Important Terms
The German word for "lightning war."
What is blitzkrieg?
The President of the United States during most of World War II.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This battle brought the US into the war.
What is Pearl Harbor?
This is the full date when the Japanese bombed the US.
What is December 7th, 1941?
This was the total number of people killed in the Holocaust.
What is 11,000,000?
Japanese suicide missions where the pilots of airplanes would dive bomb their planes into American ships.
What are kamikazes?
He was Emperor of Japan during WWII
Who is Hirohito?
This battle was the turning point for the Red Army.
What is Stalingrad?
This is the full date of D-Day.
What is June 6th, 1944?
These facilities were built by railroads with the purpose of mass execution.
What are extermination camps?
This word literally means 'Sacrifice by Fire'.
What is Holocaust?
The Prime Minister of Great Britain during WW II.
Who is Winston Churchill?
This battle was the turning point in the Pacific Campaign.
What is Midway?
This is the full date of VE -Day
What is May 8th, 1945?
This full phrase referred to the ultimate step in a series of responses to Jewish occupation in Europe.
What is the Final Solution to the Jewish Question?
A policy of giving in to another to please them and avoid war or a conflict.
What is appeasement?
The Fascist leader of Italy during WW II.
Who is Benito Mussolini?
These beaches hosted the world's largest amphibious invasion.
What is Normandy?
This is the full date of VJ-Day
What is August 15, 1945?
This group of Historians believed the Holocaust was Hitler's plan from the beginning.
What are intentionalists?
This is the "D" in D-Day
What is Designated?
The Communist leader of the Soviet Union during WW II.
Who is Josef Stalin?
This battle largely took place in the Ardennes
What the Battle of the Bulge?
This is the full date of your test on WW2.
What is May 7th, 2018?
This group of historians argue that the Holocaust was "accidental".
What are functionalists?