War in the Pacific Review

The Holocaust

100

Hitlers favorite scapegoat

The Jews

200

Three groups other than the Jews put in camps by Hitler

Poles, Gypsies, Prisoners of War, Political Enemies Handicapped people

300

Jewish people lived in these before being loaded onto trains and taken to concentration camps

Ghettos

400

Term for the deliberate destruction of a race of people

Genocide

500

What did German soldiers often do as Americans approached the camps

Kill as many as possible

Leaders

100

Leader of Italy

Benito Mussolini

200

Decided to drop the Atomic Bomb

Harry S. Truman

300

Name the leaders of the allies

FDR, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin

400

Name the primary leaders of the Axis Powers

Hitler, Mussolini, Tojo (Prime minister for Emperor Hirohito)

500

Leading general in the war in the pacific

Douglas MacArthur

Know Your Battles

100

Took place on a volcanic island

Iwo Jima

200

First Major offensive of the War in the Pacific

Guadalcanal

300

Island Battle where five men raised the flag

Iwo Jima

400

Called the turning point of the War in the Pacific

Midway

500

Code named Operation Iceberg

Battle of Okinawa

Tactics

100

Adjective for a landing taking place from the sea

Amphibious

200

Pilots that cared about victory more than their own lives

Kamikaze

300

This American strategy gives the allies a lot of air strips

Island Hopping

400

This jungle disease can be treated with Atrabine

Malaria

500

What are the Three Steps to taking an Island?

Scout defenses Bomb the Island Send in infantry (troops)

The Atomic Bomb

100

Besides the explosion Atomic Bombs spread what

Radiation

200

Why does America decide to use the Atomic Bombs?

Save american lives

300

The Atomic Bombs were dropped on these two cities

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

400

Famous evidence of people alive before the blast

Shadows burned on walls

500

Name the two Airplanes that dropped Atomic Bombs

Enola Gay Bockscar