Key Events and Dates
When was the evacuation at dunkirk beach?
1940
Where did people of London hide during the Battle of Britain bombings?
The Underground (their railway)
At Pearl Harbor, what were the large ships where airplanes could take off of in the middle of the ocean called?
Aircraft carriers
What Executive Order was passed to legally move Japanese Americans into interment camps?
9066
57
Why did the U.S use secret codes during WW2?
They didn't want the other side to know their secrets
What did Hitler nickname the Battle of Britain?
Operation Sea Lion
What is the difference between Blitzkrieg and Total War?
Blitzkrieg are surprise attacks and total war is more calculated
When did the U.S enter WW2?
1941-after attack on Pearl Habor
Were the majority of Japanese people put in internment camps after 1941 born in America or Japan?
America!
Germany invades Poland and the Allied Powers do what to help?
NOTHING
What are internment camps?
Prison-like facilities where the government rounds up people
When is your WW2 part 1 test?
Why was controlling the air important in war?
It meant you also controlled the land
When and where did the attack on Pearl Harbor take place?
Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Hawaii