The War Begins
The Allies Powers started with these countries
Great Britain and France
What did the Japanese leaders want control over in Southeastern Asia?
oil and other natural resources
What brought the end to the Great Depression?
getting ready for war
What were pilots that intentionally crashed their planes into a target during WWII known as?
kamikazes
The abbreviated form of Designated day is also known as...
D Day
Who were the Axis Powers?
Germany, Italy, Japan
Why were there so many deaths at Pearl Harbor?
The military targets were easy because the planes and warships were lined up in rows.
What were three things that U.S. citizens did to prepare for WWII that was similar to WWI?
Factories made war supplies, increased taxes, and rationed food.
American, British, and Canadian troops invaded what country on D-Day?
France
What were Hitler and the Nazis trying to do?
exterminate the entire Jewish population of Europe.
lightning war
What is Blitzkrieg?
What was Roosevelt trying to get Congress to understand when he said Dec. 7th "a date that will live in infamy"?
He wanted Congress to declare war on Japan.
building airplanes, WWAC (Army Corps), WASP (test pilots), and nurses.
What were women's roles during WWII?
What was the name of the group of fighters who executed Italy's leader, Benito Mussolini?
Italian freedom fighters
The two strategies that Roosevelt and Churchill agreed upon were...
build up of troops to invade France and an assault in North Africa
Why did Great Britain and France finally declare war on Germany in September 1939?
Germany invaded Poland.
When did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?
December 7, 1941
Why did the U.S. drop a second atomic bomb?
Japan refused to surrender.
How did the strategy of Island Hopping work?
the Allies took only the most strategically important islands and used them to stage the next attack
How was the Holocaust different from other wartime tragedies?
Jews were attacked, tortured and killed due to the prejudice of Hitler and the Nazis.
What would characterize the effectiveness of Hitler's leadership?
He gained support of the German citizens because he inspired hope during and after the Great Depression, but proved that he did not value human life.
What did the U.S. banks do to Japan to get them to stop imperialism?
froze all Japanese funds in its banks and cut off exports to Japan
The United States was expected to be responsible for most of the postwar rebuilding because it
escaped much destruction and was then the strongest power in the world.
What was the Bataan Death March?
More than 70,000 American and Filipino soldiers were forced by the Japanese to march 63 miles up the Bataan Peninsula to prison camps.
What were the effects of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
National economies in Europe and Asia were devastated, and millions of people were left without food, water, or shelter.