The Short and Long Term Effects of WWII

By Jaxon Lawrence
European Theater: Pacific Theater:

Nationalism 1. September 1, 1939 -

Germany invades
1. December 7, 1941 -
Japan attacks the US
Poland, marking the naval base at Pearl

Militarism 2.
beginning of WWII.
June 6, 1944 - D-Day
landings in Normandy, 2.
Harbor, Hawaii, bringing
the US into WWII.
June 4-7, 1942 - Battle

Imperialism 3.
France, give the Allies a
foothold in Europe.
February 4-11, 1945 -
of Midway marks a
turning point in the
Pacific War, as the US
Yalta Conference held defeats Japan in a naval

Fascism between the leaders of

the United States, the
Soviet Union, and Great 3.
battle and halts their
advance in the Pacific.
February-March, 1945 -
Britain to discuss the Battle of Iwo Jima results
post-war reorganization in a US victory and
the Axis powers were Germany, Italy, 4.
of Europe.
April 30, 1945 - Adolf
provides a base for the
US to launch attacks on
and Japan, while the Allied powers Hitler commits suicide in
his bunker in Berlin. 4.
Japan's mainland.
August 6, 1945 - The US
were primarily composed of the 5. May 8, 1945 - Germany
surrenders to the Allies,
drops an atomic bomb
on Hiroshima, Japan,
United States, the Soviet Union, ending the war in
Europe.
killing approximately
140,000 people.
Great Britain, France, and China. 5. August 15, 1945 - Japan
surrenders, officially
ending the war.

In Europe, the war ended on May 8, 1945, with The dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima was a
Germany's unconditional surrender to the Allied forces. controversial decision, but it ultimately brought about
This followed a series of military victories by the Allies, Japan's surrender and the end of the war. Looking
“Life in the camps was a
including the D-Day landings in Normandy and the cycle of hunger, humiliation,
back at these events, it's clear that the Pacific Theater
Battle of Stalingrad. In the Pacific, the war ended on
August 15, 1945, after the United States dropped
played a pivotal role in the outcome of World War II, and work that almost always
and it's important to remember the sacrifices made by
atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and
all those who fought and died during this time.
ended in death.”
Nagasaki. This led to Japan's surrender and the end of
the war.