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history ch. 26
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what was v-e day? | victory in europe day |
| what was the manhattan project | the building of the atomic bomb |
| what kind of japanese pilots would attack american ships toward the end of the war? | kamikazes |
| who commanded the american troops in north america and normandy | general dwight d. eisenhower |
| what was the final german offensive that took place in belgium | battle of the buldge |
| the invasion of what country started world war 2 | poland |
| list the 3 leaders that were at the meeting at yalta? | stalin, churchill, roosevelt |
| who commanded the american army in the pacific? | douglas macarthur |
| what word means "lightning war" | blitzkrieg |
| what was hitler's political party | nazi |
| what was the last country to fall to germany in 1940 | france |
| why was the takeover of austria and the sudentenlend illegal? | disregarded the treaty of versailles |
| who rose to power in Italy in the 1920's | benito mussolini |
| what did roosevelt say dec 7, 1941 | a date that will live in infamy |
| the 2 japanese cities on which the atomic bomb was dropped | nagasaki and hiroshima |
| what was appeasement | giving in the hitler's demands with a hope of maintaining peace |
| what did truman demand at the potsdam conference? | Japan's unconditional surrender |
| what was the last island to fall to the americans before we bombed japan | okinawa |
| what was the costliest battle that the marine core fought in the pacific | Iwojima |
| june 6, 1944 is known as what | d-day |
| what was the code name for the normandy invasion | d-day |
| list the 3 main allied leaders | stalin, churchilll, and roosevelt |
| what brought the united states into ww2 | bombing at pearl harbor |
| what was the lend lease act | this act permitted the president to send equipment to any nation in which the receipt of such equitment might be vital to american disease |
| what was mussolini's title | II duce |
| who were the axis powers | Japan, Italy, Germany |
| what country did hitler invade that turned out to be a misstake | russia |
| who did hitler attack in 1941 after the fall of france | britain |
| what two branches of the u.s. military suffered severe loss at pearl harbor? | navy and airforce |
| who did hitler make a pact with | joseph stalin |
| what country did hitler want | poland |
| what happened on december 1941 | pearl harbor |
| the presidents during ww2 were? | franklin d. roosevelt & harry s. trumen |
| over __________ of our men were killed in the attack on our american ships and planes stationed in hawaii | 2,000 |
| what formed the axis powers? | berlin, rome, & tokoyo agreement |
| adolf hitler gained germany's attention with his book | mine kamef which means "my stuggle" |
| what were the 3 points of his book | the organization of the nazi party denounced or rejected communism proposed a strong organized germany that would become a world power |
| what type of leader? | fuhrer |
| what was the german empier called | 3 reich |
| what type of government did benito mussolini have | fascist |
| nationalism means? | making your country great even if it is wrong |
| Japan had become ____________ and ___________ country | industrial & military |
| what was trying to maintain a good relationship with the countries of latin america | good neighbor policy |
| who was the prime minister of great britain during this time | winston churchill |
| what were the two main aircrafts? | yorktown and lexington |
| how many terms did fdr serve? | 4 |
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