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Word War II
World War II
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Adolf Hitler | leader of Germany during World War II. Adolf Hitler attacked many countries and killed millions of Jews during WWII. |
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt | President of the United States from 1932-45. He was president during the Great Depression and most of WWII. |
| Benito Mussolini | Leader of Italy during War II. Allies with Adolf Hitler and Japan |
| December 7, 1941 | A day that will live in "infamy" when Japanese planes attacked American naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. US joined WW II after this attack. |
| June 6, 1944 | Also known as D-Day. This battle was a turning point in WWII. Allied troops landed in Normandy France and attacked Germans. |
| Internment Camps | Japanese Americans were forced to leave their homes during WWII and live in camps guarded by US troops. |
| Holocaust | During World War II, Nazis killed millions of Jews. |
| 1939-1945 | World War II began in Europe when Adolf Hitler invaded Poland. The war ended when the United States dropped atomic bombs on Japan. |
| Dwight Eisenhower | leader of D-Day battle during WW II. |
| Harry Truman | President of the United States who made the decision to use atomic bombs on Japan. |
| Atomic Bombs | When the Japanese refused to surrender in 1945. United States dropped 2 bombs on Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki. |
| Douglas MacArthur | leader of the US Army in the Pacific battles during WWII. |
| Rosie the Riveter | a slogan that inspired women to work in WW II factories that produced WWII goods. |
| Concentration Camps | were Jews were forced to work and killed by Nazis in Europe. |
| Island Hopping | a strategy used in the Pacific front during WW II. United States would gradually attack the Japanese held islands in the Pacific. |
| Tuskegee Airmen | were African American pilots during WW II |
| Vernon Baker | African American who was awarded the Medal of Honor for fighting in WWII. |
| Allied Countries | United States, Russia, Great Britain and France fought together in World War II. |
| Axis Countries | Germany, Italy, and Japan fought together in World War II. |
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