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Leader who has absolute power and rules over a nation by force (vocabulary)
What is a dictator?
Fast, sudden attack by massed forces. (vocabulary)
What is a blitzkrieg?
This American-made plane could fly at high altitudes and was able to bomb cities in Germany by day.
B-17
Lasting from 1939-1945 this was the longest continuous battle of WW2
Battle of The Atlantic
What recent invention did some American soldiers ignore on December 7, 1941?
Radar
Discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group. (vocabulary)
What is anti-Semitism?
This treaty, which officially ended WW1, created conditions that led to WW2.
Treaty of Versailles
What general purpose vehicle could go anywhere and do almost anything?
What is a Jeep
1.2 million dead, USSR versus Nazis in urban warfare
Stalingrad
During World War II, a Japanese suicide pilot whose mission was to crash into his target. (vocabulary)
What is a kamikaze?
Seeking to control all aspects of life through dictatorial control. (vocabulary)
What is totalitarianism?
Great Britain & France declared war on Germany two days after Hitler (and the USSR) invaded this country.
What is Poland?
Camp where Japanese Americans were kept during World War II. (vocabulary)
What is an internment camp?
The name given to the mass slaughter of Jews by the Nazis during World War II. (vocabulary)
What is the Holocaust?
The war with this country ended when the United States dropped atomic bombs on two of their cities.
What is Japan?
The policy of giving in to the demands of others in an effort to keep peace. (vocabulary)
What is appeasement?
What ship received the most damage during Pearl Harbor?
The Arizona
This food product, developed by the Hormel Company, became a staple in Allied kitchens and on the front during WW2.
What is SPAM
This last major German offensive of the war resulted in the deaths of 90K American soldiers.
Battle of the Bulge
A strategy used during World War II that called for attacking and capturing certain key islands and then using these islands as bases from which to attack others. (vocabulary)
What is island hopping?
Government led by a dictator, focused on extreme Nationalism, Example Italy under Benito Mussolini
Facism
Name the FOUR dictators who rose to power in the 1930s.
Stalin
Tojo
Hitler
Mussolini
This iconic WW2 symbol honored and encouraged American women who worked in factories.
Rosie the Riveter
This German leader was in command of the German forces in North Africa.
Who is Erwin Rommel?
Top Secret project created by FDR to create the atomic bomb.
What is the Manhattan Project?