World War II
Leaders
Leaders
He was the Prime Minister of Great Britain during most of WWII.
Who is Winston Churchill?
The surprise Japanese attack brought the U.S. into WWII.
What is Pearl Harbor?
Weaponed used to blow up Hiroshima & Nagasaki.
What is the atomic bomb?
Name one the Axis Powers
What is Germany / Italy / Japan?
This was a common way Americans conserved food, gas, and materials at home.
What is rationing?
The U.S. President who declared war after the Pearl Harbor attack.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
The code name for the Allied invasion of Normandy.
What is Operation Overlord or D-Day?
This was used to detect enemy planes and ships.
What is radar?
Name one of the Allied Powers
What is the United States / Great Britain / Soviet Union?
These posters and films were used to influence public opinion and support the war effort.
What is propaganda?
This fascist leader ruled Italy during World War II.
Who is Benito Mussolini?
This 1942 battle was a crucial naval victory for the U.S. in the Pacific.
What is the Battle of Midway?
The top-secret U.S. project to develop the atomic bomb.
What is the Manhattan Project?
The Axis alliance was first formed between these two countries.
What are Germany and Italy?
The Tuskegee Airmen
What is the first African American military aviators in the U.S. Army Air Corps.
The U.S. general that led the Allied invasion of Normandy and later became President
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
Hitler’s last major offensive in the west was this 1944 battle.
What is the Battle of the Bulge?
The German missile, considered one of the first modern rockets, was used to bomb London.
What is the V-2 rocket?
The Allied conference in 1945 to plan post-war peace.
What is the Yalta Conference?
The international organization FDR helped plan for after WWII
What is the United Nations?
The Soviet Union’s leader during World War II.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
The event that marked the final defeat of the Axis Powers in Europe
Germany’s surrender in May 1945, V-E Day.
The name of the first jet-powered fighter plane, developed by the Germans
What is The Messerschmitt Me 262?
The country that switched sides during WWII after initially joining the Axis
What is Italy?
FDR's communication with the American public regularly.
What is fireside chats?