Battles
What event ended the USA's isolationist policies?
Pearl Harbor
War Bonds
Buy to support the war effort, which would be paid back after the war
Dictator of Germany?
Hitler
What year did the war start?
1939
How were Af. Americans who moved to the Northern cities to get wartime industrial jobs treated?
Poorly/discriminated against
What was D-Day?
Allies attacked Normandy
Codetalkers
Us marines used Native American language to send messages so that the Japanese could not decode
Dictator of the USSR?
Stalin
What year did the US join?
1941
Why were many Japanese Americans put into internment camps?
Fear, prejudice, & blame
What was the Battle of the Bulge?
The German counterattack to D-Day, named for the bulge in the Allied line
Anti-semitism
Hatred to Jews
Dictator of Italy
Mussolini
What year did the war end?
1945
How did Stalin maintain his control within the USSR?
Used terror and purges
What was the Battle of Stalingrad?
Germany invaded Russia, Soviets won
Apppeasment
Avoiding war
Dictator of Spain?
Franco
What was the US's role in the war from 1939 to 1941?
Wanted to stay out of it, then started giving supplies and $ to the Allies
What role did women play in the war?
Factory jobs/ everything except combat
What was Operation Torch?
Attack North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and invade Europe. Italians overthrow Mussolini and Surrender
GI
soldier in WWII
Who was the British Prime Minister?
Churchill
Used its money to pay for the war