U.S. Before and after Pearl Harbor
Atomic Bomb
Misc.
Famous Leaders and Generals
Battles
100
This was a battle in February of 1945 for a tiny volcanic Island and was one of the bloodiest battles of the war.
What is Iwo Jima?
100
President who ordered the dropping of the atomic bomb in Japan.
Who is Harry Truman?
100
The name that American soldiers called themselves.
What are GI's?
100
Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII.
Who is Winston Churchill?
100
Turning point of the war in the East--Russians stopped German advance.
What is the Battle of Stalingrad?
200
Authorized FDR to aid any nation whose defense was vital to US security.
What is the Land-Lease Act?
200
First Japanese city to be bombed by an atom bomb.
What is Hiroshima?
200
Turning point in the war between the Germans and Russians.
What is the Battle of Stalingrad?
200
President of the United States during WWII.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)?
200
US general who lead the invasion forces into Sicily, an island south of mainland Italy.
Who is General George S. Patton?
300
FDR died while this battle was being fought.
What is the Battle of Okinawa?
300
2nd Japanese city destroyed by an atomic bomb.
What is Nagasaki?
300
Technique in which a large amount of bombs are scattered over a wide area, German cities suffered greatly.
What is carpet bombing?
300
Fascist dictator of Italy.
Who is Benito Mussolini?
300
First taste of jungle warfare for United States soldiers - targets of Japanese snipers.
What is the Battle of Guadelcanal?
400
This battle prevented the Japanese from establishing bases from which they could bomb Australia?
What is the Battle of the Coral Sea?
400
Top secret group that developed the atomic bomb.
What is the Manhattan Project?
400
Political philosophy that places the importance of the nation above the value of the individual.
What is fascism?
400
German general in North Africa that was a very effective tank commander.
Who is Erwin Rommel?
400
Battle in which British General Montgomery won a decisive victory over German General Rommel in Egypt.
What is the Battle of El Alamein?
500
This was the fate of the US and Filipino soldiers who surrendered after the fall of the Philippine Islands.
What is the Bataan Death March?
500
Scientist who wrote a letter to FDR, suggesting the development of a new type of weapon.
Who is Albert Einstein?
500
Principles agreed to by FDR and Churchill which were the basis of the United Nations.
What is the Atlantic Charter?
500
The place where General Douglas MacArthur meant when he said, "I shall return."
What is the Philippines?
500
Meeting among FDR, Churchill and Stalin to plan for post-war England.
What is the Yalta Conference?
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