Battles
The cities that the US dropped atomic bombs on
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
President that decided to use the atomic bomb
Truman
The US would lend or lease arms to nations whose defense was vital to America
Lend-Lease Plan
Germany surrendered on _____ day
(Victory in Europe Day)
V-E Day
African-American pilots of the 99th Squadron
Tuskegee Airmen
Japanese Americans who were suspicious of possible spy activity were taken to ______
Internment Camps
December 7, 1941, Japan bombed the largest American naval base
2403 killed, 1178 wounded, 21 ships & 300 planes were taken down
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Native American Marines who used their native language to transmit secret messages
(led to US victory in the Battle of Midway)
Navajo Code Talkers
Discrimination against Jews
Anti-Semitism
Known as the largest land-sea-air operation in military history
D-Day
Pilots in small bomb laden planes that would crash into Allied ships- suicide mission
Kamikaze pilots
Giving the opposing side what they want to avoid conflict
Appeasement
Battle that caused the Germans to surrender because they were unprepared for the winter weather in the summer of 1942
Battle of Stalingrad
Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy), Tojo (Japan)
Axis powers and leaders
Anti-semitic laws enacted in Germany that stripped Jews of their citizenship, jobs, & property
Nuremberg laws