Battles
The devastating surprise attack by Japan on the US fleet. It brought the US into World War 2.
What is Pearl Harbor
Name of the "We Can Do It" lady on WWII propaganda posters.
Who is Rosie the Riviter?
The president and Chancellor of Germany.
Who are Hitler and Hindenburg?
Book Hitler wrote while imprisoned for attempting to overthrow the government.
What is Mein Kampf?
Types of things American servicemen wrote home about.
What is love, battles, conditions of war, and reasons for enlisting?
US air assault on Japanese carriers. Catastrophic defeat from which the Japanese Navy never fully recovered – 3/4 Japanese carriers were destroyed
What is Midway
The official name of the Japanese Internment camps.
What is War Relocation Authority (WRA) Camps
The people taken to German concentration camps.
Who were Jews, Gypsies, Political Opponents, Homosexuals, and other Minorities?
A strategy in which countries use all resources and fight without regard for lives or infrastructure.
What is Total War?
The Allies.
Who are America, England, Russia, France?
A last-ditch effort by Germany to stave off defeat. A surprise blitzkrieg in the Ardennes forest to try and break through Allied lines. The line bulged but didn’t break.
What is Battle of the Bulge
President at the beginning of WWII.
Leaders of Russia, Italy, and England during WWII.
Who are Stalin, Mussolini, and Churchill?
A new word that was made to describe the Holocaust.
What is Genocide?
The Axis Powers.
Who are Germany, Italy, and Japan?
Largest amphibious operation in history. More than 5,000 ships landing Allied troops on fortified Normandy beaches in France. Allowed the Allies a place to invade mainland Europe.
What is D-Day or Normandy
President at the end of WWII.
Who is Truman?
A strategy in which The Allies agreed to concentrate their war efforts on defeating Germany before Japan.
What is Germany or Europe First?
Hitler's end goal - a term for what he wanted for Germany.
What is lebensraum?
The Atomic Bomb.
What ended the War in Japan?
Deadliest battle in human history. Fought in an urban area. Eventually, the German force was itself surrounded. Total casualties may have been as many as 2 million including civilians.
What is the Battle of Stalingrad
The people who kept America running during WWII.
Who are women and minorities?
The dates of VE and VJ Day.
May 8, August 14, 1945
A type of document which is written in the time period being studied.
What is a primary source?
The things Americans were encouraged to do to aid the war effort.
What was get war jobs, buy war bonds, grow your own food, and ration?