WORLD WAR II CAUSES
The Supreme Allied Military Commander.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower.
What was the top secret government project to develop the bomb? That the Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin knew all about? In detail?
What was the Manhattan Project?
African American 761 tank brigade was nicknamed:
What is The Black Panthers?
U.S. forces bypassing some islands on the way to Japan, but invading others.
What is the island hopping campaign?
The world found out about Germany's intent to murder all of the Jews in Europe, now called
What is the Holocaust?
American foreign policy before the war
What is isolationist?
Rationing meant that one of these was needed to buy food, gas, and supplies.
What were coupon cards?
They helped send and receive military messages in native languages so that the Japanese were unable to detect.
Who were Navajo code Talkers?
They were able to trick the Japanese into revealing that their next attack would be at Midway
Who were American code breakers?
Fighting in the Pacific was bitter and savage with fewer prisoners taken, partly because of a clash of cultures and partly because of this code.
What is Bushido?
The Munich Agreement is an example of this:
What is appeasement?
Our Language, Laws, Customs, and Finances.
What were our ties with the Allies (British)?
In this battle the Royal Airforce took down the Luftwaffe, the German Air force, and prevented Great Britain from being invaded.
What is the Battle of Britain?
The Allied landings on the beaches of Normandy, France beginning the liberation of Europe.
What is D-day?
He promised to attack Japan and gained many concessions from Roosevelt to make that commitment.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
On this date Hitler invades Poland, France and England declare war.
What is September 1,1939?
The efforts to collect materials vital to the war effort like rubber and metal.
What are scrap drives?
The major turning point on the Eastern Front, where the German VI Army was surrounded and surrendered.
What is Stalingrad?
The German war tactic that involved lightening attacks on the enemy and often featured screaming Stuka dive bombers.
What is a blitzkrieg?
He told the world and Hitler, we shall fight on the beaches, and in the hills...we shall never surrender.
Who is Winston Churchill?
This massive economic disaster paved the way for Hitler's rise.
What is the Great Depression?
She is the poster character used to recruit women into the workforce.
What is Rosie the Riverter?
Truman believed that America could lose 1,000,000, casualties, the Japanese were estimated to lose 7 million men, women and children, so he did this instead.
What are reasons that Truman decided to drop the atomic bombs?
One major reason for the Japanese to attack Pearl Harbor.
What is: because America blocked Japanese expansion southwest to seize oil?
The Russians were closing in on his underground bunker, causing him to commit suicide, and then his body was burned.
Who is Hitler?