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War II
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| When America chose to use nuclear bombs against Japan, which one of the following reasons did the President give as to why we would do that? | To save American lives. |
| Why did the United States set up internment camps? | To prevent people from joining in and helping the enemy if we were invaded. |
| For three points use complete sentences to describe three Nurenburg Laws. | |
| After WWII who wrote the new constitution for Japan? | General MacArthur |
| Nuremberg laws were created to do what? | Separate Jews from the rest of society in Nazi Germany |
| What was the name of the region of France that we attacked on D‑Day? | Normandy |
| What was Hitler’s last counteroffensive called? | Battle of the Bulge |
| What was the area called where the D‑Day fighting was the most brutal? | Omaha Beach |
| Where was the first atomic bomb dropped in combat? | Hiroshima |
| What name was given to the plan for the Allies to invade France and open a second front? | Operation Overlord |
| What was the plan called that resulted in the making of the atomic bomb? | Manhattan Project |
| What region of France did the Nazis expect us to attack on D‑Day? | Calais |
| Where was the second atomic bomb dropped in combat? | Nagasaki |
| Which city was supposed to be hit with a nuclear bomb but was spared due to bad weather? | Kokura |
| What was the plan called that tried to fool Germany about where we would attack on D‑Day? | Operation Fortitude |
| Which of the following is true about the Battle of the Bulge? | It sped up the Nazi surrender. |
| Which of the following people in France led a resistance movement and was very opposed to working with or callobaratng with the Nazi Germans? | Charles DeGaulle |
| How many Jews died in the Holocaust? | 6 million |
| What was it called when the surviving Nazis that didn't escape were put on trial for war crimes? | Nuremberg Trials |
| What term describes the need for American industry to produce vast quanities of weapons and supplies during WWII? | Arsenal of Democracy |
| What Japanese Island did the U.S. win that was 340 miles from Japan and we used it as an air base? | Okinawa |
| What Japanese island did we win in a battle that took 36 days and has a historic picture of an American Flag being raised on this island? | Iwo Jima |
| What country in WWII had the goal of controlling the Mediterranean Sea and North Africa? | Italy |
| What event resulted in Kristallnacht or the night of broken glass? | A Jewish man shot and killed a German official |
| Japan’s goal in WWII was to control the area of the Pacific Ocean and part of China. | True |
| Which of the following happened after the Holocaust? | Followers of the Jewish religion were given their own homeland. |
| What kinds of people were placed in internment camps? | Japanese |
| What was the Final Solution? | Hitler’s plan to eliminate Jews from Europe |
| Tried to carry out a plan to kill Adolf Hitler. | False |
| Vichy France was the part that tried to resisit the Nazis and regain independence. | False |
| What was the Nazi Deputy Fuhrer convicted of at the Nuremberg trials? | Crimes against peace and war crimes |
| Lead British General in charge of ground troops during WWII | Bernard Montgomery |
| British leader during most of the war | Winston Churchill |
| American President during most of the war | Franklin Roosevelt |
| Supreme Commander of Allied forces during WWII | Dwight Eisenhower |
| Russian leader during WWII | Joseph Stalin |
| Person who was with Hitler when he committed suicide | Eva Braun |
| American President on VE Day and VJ Day | Harry Truman |
| Pilot who dropped the first atomic bomb | Paul Tibbets |
| General most feared by the Nazis | George Patton |
| Nazi in charge of experiments at Auschwitz who escaped | Josef Mengele |
| Minister of Propaganda for the Nazis | Joseph Goebbels |
| Deputy Führer convicted after the war | Rudolph Hess |
| What was the goal of the Valkyrie Plot? (also called the July 20th plot) | assassinate Hitler |
| What happened to the Miniuster of Propaganda of the Nazi Party? | He killed himself as the USSR got close. |
| What what month / year did we drop nuclear bombs on Japan? | August 1945 |
| What best describes what Rosie the Rivetor was? | A symbol for all the women who worked in factories during the war. |
| Why was Fred Korematsu arrested? | He resisted the order by the army to be relocated. |
| Which of the following best describes what the Atlantic Wall is? | The defensive tactic used by the Nazis to try stop the allied invasion of France. |
| When was D-day? | June 6, 1944 |
| How many allied troops attacked the French beaches on D-day? | 150,000 |
| What did the U.S. officially apologize for in 1988? | Putting Japanese into internment camps. |
| What was Hitler’s motivation regarding the Holocaust? | He was worried about the purity of the superior Aryan race. |
| What was the name of the second nuclear weapon ever dropped in battle? | Fat Man |
| What term refers to the willful elimination of an entire group of people? | Genocide |
| The United Nations was created after WWII and was desgined to succeed where what failed? | The league of nations after WWI |
| For two points describe the defense used by Fred Korematsu in his trial that went all the way to the Supereme Court. | |
| Which of the following is true about Albert Einstein? | He warned Roosevelt of the potential of the nuclear bomb. |
| What was the name of the first plane used to drop an atomic weapon? | Enola Gay |
| Which of the following is NOT true about WWII? | At one point the Soviet Union surrendered and was controlled by Nazi Germany. |
| Which one of these countries was NOT given permanent veto power by the UN? | Germany |
| The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Fred Korematsu granting him freedom. | False |
| Why is the German City of Dresden important in the history of WWII? | It was bombed by the British killing many civilians. |
| How did the justice system work when the Nazis were put on trial after the war? | A tribunal of four judges was used from the allied countries. |
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