Vocab
What is Lightening war
Blitzkreig
Who is Italy’s dictator That wanted to restore to the old Roman Empire?
Mussolini
What was the failure of that caused the war to “continue.”
Treaty of Versailles
What international body was formed?
United Nations
What was the Executive Order 9066?
Internment of all Japanese Americans
What was the Manhattan Project
The building of the atomic bomb
Who was the leader that wanted to exterminate those who were inferior?
Adolf Hitler
What country felt that it was treated unfairly?
Germany
What “war“ developed after WWII and who was it between?
Cold War
U.S./Russia
Name one product pulled from circulation for the war effort?
Rubber, nylon, metal, oil
What was the political philosophy that values the nation or the race above the individual
fascism
Who was the president that served more than 2 terms as president?
FDR
What event hit most of the world and caused need in the countries it hit?
depression
How was Germany divided?
East Germany communist
West Germany independent democracy
What airplane carried “Little Boy” to Hiroshima?
Ebola Gay
What is The National Socialist German Workers’ party
Natzi party
Who was the general who led the forces of Normandy?
General Eisenhower
What was the first country to be attacked by the Axis power to start the war?
Germany invaded Poland
What was so special about the Navajo Code talkers?
Used their native tongue that the Japanese could not break
What does VE Day mean?
Victory in Europe
What is to keep peace by giving in to someone’s demand?
Appeasement
Who was the president who made the decision to drop the atomic bomb?
Harry S. Truman
Who were the Axis Powers?
Germany, Italy and Japan
Was the last major push by the Germans?
Battle of the Bulge
What star of Its A Wonderful Life was a WWII hero?
Jimmy Stewart