may 4. 2010

General Leslie Groves- put in charge of the Manhattan project

Rober Oppenheimer- Communist project leader

Enola Gay-Plane built to drop atomic bomb on hiroshima

Bockscar-Plane built to drop atomic bomb on Nagasaki

Nagasaki bomb twice as powerfull as Hiroshima bomb but didn't do as much damage cause it missed its target

Yalta Conference- Germany broken into 4 zones-Stalin promised to free elections in eastern europe-stalin promised to join war agains japan after germany- have conference in san francisco to set up UN

Nuremberg trials- trials against Nazi war crimes

Herman Goering-Head of Luftwaffe-commited suicide during trial-

GI bill of rights-help members of armed forces to adjust to civilian life after seperation from service-give them a higher education-

Japanese internment camps-forced japanese to camps to live-had education, jobs, and recreational activities-
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