Battles
A German counterattack that failed, resulting in an Allied victory
What is Battle of the Bulge?
He encouraged FDR to begin building an atomic weapon
Who is Albert Einstein?
system that limits the amount of certain goods people can buy
What is rationing?
Names of the atomics bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
What are Fat Man and Little Boy?
Segregated Jews at every level of society, including not allowing Jews and non-Jews to marry each other.
What are the Nuremburg Laws?
This battle ended Japanese expansion in the Pacific and put Japan on the defensive.
What is Battle of Midway?
"Blood and Guts"
Who is General George S. Patton Jr.?
willful annihilation of a racial, political, or cultural group
What is genocide?
August 15, 1945
What is VJ Day?
The Holocaust lasted from 1933 until this year.
What is 1945?
Soviet victory and turning point of the war.
What is Battle of Stalingrad?
African American fighter squadron
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
code name for the program to develop an atomic bomb
What is the Manhattan Project?
Daring raid of Tokyo and several other Japanese cities.
What is the Doolittle Raid?
This country was founded in 1948 to serve as a home for Jews.
What is Israel?
Final battle in Europe that resulted in the Germans surrendering.
What is the Battle of Berlin?
Commander of the Allied forces
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
international agreement governing the humane treatment of wounded soldiers and prisoners of war
What is the Geneva Convention?
The 2 American landing spots on the beaches of Normandy.
What is Utah and Omaha?
It was the largest extermination camp in Europe. Almost 2 million people died there.
What is Auschwitz Birkenau?
Considered to have been the largest naval battle of World War II and, by some criteria, possibly the largest naval battle in history, with over 200,000 naval personnel involved. Also, the battle in which General MacArthur returned.
What is the Battle of Leyte Gulf?
Commander of the Americans and Filipinos, declared "I shall return!"
Who is General Douglas MacArthur?
meeting at which Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin discussed plans for the postwar world
What is the Yalta Conference?
December 7, 1941
What is the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
The deadly gas used at the death camps.
What is Zyklon B?