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Grade 5 Social Studies · World 5: Another World War · Level 56
VE Day and VJ Day
Explain how the war ended.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 56
- After D-Day, Allied armies pushed toward Germany from the west. The Soviet army pushed in from the east. Soldiers who reached the camps freed the survivors they found.
- Germany surrendered in May 1945. May 8 is VE Day, Victory in Europe Day. Crowds filled the streets of London and New York.
- The war with Japan went on. After the atomic bombs, and with the Soviet Union now fighting too, Japan agreed to surrender in August 1945. That's VJ Day, Victory over Japan Day. World War II was over.
- Tens of millions of people had died, including about 400,000 Americans. Whole cities lay in ruins, and families grieved. Peace had come at a terrible price.
- Leaders asked: how can we stop this from happening again? Next, you'll see the answer they tried.
Georgia Standards of Excellence in Social Studies:
- SS5H4.b — Describe major events in the war in both Europe and the Pacific; include Pearl Harbor, Iwo Jima, D-Day, VE and VJ Days, and the Holocaust.