Vocabulary
A planned attempt to kill an entire people.
What is genocide?
A Jewish girl who wrote a famous diary.
Who was Anne Frank?
This battle was the most famous World War II battle; it allowed the allies to free France.
What was D-Day?
What was first: World War II or World War I?
World War II.
Concentration camps.
What were the camps Hitler made during the Holocaust?
Someone who used to be in the army.
What is a veteran?
A famous scientist who helped with the atomic bomb.
Who was Albert Einstein?
This battle occurred on Midway Island.
What was the battle of Midway?
Which was latest: D-Day or the Nuremberg trials?
The Nuremberg trials.
After the bombing of Nagasaki.
When did Japan surrender?
When millions of babies were born after soldiers came home.
What is the baby boom?
An American military general who became president.
Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?
This battle was fought between Japan and the Allies during Feb-March 1945. The Allies won.
What was the battle of Iwo Jima.
The start of WWII. (month+year)
When was September 1939?
Europe, Asia, and North Africa.
Where were the main war zones of WWII?
Money used to pay for veterans' and civilians' every day lives. (income, education, and job training)
What was the GI-bill?
He was President of the US before Eisenhower.
Who was Harry S. Truman?
In this battle in 1942, neither the US or Japan won.
What was the battle of the coral Sea?
July 1945.
When was the atomic bomb tested?
By splitting atoms.
How was the atomic bomb invented?
Taking back territories and giving them back.
What is island hopping?
He was the dictator of Italy during World War II.
Who was Benito Mussolini?
In this battle, the Allies started defending Belgium.
What was the Battle of the Bulge?
Which was first: V-J Day or V-E Day?
V-E Day.
The Battle of Stalingrad.
In which battle did the Allies capture/take back the USSR?