WWII Basics
War with Japan
The Bomb
100
The Allies included these countries
USA, England, Canada, Soviet Union, France Australia, Brazil, amongst others
100
The USA entered WW2 when Japan attacked this place
Pearl Harbor
100
This US president gave the order to drop the bombs on Japan
Truman
200
The main Axis countries included these countries:
Germany, Italy, Japan
200
Most of the battles with Japan took place in/on these places
Islands and sea.
200
The USA bombed these two cities:
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
300
This date is used to reference the the Allied invasion of France which started the end of the war.
D-Day
300
One problem fighting Japanese soldiers was that they would fight to the death instead of doing this
Surrendering
300
This was the name of the project to develop the nuclear bomb.
Manhattan Project
400
While the USA and other allies entered Germany from the west, this country raced towards Berlin from the east.
Soviet Union
400
Before dropping the bomb, the USA was fire-bombing this Japanese city, killing 100,000 people.
Tokyo
400
In this declaration, Truman warned that if Japan didn't surrender that they would face “prompt and utter destruction”.
Potsdam Declaration
500
Brazil entered WW2 fighting in this country and their emblem was this animal doing a certain something.
"A cobra vai fumar"
500
The USA invaded this souther Japanese island before dropping the bombs
Okinawa
500
Hiroshima killed this amount of people and Nagasaki killed this amount.
80,000 and 40,000