V-E Day and V-J Day PowerPoint Presentation

PowerPoint presentation: 30 slides

Objective: To examine the events leading to the end of the war.

 Topics Covered:

-          FDR’s fourth term and death

-          Victory in Europe

-          Island hopping

-          Capture of the Philippines, Iwo Jima and Okinawa

-          Kamikaze attacks

-          Potsdam Declaration

-          Enola Gay and the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

-          Victory in Japan

 Key Terms and People:

-          Franklin Delano Roosevelt

-          Harry Truman

-          Adolf Hitler

-          Joseph Stalin

-          Winston Churchill

-          Paul Tibbets

 Multimedia:

-          Video clip: Island Hopping - The U.S. invasion of the Tarawa Atoll.