance toward Paris and liberated France from German control. The Allies then moved from France into Germany. ### The War Ends In the war in Europe ended on May 7, 1945, with the Germans' surrender. Fighting in the Pacific would continue until the Japanese surrendered in August 1945. ### Yalta Conference In February 1945, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met at Yalta, a Soviet resort in the Black Sea. They knew the war was close to an end. The three leaders decided to a post-war strategy to divide Germany temporarily. British, French, American, and Soviet forces would each control a zone of Germany. In addition, they agreed that Stalin would oversee the creation of new governments in Eastern Europe. ### Victory in the Pacific Japan was greatly weakened, and the United States took the offensive after its victory at Midway. U.S. military forces recaptured Japanese-held islands south of Japan and advanced north. By mid-1944, the Americans had begun to bomb the Japanese home islands. Japan refused to surrender. ### Hiroshima and Nagasaki With no war in Europe, the Allies poured resources into the Pacific. By mid-1945, most of the Japanese navy and air force had been destroyed. Japan's army was still strong, however. On August 6, 1945, an American plane dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The bomb flattened four square miles of the city and killed 70,000 people. They dropped another bomb on Nagasaki, killing 40,000 people. Some militarists wanted to hold out, but on August 10, Japanese emperor Hirohito forced his government to surrender. Japan signed a peace treaty on September 2,
Transcribed Image Text:### Battle of Midway (1942) In the early years of the war, Japan was successful through its island-hopping campaigns and conquest of French Indochina, Burma, Malaysia, the Dutch East Indies, and the Philippines. By 1942, the Japanese Empire stretched from Southeast Asia to the western Pacific Ocean. In the Battle of Midway, fought almost entirely with aircraft, the United States destroyed Japan's first-line carrier strength and most of its well-trained naval pilots. ### Invasion of Normandy (1944) The Allies invaded France on June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day. Allied troops fought their way across the English Channel, landing on the beaches of Normandy. They broke through German defenses to advance toward Paris and liberated France from German control. The Allies then moved from France into Germany. ### The War Ends In the war in Europe ended on May 7, 1945, with the Germans' surrender. Fighting in the Pacific would continue until the Japanese surrendered in August 1945. ### Yalta Conference In February 1945, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met at Yalta, a Soviet resort in the Black Sea. They knew the war was close to an end. The three leaders decided to a post-war strategy to divide Germany temporarily. British, French, American, and Soviet forces would each control a zone of Germany. In addition, they agreed that Stalin would oversee the creation of new governments in Eastern Europe. ### Victory in the Pacific Japan was greatly weakened, and the United States took the offensive after its victory at Midway. U.S. military forces recaptured Japanese-held islands south of Japan and advanced north. By mid-1944, the Americans had begun to bomb the Japanese home islands. Japan refused to surrender. ### Hiroshima and Nagasaki With no war in Europe, the Allies poured resources into the Pacific. By mid-1945, most of the Japanese navy and air force had been destroyed. Japan's army was still strong, however. On August 6, 1945, an American plane dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The bomb flattened four square miles of the city and killed 70,000 people. They dropped another bomb on Nagasaki, killing 40,000 people. Some militarists wanted to hold out, but on August 10, Japanese emperor Hirohito forced his government to surrender. Japan signed a peace treaty on September 2,
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