Victory in Japan (VJ Day)
Americans
Atomic Bomb
casualties
Fatman
Hiroshima
invasion
Japan
Little Boy
longer
Nagasaki
three years
Use the words in the box above to complete the description of VJ Day.
The war in the Pacific lasted ________________than the European war.
The______________________ had done most of the fighting against the Japanese, and it had taken
them______________________ to bring their forces close enough to bomb Japan. The American
military had already suffered____________________ about a million, and they calculated that an
___________________of Japan would cost at least a million more. The_______________________
would allow the USA to attack Japan with far less American casualties.
August 6, 1945 - atomic bomb “____________________ ” dropped on ________________, Japan.
August 9, 1945 - atomic bomb “____________________ ” dropped on ________________, Japan
September 2, 1945 - Victory in______________________ ; Japan surrenders to the USA
Conclusion
atomic
bomb
death camps
weapons
destructive
racism
World War II was the most_______________________ war in human history. Both Allied and Axis
powers suffered massive destruction and loss of life. Two of the casualties were Hitler and Mussolini.
The discovery of the ________________________________of Europe and the aftermath of
the________________________________ in Japan drove home to Americans just how damaging
_________________and uncontrolled arms, or ___________________, build-ups could be. This
would have far-reaching effects throughout the rest of the century.