Policies & Powers
What do you call the type of gov. Hitler and Stalin espoused?
Fascism
What was the name of the German attacks that dropped bombs on London and other key cities of the UK?
Blitz
Who became president after FDR died?
(Harry) Truman
What was the name of the German strategy that translates to "lightning war"?
blitzkrieg
What state is Pearl Harbor located in?
What were the northern and southern halves of France called?
North: German "Occupied Zone"
South: Vichy "Free Zone"
What was the name of the French town that the Allies had to emergency evacuate early in the War? (Battle named after the town.)
Dunkirk
What was the name of the famous fiction female factory posterchild? (red bandana, blue jumpsuit)
Rosie the Riveter
What was the name for suicide pilots that means "divine wind" in Japanese?
kamikaze
What ethnicity was the American unit that earned more medals than any other unit in WW2?
Japanese-American
What do you call the U.S. policy of staying out of the war?
Isolationism
What was the name of the Operation evacuated children from London and other large British cities to the countryside?
Pied Piper
Name either 1) the top secret atomic bomb project or 2) the man in charge of it.
Manhattan Project or Oppenheimer
What was the main U.S. strategy in the Pacific Theater? (2 words)
Island hopping
What is the name of the book Hitler wrote while in jail AND what does the title mean in English?
Mein Kampf (My Struggle)
Name the three Axis Powers AND at least one of their leaders...
Germany: Hitler
Italy: Mussolini
Japan: Emporer Hirohito and/or Prime Minister Hideki Tojo
Put these operations in order:
Husky (Sicily)
Norandy/D-Day (France)
Torch (North Africa)
Battle of Bulge (Belgium & Luxembourg)
1. Torch (North Africa)
2. Husky (Sicily)
3. Norandy/D-Day (France)
4. Battle of Bulge (Belgium & Luxembourg)
What was the abbreviation for either the women's army branch or the women's airforce branch?
WAAC (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps)
WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots)
What group of Native Americans were recruited as top-secret code talkers?
Navajo
FDR called Pearl Harbor "a day which will live in infamy". What does "infamy" mean?
Well-known/famous for a bad reason
Name the four main ALLIED Powers AND at least one of their leaders... (not China, although they were important later...)
France: Charles de Gaulle
England: Neville Chamberlain--> Winston Churchill
Soviet Union: Joseph Stalin
US: FDR--> Harry Truman
Name both of the German offensive in the Soviet Union that we talked about in class (the 1st invasion AND the bloodiest battle of the entire war).
Barbarossa
Stalingrad
Who was one of the most decorated soldiers of WW2, with 33 medals to his name?
Audie Murphy
Name the two Japanese towns hit by atomic bombs.
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
What years did WW2 start and end?
1939
1945