People
How many times was FDR ELECTED
4
Bloodiest battle in world history between the Russians and Germans
Stalingrad
Besides Jews, other people persecuted by the Germans
Russian POW's, Homosexuals, roma, disabled
strategically taking islands, not all
Atomic bomb
Bunker
Roughly the amount of soldiers lost on both sides during the battle of Stalingrad
This American General was in charge of all units in Europe
Eisenhower
This was the term given to suicide bombers, translates to divine wind
kamikaze
The USA firebombed this German city, leading to the death of 60,000 civilians, there were reports of "fire tornadoes"
Dresden
This famous American general invaded Italy, but got in trouble for slapping a shell shocked soldier
General George Patton
2nd major naval battle between us and Japanese, took place near 2 small islands north of Hawaii
Battle of Midway
The code name for D-Day was Operation ___________
Overlord
This American general was in charge of all troops in the Pacific
General MacArthur
West coast cities like San Francisco would practice this at night so bombers couldn't find the city
biggest landing force in the pacific, the Japanese let us land, then attacked 5 days later
Okinawa
The holocaust was officially known as the _______ _________ to the jewish question
final solution
Racial attacks that broke out in LA when migrants arrived to work in the factories for the war effort
German General Erwin Rommel's nickname
Desert Fox
An important Allied victory that stopped the Japanese advance on Australia
Battle of Coral Sea
This conference is where Stalin FDR and Churchill agreed to divide up Germany
Yalta Conference
First hand to hand combat with the Japanese took place on this island - it's where we learned that they would not surrender
Guadalcanal
This directed conversion of factories to wartime production
War Productions Board
This German general was surrounded with his 6th army in Stalingrad, he did not kill himself, instead was taken prisoner by the Russians
General Frederiech Paulus
After this battle, where the Japanese lost 4 aircraft carriers, they were no longer a threat
Leyte Gulf
What city were we racing the Soviets to?
Berlin
On iwo jima, the name of the mountain where the famous photo was taken
Mt. Suribachi
This allied victory was aided by SONAR
Battle of the Atlantic