Major Battles and Bombings
What was the first battle for the USA of World War II?
Pearl Harbor December 7,1941
Name three of the major Allied powers.
Great Britain, France, Russia, the US, or China
Who was the German dictator?
Hitler
How did the Germans single out who was Jewish?
They had 3 or less Jewish grandparents, married a Jew, or were from decent of a Jewish family.
What was the German excuse for the start of WWII, in their opinion?
The harshness of the Treaty of Versailles
What was the last major Nazi offensive against the Allies is WWII?
Battle of the Buldge
What were the Axis powers?
Germany, Italy, and Japan.
Who was Britain's prime minister?
Churchill
Other than Jewish people, which groups of people were targeted during the Holocaust?
Polish, Gypsies, Handicapped, Homosexuals, Jehovas Witness
What event caused the U.S. to enter W.W. 2?
Pearl Harbor
What two cities were destroyed by the USA with the atomic bomb on August 6 and August 9th of 1945
Heroshima and Nagasaki
Out of the Axis powers, who lost the most men?
Germany
Who provided the U.S. with idea for the atomic bomb?
Albert Einstein
How many Jews were murdered during the Holocaust?
6 million.
How long was World War 2?
September 1939- August 1945
Who lost the most men out of the Allies
USSR (Soviet Union)
What is the term "Final Solution"?
Germany's plan to exterminate all Jews in Europe
What battle in WWII is known as D-Day?
The Battle of Normandy
What was the major difference of the Allies and Axis in the form of government?
The Allies were mostly Democratic and the Axis were Facist.
What Italian leader was overthrown and put in jail but rescued by the Germans in 1945?
Benito Mussolini
Why were Jewish people singled out?
They thought the Jews were planning world domination.
What ended the War with Germany?
Hitler committing suicide