Origins
Fascist dictator of Italy leading up to World War II.
Who is Benito Mussolini?
This term is used to describe the allies invading Japanese held islands in the Pacific as they tried to get closer to invading Japan.
What is island hopping?
This was the leader of the United States for most of World War II.
Who is Franklin Roosevelt (FDR)?
The first atomic bomb was dropped on this Japanese city.
What is Hiroshima?
World War II provided new job opportunities for this group?
What is women or minorities?
This is country originally had an alliance with Germany, but later became allies with Britain and the U.S. after Germany invaded it.
What is the Soviet Union?
This battle is considered the turning point in the Pacific theatre (US vs. Japan) during World War II.
What is Battle of Midway Island?
This famous British Prime Minister was a major leader during World War II.
Who is Winston Churchill?
After the second atomic bomb was dropped on this city, the Japanese surrendered
What is Nagasaki?
This was instituted during World War II to ensure that there would be adequate raw materials, such as oil and rubber, for war production.
What is rationing?
This is the country that Germany invaded (using blitzkrieg tactics) to officially begin World War II.
What is Poland?
This is the US/British invasion of the Normandy beaches in France
What is D-Day?
Name given to Hitler's genocide against the Jewish people and other "undesirable" groups during World War II.
What is the Holocaust?
This was the US VP for much of World War II until Franklin Roosevelt's death in 1944. This leader had to make the decision to drop the nuclear bomb in Japan.
Who is Harry Truman?
Camps found in the United States that kept Japanese Americans in jail-like conditions for the duration of World War II.
What are Internment Camps?
Who is Benito Mussolini?
January 1943 battle that was one of the turning points of the war in Europe?
What is the Battle of Stalingrad?
Strategy of focusing efforts on defeating Hitler and Germany before focusing to the Pacific.
What is the "Europe First" strategy?
This was the code name of the first atomic bomb.
What is "Little Boy"?
Program that brought Mexican laborers to work on farms in the United States.
What is the bracero program?
The Allies used this policy of granting concessions to Germany to maintain peace.
What is appeasement?
This battle, on an island close to Japan, convinced the US that an invasion of Japan would cost too many American soldiers' lives.
What is Okinawa?
Small island where Allied forces launched the invasion of Italy from.
What is Sicily?
One of the major stars of the 2023 movie "Oppenheimer" about the creator of the atomic bomb.
Who is Cillian Murphy / Robert Downey Jr / Florence Pugh / Emily Blunt / Matt Damon / Josh Hartnett* / Gary Oldman*?
Supreme Court case that upheld the US government's wartime prison-like camps for Japanese Americans.
What is Korematsu v. United States?