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WWII
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Battle of the Bulge | German tanks drove 60 miles into Allied territory. Their advance created a bulge in the line. |
| War bonds | the money that ordinary citizens paid for bonds. 85 million people collected 185 billion dollars |
| V-J day | victory in Japan day |
| V-E day | victory in Europe |
| Manhattan Project | created first Atomic bomb. ended the war, Robert J. Oppenheimer |
| D-day | June 6, 1944 first day of invasion. largest land-sea-air operation. Operation Overloud |
| Operation Husky | campaign to take Sicily |
| Battle of Midway | Japanese lured Americans midway and destroy naval force. Naval intelligence figured out the code that Japan used and knew their plan. |
| Navajo Code talkers | Used Navajo for secure communication. No alphabet and symbols. |
| Pearl Harbor | early morning Japanese dive-bomber flew low over Pearl Harbor. largest Naval base in Pacific. followed by over 180 Japanese war planes |
| Totalitarianism | total control. the state has no rights/ government suppresses all opposition. |
| Auschwitz | Largest death camp. strong- will work weak- will die gas chambers (cyanide gas) |
| Tuskegee Airmen | minority unit pilots of the all-black 99th Pursuit Squadron- the first squadron of Tuskegee Airmen. In Sicily it registered the first victory against an enemy aircrafts. Then to more impressive strategic strikes against the German force throughout Italy. |
| winning the island was extremely important to the Allies | the allies turned to Iwo Jima, an island More than 6,000 marines died taking tis island. Only 200 Japanese survived |
| Nuremberg Trials | At the trial, the defendants were: Hitler's trusted party officials, government ministry, military leaders, powerful industrialists. these defendants were accused of Crimes Against the Peace, - War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity. |
| Kamikaze | The Japanese tested new tactic (suicide-planes) crash planes with bombs in to allied ships. 424 pilots on this mission |
| Blitzkrieg | A lightning war. Germany made a use of advances in military technology |
| Okinawa | April 1945, US MArines invaded Okinawa. Japanese unleashed more than 1900 attacks on the allies during this campaign. Japanese lost 110,000 lives. Last battle before the 2 atomic bombs were dropped. |
| The forms of government in Europe before WWII | Fascism, Communism, Totalism |
| The names of the countries of the dictators that ruled during WWII | Italy- Mussolini Germany- Hitler Stalin- Pojo Soviet Union- Stalin |
| What event started WWII in Europe | Germany's invasion of Poland |
| What people were persecuted by Nazis | Gypsies, Jews, Freemasons, Jehovah Witnesses, and communists. |
| Countries of Axis powers/ Allied Powers | Axis: Japan, Finland, East Prussia, Germany, Italy Allied : Great Britain, China, US, Soviet Union |
| Generals that commanded Axis forces/ Allied forces | Allied forces- Montgomery Axis forces- |
| What 2 generals led US troops in Africa and Sicily | Africa - Patton |
| What caused US to enter in to WWII | Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor |
| What was US military strategy for fighting in the Pacific. | Conquered island by island (island hopping) as they got closer to Japan |
| What was the first defeat for Japanese in the Pacific War | Battle of Coral Sea (Battle of Midway) |
| What groups in the military were specific for women? | WAVE, WAAC, WAC, WASP |
| After the US entered the war did the Allied forces decide to 1st defeat the Japanese or Hitler? | Defeat Hitler |
| How did US finally win the war in the Pacific? | atomic bomb on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
| what reason for dropping the bomb and why in these cities? | Invasion would cost 5 million of Japanese death and 1 million American death |
| What was military strategy in the pacific? | conquered one island after another as they got closer to Japan |
| Bataan Death March | Japanese forces forced captured soldiers to walk for days without food and drink. The ones that fell down were killed. the ones made it through were tortured as well. |
| The "final Solution" | Nazi used slaughter and starvation, new phase poison gas |
| Japan reason for Pearl Harbor? | Wanted US out of the war. this attack was a threat |
| MacArthur's famous words | "I shall return" |
| Operation Barbarossa and why it failed | secret code name for the invasion of the Soviet union. *Russians are invincible *rough winters *two front war *scorched earth policy |
| Differences and what happened in Stalingrad and Leningrad | 2 different cities. Germans surrounded Leningrad for 3 years, it was a siege. Stalingrad was a battle (deadliest 2 million casualties) |
| Bracero Program | |
| Who was responsible for rebuilding Europe after the war? | |
| What happened to FDR and who became president after? | |
| How did people on the homefront help win the war? | |
| What party did Hitler join 1921? | |
| Japanese Internment Camps | |
| Countries Japan invaded? | |
| Reasons Hitler blamed the Jews? | |
| Describe the Battle of Coral Sea? long response | |
| Describe the Leyte Gulf? long response | |
| Describe how Navajo Code Talkers works? long response | |
| What factors led to the Holocaust? What steps taken to ensure success? Start with him coming to power and eventually killing 11 million people? 15 points |
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