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The Manhattan Project was a secret code name for a secret American Project to make a atomic bomb led by General Leslie R Grove. Groves organized a team of engineers and scientist to help build the atomic bomb at a secret Laboratory in New Mexico -
The Battle of the Bulge was an attack on American supplies into Belgium by the Germans. The attack caught American defenders by surprise. The German troops raced west, their lines bulged outward and the attack became known as the Battle of the Bulge . -
60,000 marines landed on Iwo Jima as an emergency landing site to refuel their airplanes. Americans went inland and attacked the Japanese with explosives and flamethrowers. More than 6,800 marines were killed trying to capture the island. -
General Curtis LeMay commandeer of the B-29's ordered the B-29's to drop bombs filled with napalm. These bombs would not only explode but start fires. Using fire bombs was very controversial because the fires could also kill civilians. The firebombing of Tokyo killed 80,000 and destroyed more than 250,000 buildings. -
American troop landed in Okinawa, but instead of Japan defending the beaches, they were tucked away in the islands mountains and caves. The American troops had to battle on the rugged terrine. More than 12,000 American soldiers, sailors and marines died fighters to capture Okinawa. -
Adolf Hitler knew he was going to lose the Battle of Berlin, he hid in his bunker and committed suicide via gunshot to the head. -
After Hitler's death Germany accepted the terms for an unconditional surrender. Germany had no other choice but to surrender due to the death of their leader and lack of resources. -
Physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer led the team to detonate the first atomic bomb in New Mexico. The bomb was dropped in the plains of the Alamogordo Bombing Range. The code name for the test was Trinity. -
The Allies threatened Japan with "prompt and utter destruction", but they still did not surrender. Bomber B-29 dropped the atomic bomb Little Boy on the important industrial city of Hiroshima. The bomb destroyed 63% of the city and killed 80,000-120,000 instantly. Many died later from burns and radiation sickness. -
The USA, Britain, France and the Soviet Union created the International Military Tribunal to punish German and Japanese leaders for all their war crimes. The leaders were taken to trial and prosecuted. -
Three days after Little Boy was dropped, the USA dropped another bomb called "Fat Man". The bomb killed 35,000 and 74,000 people and caused mass destruction for the Japanese people. -
Japan was faced with mass destruction and the shock of the Soviet Union joining the war. The 124th emperor of Japan, Hirohito ordered his government to surrender.