10.3 - Endings and Legacies

bombing of Dresden
Hiroshima
Japanese “Peace Constitution”
- Pacifism found in the Japanese constitution
Curtis LeMay
- US military leader who was key in bombing of Japan
Nagasaki
“Second Thirty Years War"
- Some people call WWI & WWII this
Tokyo firebombing
- US firebombed Tokyo at night
- Led to the death of 100,000+
  - mostly civilians
Harry S. Truman
- Authorized the use of atomic weapons in defeating Japan
- President after FDR died
United Nations
- sought to end global conflict
V-E Day
- May 8, 1945
- End of European front
V-J Day