The end of World War 2, the start of the Cold War. World War II started with Germany’s Hitler looking to achieve his domination of central and Eastern Europe for Germanys expansion. Hitler’s war was primarily to establish Germany as the superior race, as well as his hatred against the Jews and Russia. With the closing of World War II, atrocities all around the world occurred. Estimates of 50 million lives lost displayed the great casualties in World War II than in any war. The closing WWII developed a new problem between the United States and Russia that would lead to the Cold War. On June 6th 1944, The US lead storming of Normandy would essentially turn the war around and begin the process of ending the war. “The Normandy invasion took place in the Bay of the Seine, on the south side of the English Channel between the Cotentin Peninsula and the port of Le Havre, France. Some 55 miles broad and 20 deep, its waters were shallow, had a considerable tidal range and could be very choppy.” (Anonymous, 2011) Russia and United states allied to launch a massive attack on German troops to advance and liberate France. As the allies were making swift progress, an assassination attempt on Hitler in 1944 within the chain of command failed. On April 30th 1945, Hitler committed suicide shortly after and removed Germany from the war. In August of 1945, the United States would drop atomic bombs on both Nagasaki and Hiroshima. The bombs known as “Fat Man” and “Little Boy” put an end to the war, as Japan would surrender on September 2nd 1945 with deaths of 140,000 in Hiroshima. “In those early days of August, the atomic bomb figured prominently in American war planning. It was rightfully regarded as a special weapon. Two billion dollars had been spent on the Manhattan Project, and Hiroshima and Nagasaki had been preserved as pristine targets to display the atomic