Allied Powers
Axis Powers
Important Battles
Groups of People in WWII
The Home-Front
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What countries are in the Allied powers?
US, Great Britain, France, Soviet Union
100
What countries are in the Axis powers?
• Germany • Japan • Italy
100
What was the strategy the US used to get close to Japan? Explain it.
Island-Hopping. The Allies used this to gain military bases and secure the many small islands in the Pacific.
100
Who encouraged President Roosevelt to start the Manhanttan Project?
Albert Einstein
100
Give examples of women and children “doing their part at home” to help win the war.
They had scrap metal drives and made victory gardens
200
Who was the leader of the US?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
200
Who is the leader of Germany?
Adolf Hitler
200
Where were the military campaigns fought? (What parts of the world was the war fought in?)
North Africa, Asia, Europe
200
What did the Tuskegee Airmen accomplish in the war?
These were the first African America fighter pilots. They flew thousands of combat missions in North Africa and Europe.
200
What were the new inventions in medicine during WWII?
Penicillin and antibiotics
300
Who was the leader of Great Britain?
Winston Churchill
300
Who is the leader of Italy
Benito Mussolini
300
What made the US decide to enter the war?
The Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
300
Explain why the US government put Japanese Americans in internment camps.
Military officials thought they might be helping Japan to invade the US
300
How did Albert Einstein contribute to help the US with the war effort?
He encouraged Franklin Roosevelt to establish the Manhattan Project and develop the atomic bomb.
400
Who was the leader of France and The Soviet Union?
Charles de Gaulle and Josef Stalin
400
What political system did Germany use to rule their country?
Fascism/Dictatorship
400
Where did the US drop the two bombs? What cities?
Japan- Nagasaki and Hiroshima
400
What was this event called where Germany took Jewish people prisoner?
The Holocaust
400
What was a new invention in aviation during WWII?
radar
500
What were the main goals of the Allied Powers?
To defeat the Axis powers so they couldn’t invade other countries again
500
What part of the world did Hitler want to control in the beginning of WWII?
Europe
500
Why did the US drop the atomic bombs on Japan?
The US dropped the atomic bomb to force Japan to surrender.
500
After the Axis powers surrendered, what happened to Germany?
Germany was divided into four zones and was occupied by the Allied Powers
500
This invention helped to break codes during WWII
Computers
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