People
Germany, Japan, and Italy
What are the Axis Powers?
The day in which the war took a turn (known as the largest invasion of land by sea) and the Allied forces pushed Germany out of France.
What is D-Day?
The attack on this location caused the U.S to join WWII.
What is Pearl Harbor?
Many women during WWII were called this name due to their work to support U.S. troops.
Who is Rosie the Riveter?
This group of African American pilots were successful in defending U.S. bombers during WWII.
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
Hitler called this horrible act the Final Solution in his effort to kill those he thought were inferior people; mostly Jews.
What is the Holocaust?
Both of these cities were bombed by the U.S. in response to the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Minimizing the usage of food and supplies in an effort to maintain resources for a population.
What is rationing?
The leaders of Japan and Italy who were also considered Axis Powers?
Who are Hirohito and Mussolini?
This day was the day in which Germany surrendered to the Allied Powers.
What is VE Day?
The island close to Japan where American troops landed to be close for an attack.
What is Iwo Jima?
A bomb used for the first time in WWII that uses nuclear energy.
What is the atomic bomb?
The dictator of Germany, who led the Allied Powers during WWII.
Who is Adolf Hitler?
The name given to the day in which Japan was defeated during WWII.
What is VJ Day?
The gathering of leaders from many countries to discuss world peace.
What is the United Nations?
The name of locations that Jews were taken to to be killed.
What are concentration/death camps?
United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union
What are the Allied Powers?
Hitler broke all of the rules of this agreement which led to WWII.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
A free country north of Germany; not occupied during the war.
What is Sweden?
A method of surprise attack during war.
What is blitzkrieg?