Battles
This attack is remembered as "A day that will live in infamy"
Pearl Harbor
August 15, 1945
Where was the Manhattan Project located?
Los Alamos, NM
Leader of Italy during WWII
Mussolini
Designed to cause a fire or explosion
Incendiary
This battle was the turning point for the Pacific theater in WWII
Midway
On what date did Britain and France declare war on Germany
September 3, 1939
This was the act passed by FDR and Congress to allow Britain to obtain arms from the US during WWII
Lend-Lease Act
Emperor of Japan during WWII
Hirohito
Deliberate attempt to eliminate a racial, ethnic, religious or national group, often through mass murder
Genocide
Normandy (D-Day)
What event occurred on August 9, 1945?
Bombing of Nagasaki
The name of the act that stated the US would stay out of WWII at the beginning of the war
Neutrality Act
The lead scientist of the Manhattan Project
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Marked by elimination or prohibition of weapons, fortifications, and other military installations.
Demilitarized
A failed counter offensive by Germany prior to losing WWII
Battle of the Bulge
What date did Pearl Harbor occur?
December 7, 1941
The name of the War Crime Trials from WWII
Nuremberg Trials
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
An ethical concern that limits actions
Scruple
Invasion of Soviet Union aka Operation Barbarossa
The Japanese surrendered to the US aboard what US Battleship?
USS Missouri
The US policy that allowed countries to buy weapons as long as they transported themselves and paid in cash
Cash and Carry
King of England during WWII
King George VI
A representative with full authority
Plenipotentiary