Kamakaze
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.
What was one positive result of America joining the war?
Brought us out of the Great Depression
....and BONUS: specific to women?
Which halted Japanese advance ...forcing their retreat?
Battle of the Coral Sea
Explain what happened to Japanese Americans in America:
prejudice
placed in internment camps
in the 1980's - each given $20k
The two sides of the war & which countries?
Allies: France, England, U.S., (U.S.S.R)
Axis: Germany, Italy, Japan
What is isolationalism?
staying out of war.
BONUS: How does this relate to the Pearl Harbor attack?
Who was Rosie the Riveter?
Propaganda to get women into the war effort/bolster support of women in the war
Japan's 1st major defeat in battle - or- turning point in the Pacific?
Battle of Midway
Minorities- anything positive regarding their war effort?
laws to protect against discrimination
jobs for African Americans
Jews, prisoners of war, gypsies, homosexuals, Downs Syndrome/etc
Quick response of Americans supporting FDR & Congress to declare war on Japan.
Who were the "Big Three"?
Churchill -in this country?
Roosevelt for America
Stalin
Battle in Russia for its steel works?
False
propaganda was used - positive - to boost war effort/support
Why was the Battle of Britain a decisive point in the war?
Germany had attacked London - & Britain's RAF secured Britain's shores holding off the German air force.
When did the U.S. declare war on Japan?
December 8, 1941
What was Operation Cartwheel? Who led it?
island fighting in the Pacific
led by:
MacArthur & Nimitz
Name the general who asked Hitler to leave Russia's battle?
Paulus
What was a result of the mentality of a kamikaze fighter?
seemed unstoppable
fight to the death - suicide bombers
What was Operation Barbarossa?
German invasion of their "ally" - U.S.S.R.
June 22, 1941
Bonus: another name for this?
refers to the Japanese treatment of prisoners/civilians in China
BONUS: How many were estimated to be massacred?
OR What was the result to morale for the Allies?
Significance of stopping the "Desert Fox"?
Who was he?
What about the location?
stopped one of Hitler's best commanders in North Africa
Name: Erwin Rommel
What: Cairo - base for Italy invasion
and Suez Canal - ship passage/Red Sea
men freeze/starve to death
Rommel Surrenders
Jan 31, 1942
Can you name all of Santa's reindeer?
dasher
dancer
prancer
comet
cupid
donner
blitzen
rudolph
What was Operation Dynamo?
Dunkirk rescue
How many men were rescued? (bonus)