Agenda Warm-up: We Can Do It End of WW II Notes America Story of Us Homework: WWII Part 2 Study Guide. Test will be on Thursday 5/7 The End of World War II World War II was the deadliest war ever. Over 60 million people were killed. War Ends in Europe Hitler realized defeat was inevitable Hitler commits suicide April 1945 German Army surrenders (V-E Day) Wars Ends in the Pacific After the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrendered Harry Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb because it would avoid a large number of American casualties V-J Day: September 2, 1945 What happened to Germany? Germany was divided into four occupation zones: United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet each controlled one zone Berlin was also divided into 4 zones What happened to Japan? Japan was occupied by American forces Japan was not allowed to keep an Army Agenda Warm-up: We Can Do It End of WW II Notes America Story of Us Homework: WWII Part 2 Study Guide. Test will be on Thursday 5/7