Major Battles
This term is used to describe the Allies invading each Japanese 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
Nuclear bombs were dropped on these two cities to force Japan to surrender and avoid an actual invasion of Japan.
What is Hiroshima and Nagasaki
A court case that was brought before the Supreme Court because an American citizen of Japanese immigrants violated military orders that were issued under Executive Order 9066.
Korematsu V. US
This famous British Prime Minister was a major leader during World War II.
Who is Winston Churchill
This allied country reached Berlin first and defeated the Germans in the Battle of Berlin.
What is Soviet Union
This is the US/British invasion of the Normandy beaches in Northern France
What is D-Day
This dictator took complete control and began taking territory around Germany, including Poland. This action began World War II.
Who is Adolf Hitler
The names of the two atomic bombs to ever be used in an armed conflict.
Little boy and Fat man
This German counter-offensive is Hitler's last gamble to push through the Allies. It is fought during a harsh winter and has is named after the appearance of the Allied line.
What is Battle of the Bulge
This dictator was 'saved' from prison and appointed leader of a puppet government in Italy following the Allies invasion of Southern Italy.
Who is Benito Mussolini
The two countries that fought in the Battle of Berlin.
What is Russia and Germany.
What is the strategy that Japanese revert to After the Allies started winning battles in the Pacific?
What is Kamikaze
The battle that helped President Truman decide to drop the atomic bomb on Japan instead of launching a land invasion.
What is Okinawa
This leader made the decision to drop the nuclear bomb in Japan.
Who is Harry Truman
The post-war meeting of the Big Three, where they ironed out some details for the actual occupation of Germany and tensions began to arise between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
What is the Potsdam Conference
A meeting of the Big Three where they decided to divide Germany into 4 zones, have each of the Allied Powers control their own zone, disband and disarm the German forces, hold free elections in Poland, and create a United Nations.
What is the Yalta Conference