Review of Ch. 23
Important People
Major Battles & Operations
Key Terms
The Holocaust
100
Before the invasion of Poland, the Allies followed a policy of ______________ with Germany, which allowed Hitler to gain land and resources.
Appeasement
100

American Supreme Commander in the European Theater during WWII.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower

100
Why was the Battle for the Atlantic so important?
The U.S. could only deliver soldiers and supplies by sea to the Allies.
100

Code name for the Allied Invasion of North Africa.

Operation Torch

100
These were originally created for political prisoners, but Jews were brought there and used as slave labor.
Concentration Camps
200

What 3 countries were in the Axis Powers?

Germany, Italy & Japan

200
This U.S. Army officer led a series of successful bombing raids over Tokyo and other Japanese Cities.
James Doolittle
200
What battle was the first time the Japanese advance had been stopped?
Battle of Coral Sea
200

Name for Navajos who served as radio operators in the Marines during World War II translating important military messages into the Navajo language.

Codetalkers
200
Stripped Jews of German citizenship & took away most civil and economic rights.
Nuremberg Laws
300
What 4 countries were in the Allied Powers?
Great Britain, France, Soviet Union & U.S.
300
What U.S. General helped lead the Allies to victory in the Battle of the Bulge?
General George S. Patton
300
What was Operation Fortitude?
The plan of deception used by the Allies to make Hitler believe the invasion of France would come at Pas De Calais not Normandy.
300
Strategy that the United States utilized against Japan in the Pacific- The Allies focused on Japanese weak spots and simply skipped over stronghold.
Island Hopping
300
Hitler’s government policy of systematically murdering those he considered to be “undesirable” is known as?
The Holocaust
400

The U.S. Government followed a policy of ________ on the Home Front which allowed the country to save resources for the war effort.

Rationing

400
The American supreme commander in the Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
400
What was Operation Overlord?
The code name for the Allied invasion of mainland Europe in World War II, starting with the D-Day landings.
400

What was Executive Order 9066?

Allowed for "military zones" to be enacted throughout the West Coast and eventually led to the forced relocation of Japanese Americans to Internment Camps for the duration of the War.

400
Set international precedent that nations and leaders will be responsible for their actions during war
Nuremberg Trials
500

What is the Full Date of Pearl Harbor?

December 7th, 1941

500

He ordered the dropping of the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

President Harry Truman
500
What battle was won because the Allies cracked the German code “Enigma.”
Battle of the Atlantic
500
What major decision was made at the Yalta Conference regarding Germany?
It was decided that Germany would be divided into 4 sectors and each Allied power would occupy a sector. Berlin was also to be divided similarly.
500
What does Kristallnacht mean? What happened?
Means: "Night of Broken Glass" and an event that occurred on the nights of November 9 and 10 in which Hitler's Nazis encouraged Germans to riot against Jews, nearly 100 Jews died, and many businesses and Synagogues were destroyed.
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