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What part of the world did Japan decide to conquer?
The Pacific
What spread rapidly after WW2 was over?
Communism
Despite the Italian surrender, did the German troops stationed in Italy also surrender?
No, they continued to fight until Germany surrendered.
Did Hitler just target Jews in the Holocaust?
No--he targeted Gypsies, Communists, and the mentally and physically handicapped.
What was the German air force called?
The Luftwaffe
What part of the world did Italy decide to conquer?
Northern Africa
What happened to Hitler? Why?
He killed himself. He knew he was going to lose and he didn't want to get captured by the Russians.
How many beaches were used for the invasion? What is another name for D-Day?
5 beaches
Operation Overlord
What was the Holocaust?
Destruction or slaughter on a mass scale (commonly used to reference the mass killing of Jews)
What did President Truman order to be done when the Japanese refused to surrender?
What city did they drop it on?
He ordered that an atomic bomb be dropped.
Hiroshima, Japan
What is the importance of the railcar they used when signing the surrender documents?
There was a railcar that the French used in WWI when the Germans surrendered. After the French surrendered to Hitler in WW2, he pulled out the same railcar and made them sign their surrender documents in it.
Why was D-Day so important?
Though fighting would continue for another year, D-Day was the beginning of the end for Germany.
How many Jews were killed in the Holocaust?
6 million
After the first atomic bomb, the Japanese continued to refuse to surrender, so what happened?
Which city did they drop it on?
Truman ordered that another atomic bomb be dropped on them.
Nagasaki, Japan
What is island hopping?
How did the British respond to the call for help from Dunkirk? Why was this rescue called a “miracle”?
Over 800 boats of all shapes and sizes, piloted by civilians, showed up to ferry the men across the English Channel.
They rescued 350,000 men off the beach in 9 days.
What do the Jews prefer to call the Holocaust?
Shoah
What did Germany and Italy do when the US declared war on Japan? How did this affect the war?
They declared war on the US.
This caused the US to join the European side of the war, which eventually led to the Allies winning.
In April 1945 which president died and who became the new president?
President Roosevelt died and Harry Truman became president.
What is the name of the battle that was Hitler’s last failed attempt to fight the Allies?
Battle of the Bulge
What was the codename for Hitler's program of extermination/killing?
Operation T-4