The Legacy of World War II

The Legacy of World War II — page 3 — THE GLOBAL WAR DRAWS TO A CLOSE Timeline 1943 September 8 Italy surrenders to Allied forces 1945 World War II 1939 1945 was a true global war that involved almost every country in the world At the end of the war only nine countries were neutral The rest had joined with either the Allied or Axis powers Allied countries were led by Great Britain the United States and the Soviet Union U S S R or the United Soviet Socialist Republic France Canada and China were also Allied countries Axis countries included Germany Italy and Japan Many countries around the world were involved in the war because they were colonies of the maior powers May 8 Germany surrenders to Allied forces August 15 Japan surrenders to Allied forces Allied Axis and Neutral countries at the End of World War II ARCTIC OCEAN Canada Denmark ATLANTIC France Bulgaria PACIFIC United State Spain Spanish Morocco Iraq Persie Afghanistan Spanish Sahara Anibya Egypt Satt West thioplas Liberia Guinea colonel Dutch at Portuguese colony Tople of Capricorn LGEND South Africa As coUNTRIES ALLED COUNTRIES DAS THEN ALLIE New Zealand NUTRAL COUNTRIES SOUTHERN OCEAN

The Legacy of World War II — page 4 — END OF THE WAR On May 8 Germany surrendered to Allied forces This ended the war in Europe but the fight in the In September 1943 Italy surrendered Pacific between the Allies and Japan to the Allies The country had been led by a dictator named Benito Mussolini continued In early August 1945 the United States dropped two nuclear After years of terrible losses in the war bombs on the Japanese cities of Mussolini was fired in July 1943 In Hiroshima and Nagasaki The two October Italy joined the Allies for the bombs killed thousands of people rest of the war instantly Others became sick and died By the spring of 1945 an Allied victory in the weeks that followed Emperor in Europe seemed certain The leader Hirohito of Japan surrendered on of Nazi Germany was a dictator August 15 World War II was named Adolf Hitler Rather than be officially over caught by the Allies Hitler committed suicide in his underground hiding BELOW A mushroom cloud erupts from the place on April 30 Two days earlier explosion after the United States dropped a Benito Mussolini was shot dead then nuclear bomb on Hiroshima hung by his feet in Milan Italy The war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan s advantage FROM EMPEROR HIROHITO's RADIO ADDRESS ANNOUNCING THE SURRENDER OF JAPAN

The Legacy of World War II — page 5 — ABOVE Austria May 1945 Hungarian Jews after being removed from Nazi concentration camps to facilities provided by the U S Army Twenty one million people were homeless or displaced after the war DEVASTATION IN EUROPE More than 21 million people were homeless Some had lost their homes in battles Others had been taken far There had never been a war as costly from their home countries during the as World War II For the first time war to be used as forced labor in war history more civilians than At the end of the war these displaced soldiers died Historians estimate persons to place to had find a new live that and 60 million people between 35 died in the war By the end of the war or return home During the summer of 1945 millions of soldiers and hundreds of farms cities factories civilians tried to make their way and other facilities were destroyed home across Europe European economies were near

The Legacy of World War II — page 6 — DEVASTATION IN ASIA Large areas of China were occupied by Japan during the war The people in these areas suffered greatly under Japanese control Millions of Chinese people died More than 60 million were homeless Many were starving Post war Japan was also in turmoil About five million Japanese people were wounded sick or starving Nine million people were homeless Much of the country's wealth was gone Tay NS IT Tes RIGHT Destruction of the Japanese cities Nagasaki top FREE and Hiroshima right after seeing score to the United States dropped nuclear

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