Key Players
German Chancellor
Adolf Hitler
Temporarily imprisoned.
Intern
What is significant about the date December 7, 1941?
Pearl Harbor
What country did Japan attack in 1931 that marked the beginning of WWII in Asia?
China (specifically the region of Manchuria)
Rosie the Riveter is an example of what?
Propaganda
Dictator of Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
A warlike act by one country against another county.
Aggression
What is significant about the date September 2, 1939?
WWII begins in Europe
Which country did Germany invade that started war in Europe?
Poland
Race riots between sailors and Mexican Americans were called what?
Zoot Suit Riots
Emperor of Japan
Emperor Hirohito
The deliberate attempt to wipe out an entire nation or group of people.
Genocide
What is significant about the date June 6, 1944?
Operation Overlord or D-Day
Where did the Bataan Death March take place?
The Philippines
What Native American “Code” language did the U.S. use in the Pacific that the Japanese could never break?
Navajo
British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill
A political system based on militarism, extreme nationalism, and blind loyalty to the state and its leader.
Fascism
What is significant about the date August 14th, 1945?
Victory in Japan Day (V-J Day)
The atomic bombs were dropped on which two Japanese cities? (must say both and in order)
Hiroshima (8/6/1945)
Nagasaki (8/9/1945)
What was the WAC?
Women’s Army Corps
US General that served in Europe and North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
A nation in which a single party controls the government and every aspect of people’s lives.
Totalitarian State
What is significant about the date May 8, 1945?
Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day)
Which state were the Tuskegee Airmen trained to become pilots?
Alabama
What three things did the U.S. cut off from Japan when they invaded Indochina? (must get all 3 correct for the points)
Oil, iron, and steel