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Frontline Civilians: The
   Bombing of Cities

        11.4 PART 2
Britain

 Theory was that bombing civilians would force peace
 Victim of the first sustained bombing in September
 1940
    German air force bombed London nightly
    Soon spread to many other British cities
 Londoners maintained high morale
   Set standard for the rest of Britain
Germany

 British began major bombing raids on German cities
 in 1942
    Added to the food and fuel shortages
    Feared incendiary bombs which created firestorms that swept
     through cities
 Bombing of Dresden in 1945 may have killed as
  many as 100,000 inhabitants and refugees
 Failed to decrease morale or industrial capacity
Japan

 Japanese air force had almost been destroyed
 towards end of war
    Left them open to air raids
 By 1945 many industries and ¼ of homes had been
 destroyed
    Built of flimsy materials that were vulnerable to fire
 Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb on
 Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945
Peace and a New War

 Allied victory led to a period of political tensions called
  the Cold War
     Ideological conflict between the US and the SU
         Division referred to as the “iron curtain”
 Tehran Conference- leaders of the big 3 met to decide
  the future course of the war
     Agreed on a British-American invasion through France as well as a
      partition of postwar Germany
 Yalta Conference- Big 3 met, established United
  Nations, and decided the fate of Europe after Germany’s
  defeat
     Stalin wanted a buffer of pro-soviet governments
     Roosevelt favored the idea of self-determination
Peace and a New War cont.

 The Potsdam Conference- Roosevelt had died
 and was succeeded by Truman making the
 conference difficult
    Truman demanded free elections in Eastern Europe which
     Stalin would not allow
 War Crimes Trials- in Summer of 1945 the allies
 held a trial of war leaders for committing aggressive
 war and crimes against humanity
    Nazi leaders were tried and condemned at Nuremberg.

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Wh11.4 bombing cities

  • 1. Frontline Civilians: The Bombing of Cities 11.4 PART 2
  • 2. Britain  Theory was that bombing civilians would force peace  Victim of the first sustained bombing in September 1940  German air force bombed London nightly  Soon spread to many other British cities  Londoners maintained high morale  Set standard for the rest of Britain
  • 3. Germany  British began major bombing raids on German cities in 1942  Added to the food and fuel shortages  Feared incendiary bombs which created firestorms that swept through cities  Bombing of Dresden in 1945 may have killed as many as 100,000 inhabitants and refugees  Failed to decrease morale or industrial capacity
  • 4. Japan  Japanese air force had almost been destroyed towards end of war  Left them open to air raids  By 1945 many industries and ¼ of homes had been destroyed  Built of flimsy materials that were vulnerable to fire  Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945
  • 5. Peace and a New War  Allied victory led to a period of political tensions called the Cold War  Ideological conflict between the US and the SU  Division referred to as the “iron curtain”  Tehran Conference- leaders of the big 3 met to decide the future course of the war  Agreed on a British-American invasion through France as well as a partition of postwar Germany  Yalta Conference- Big 3 met, established United Nations, and decided the fate of Europe after Germany’s defeat  Stalin wanted a buffer of pro-soviet governments  Roosevelt favored the idea of self-determination
  • 6. Peace and a New War cont.  The Potsdam Conference- Roosevelt had died and was succeeded by Truman making the conference difficult  Truman demanded free elections in Eastern Europe which Stalin would not allow  War Crimes Trials- in Summer of 1945 the allies held a trial of war leaders for committing aggressive war and crimes against humanity  Nazi leaders were tried and condemned at Nuremberg.