Leaders of WWII
What did FDR declare as the Day of Infamy?
Dec. 7, 1941- Pearl Harbor Bombing
When was Miracle of Dunkirk?
May 1940
What is blitzkrieg?
Germany's "Lightning war"
D-Day refers to what event and what was the date?
Invasion of Normandy- June 6, 1944
Who were the Big 3 when WWII was just starting?
Winston Churchill, FDR, Joseph Stalin
Who directed England's policies during WWII and won world recognition as a strategist and statesman?
Winston Churchill
When did the war begin?
What is a collaborator?
One who cooperates with an enemy force occupying a country
What battles were the turning point in the Pacific and who led it?
Battle of Midway/Coral Sea; General MacArthur
What were the exact dates that the atomic bombs were first used in warfare and in which 2 cities?
Nagasaki and Hiroshima, Aug. 6, 1945 and Aug. 9 1945
Who was the emperor of Japan and after WWII and the unconditional surrender in the U.S., he became a constitutional monarch with no real power?
Emperor Hirohito
When did Japan lose the Battles of Midway and Coral Sea?
May/June 1942
What is a kamikaze?
What was the dress rehearsal for WWII and what country did it take place in?
Bombing of Guernica; Spain
What do you call the event where the U.S. dropped food and medicine into East Germany?
Berlin Airlift
Who was the general who helped the Allied forces win the war in the Pacific and conducted an island-hopping campaign against Japan?
General McArthur
When was V-E (Victory-in-Europe) Day?
May 8, 1945
What is pacifism?
Opposition to all war
What were the two sides who fought in World War II called? Name three countries from each side.
Axis Powers: Germany, Japan, Italy
Allied Powers: France, Great Britain, US
What do you call the alliance between the United States, Canada and 9 other Western European countries?
NATO
In 1933, Hitler became dictator of Germany and he got rid of the old government called the _______ Republic.
Weimar
When did Japan finally surrender, ending the war?
August 10, 1945
What is cold war?
State of tension and hostility among nations without armed conflict
What is the name of the German general who was defeated by Allied forces in Egypt?
General Rommel
What is the term which means "limiting communism to areas already under Soviet control"?
containment