Date
The year WWII started
What is 1939
US leader (most of war)
Who is FDR?
Soviet/German agreement to not attack each other.
What is the Non-aggression pact?
Attack that brought the US into the war
What is Pearl Harbor?
Allowing Allies to use weapons in exchange for bases, prior to US entry into the war.
What is Destroyers for Bases?
The year the US entered WWII
What is 1941
Italian dictator also known as Il Duce
Who is Mussolini?
lightning war
What is blitzkrieg?
Battle in the Pacific where the famous "flag" picture is
What is Iwo Jima?
moved US away from complete Isolationism and allowed them to aid Great Britain and the Soviet Union because their defense was vital to the defense of the US
What is Lend Lease Act?
Year WWII ended
What is 1945
German dictator also know as Der Fuhrer
Who is Hitler?
Giving up principles to pacify an aggressor
What is appeasement?
London survives German bombing for over 2 months and Churchill vows to never surrender
What is Battle of Britain?
Strategy to try and regain control in the Pacific.
What is Island Hopping?
The year of the D-Day invasion.
What is June 6, 1944
British Leader during the war
Who is Winston Churchill?
Limiting quantities of food and supplies to save for the war effort.
What is rationing?
Battle that was the turning point of the European theater
What is the Battle of Stalingrad?
Allowed warring nations to buy US arms as long as they paid cash and transported them in their own ships
What is Cash and Carry?
Month and date of Pearl Harbor.
What is Dec. 7, 1941.
Soviet Leader who signed the nonagression pact with Germany
Who is Joseph Stalin?
Hitler's plan to kill all the Jewish people.
What is Final Solution?
Turning point of the war in the Pacific that kept the Japanese from gaining Hawaii
What is Midway?
This is when the Big 3 decided the fate of Germany
What is the Yalta Conference?