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How many women served in the armed forces during the war?
350,000
Which country received the most Lend-Lease goods?
UK
Which country had the most casualties during the entire World War?
USSR
What battle, or more like attack, started the Pacific War?
Pearl Harbor
What did Mars Candy Company make during the war?
M&M
True or false: African-American soldiers could serve during World War II
True
What is "cash and carry?"
How many men did the United States lose entirely?
400,000
What battle was called the "Great Turkey Shoot"?
Battle of Phillippine Sea
What is important about Korematsu v United States?
Made internment camps constitutional
What was the Bracero Program?
Bring immigrants from Mexico to fill farm labor shortages
What is "appeasement"?
Allowing a foreign power to do as they wish to prevent total war.
What was the bloodiest battle of the Pacific Front?
Battle of Okinawa
What was the result of the Battle of Midway?
USA won
Which President dropped the atomic bomb? (not FDR)
Truman
Minidoka or Manzanar
Who was the president before the war?
Frankling D. Roosevelt
What was the highest casualty rate for US Marine units on Okinawa? (think of our dice roll game)
80%
What was the name of the U.S. strategy to capture Japanese-held islands by "jumping" from one to another?
Island Hopping
Who was the main Japanese commander at the beginning of the war?
Yamamoto
What does "WASP" stand for?
Women Airforce Service Pilots
What were the two main jobs that women had to fill in for once the war started?
Shipyard and factory workers
What were the Japanese losses at Leyte Gulf?
12,000 men and 26 ships
What battle in the Pacific is considered the largest naval battle of the entire war?
Which scientist was in charge of the Manhattan Project? Star of a pretty good movie
Oppenheimer