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   Apr 21, 2024 · February 1945. Winston Churchill, Soviet premier Joseph Stalin, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Germany was to be divided into 4 zones each occupied by one of the 4 allies. Poland would get land from Germany and would lose land to the USSR in the East. Stalin promised to allow free elections in the East European countries the Soviet army ...

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   Apr 17, 2024 · Battle of Britain, during World War II, the successful defense of Great Britain against unremitting and destructive air raids conducted by the German air force from July through September 1940, after the fall of France. Learn more about the Battle of Britain in this article.

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   Why did Japan lose a war in 1945?

   • Intense bombing of Japan (on March 9-10, 1945, for example, bombs leveled nearly 16 square miles of Tokyo and killed 90,000 Japanese) had not moved Japan to surrender. Continued fighting in the Pacific (Iwo Jima, February-March, 1945; Okinawa, April-June 1945; and ongoing fighting in the Philippines) led to mounting American casualties.

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   How many people were killed by atomic bombs in 1945?

   • On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, killing 80,000 people instantly. The American people learned about the new weapon from a White House press release (Document D). Three days later, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki that killed 35,000 people.

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   What happened after Germany surrendered in 1945?

   • After Germany’s surrender on May 7, 1945, the war continued in the Pacific, as did planning for the invasion of Japan. Allied military leaders believed invasion was the only way to force the unconditional surrender for which Allied policy called (Document C).

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   What happened during the Cold War?

   • The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947 and lasted to 1991.

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   May 6, 2024 · Who won the Battle of Stalingrad? What is the significance of the Battle of Stalingrad? When was the turning point of the Battle of Stalingrad? How many people died during the Battle of Stalingrad?

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   1 day ago · atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, during World War II, American bombing raids on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9, 1945) that marked the first use of atomic weapons in war. Tens of thousands were killed in the initial explosions and many more would later succumb to radiation poisoning.

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   1 day ago · In February 1947, the British government announced that it could no longer afford to finance the Kingdom of Greece in its civil war against Communist-led insurgents. In the same month, Stalin conducted the rigged 1947 Polish legislative election which constituted an open breach of the Yalta Agreement .

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   6 days ago · Intense bombing of Japan (on March 9-10, 1945, for example, bombs leveled nearly 16 square miles of Tokyo and killed 90,000 Japanese) had not moved Japan to surrender. Continued fighting in the Pacific (Iwo Jima, February-March, 1945; Okinawa, April-June 1945; and ongoing fighting in the Philippines) led to mounting American casualties. The ...

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   4 days ago · Study guides & practice questions for 15 key topics in APUSH Unit 8 – The Postwar Period & Cold War, 1945-1980.