Pacific Front
What was the plane that dropped bombs in Japan?
Enola Gay
Lightning War
What was the plan to eliminate Jews in Europe made up by Hitler?
The Final Solution(the Holocaust)
What was General Rommel's nickname?
Desert Fox
What is the manhattan project?
top-secret US government program during WWII that aimed to develop and build the first atomic bombs
What was Iwo Jima?
A volcanic island where a battle occurred part of WWII
What two brutal attacks happened during WW2?
Leningrad and Stalingrad
What were the early rocket programs of the Germans?
V1/V2
What was the importance of the battle of El Alamein?
it marked the beginning of the end for the Axis powers and boost the Allied powers confidence after so many setbacks
What was used to support war efforts by planting food supplies in WWII?
Victory Gardens
Which two cities were the first nuclear weapons used on?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Who was the dictator of Germany?
Adolf Hitler
What is D-day/normandy?
The first day of any large military operation in WW2
What countries mainly fought on the North African front?
Allied powers: Britain and the US Axis powers: Germany and Italy
What day was Pearl Harbor attacked on?
December 7th 1941
What was Island Hopping, and why?
The act of traveling between islands, They did it to get closer and also they had to stop to fuel their planes
How did Adolf Affect the Jews during WW2
Hitler made laws to take away Jewish people’s rights, destroying Jewish Churches, homes, and businesses.
What was the Blitz?
The bombing of London
Which leader invaded Ethiopia on the North African Front?
Benito Mussolini
What was Rosie Riveter?
A cultural icon that represents women going into jobs that men normally had but weren’t doing because they went to war
How did Pearl Harbor affect WW2?
It brought the United States into WWII, as it declared war on Japan, which led to Pearl Harbor
What were Auschwitz, Dachau, and Treblinka?
Concentration Camps
Which two parts of London were bombed the most?
Holborn and Stephney
What was operation torch?
an allied invasion of french north africa during ww2
Who was the President when WWII started and what president authorized dropping the atomic bombs on Japan?
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman