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Ch 11 L 4-5 S.S.
Study for social studies test on Thursday!
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| number of allied countries | 26 |
| how many days did the german lay siege to Leningrad | 900 |
| number of french beaches invaded on D-day | 5 |
| number of allied troops that invaded nazi-controlled france | 1,000,000 |
| number of tons of supplies that were brought to the allied invasion of nazi-controlled france | 560,000 |
| battle of the bulge casualties | 75,000 |
| FDR president term length | 12 |
| number of Jews deaths in concentration camps | 6,000,000 |
| number of Soviets, Poles, Gypsies, and handicapped peoples deaths in concentration camps | 5,000,000 |
| Bataan death march mile length | 60 |
| american and filipino deaths in Bataan death march | 20,000 |
| number of japanese aircraft carriers sunk at the battle of midway | 4 |
| how many ships were involved in the largest naval battle | 282 |
| number of people in hiroshima died due to atomic bombs | 70,000 |
| people killed in nagasaki due to atomic bomb | 40,000 |
| total civilians killed in WW2 | 40,000,000 |
| total americans killed in WW2 | 322,000 |
| russian civilians and soldiers deaths in WW2 | 20,000,000 |
| the first place the allies attacked after the U.S. joined the war | Germany |
| when planning to attack europe and north africa, the allies first attacked... | north africa |
| who overthrow and killed Mussolini | the people of Italy |
| german forces held off allied forces at anzio for 4 months, anzio is close to which italian city that eventually fell to the allies? | Rome |
| where did the americans target in germany when dropping bombs | factories |
| who did germany fight on the eastern front | Soviet Union |
| what were the people of Leningrad forced to do to survive when supplies ran out and were surrounded by germany | eat pets or whatever they could find |
| what did the germans not prepare for in Moscow | russian winter (heavy losses and bad weather) |
| what soviet city were the germans tricked into occupying, only to then be surrounded and forced to surrender | Stalingrad |
| European allied forces leader | Eisenhower |
| what area of france was invaded by the allies on d-day | normandy |
| the official name for d-day | operation overlord |
| 2 beaches invaded by americans on d-day | Utah and Omaha |
| 2 beaches invaded by britain on d-day | Gold and Sword |
| beach invaded by canada on d-day | Juno |
| american and french soldiers were met by cheering in... | Paris |
| the name of the battle that was the last major german offensive of the war | The Battle of the Bulge |
| hitler's cause of death | suicide |
| elimination of an entire group of people | genocide |
| at first how were concentration camp prisoners usually killed | gun shot |
| later concentration camp prisoners were killed by... | gas chambers |
| what was another method used to hide bodies instead of burying them | burned bodies in ovens |
| other places attacked on december 7, 1941 | wake island, guam island, the philippines |
| asian allied force leader | Macarthur |
| allied country that U.S. protected from Japanese in the battle of the coral sea | australia |
| to get back pacific islands from japan allied forces used the ______________ strategy | island hopping |
| suicide pilots | kamikaze |
| told FDR that germany was making an atomic bomb | Einstein |
| atomic bomb project name | Manhattan Project |
| atomic bomb tester location | new mexican desert |
| president that approved the atomic bomb on japan | Truman |
| japanese side effect from atomic bombs | radiation |
| v-j day meaning | victory in japan |
| where did japan sign their official surrender | U.S.S. Missouri |
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