Battles
Strategies
People
Policies at home
Dates
100
This battle was the turning point on the Eastern Front in WWII.
Battle of Stalingrad
100
Japanese suicide planes
Kamikazes
100
Commander of the US army in Europe
Dwight Eisenhower
100
Japanese-Americans were put into __________ camps after the bombing of Pearl Harbor
Internment
100
Dec. 7th 1941
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
200
This battle was the turning point in the Pacific that put the Japanese on the defense.
The battle of Midway
200
Allied strategy for winning the war in the Pacific
Island hopping
200
Commander of the Pacific navy
Douglass MacArthur
200
This policy was responsible for drafting Americans in to WWII
Selective Service Act
200
June 6th 1942
D-Day
300
This battle was fought over a small Japanese island. It cost 7,000 marines. It also is the location of a famous photo.
Iwo Jima
300
Name of US plan to invade northern Africa
Operation Torch
300
German commander in North Africa, known as the "Desert Fox"
Erwin Rommel
300
This policy was responsible for turning companies into industries that made goods for the war (coca-cola makes grenades...Ford makes tanks)
War Production Board
300
August 6th 1945
Hiroshima
400
This is the location of the largest naval battle in history
Leyte Gulf
400
Groups of German submarines that sank allied ships
Wolf Packs
400
President of the United States that made the decision to drop the atomic bomb
President Harry S. Truman
400
This was the codename for the creation of the Atomic bomb.
Manhattan Project
400
August 9th 1941
Nagasaki
500
Identify and explain a battle that was a major turning point in WWII
Battle of Britain- Gave US a launching point for European campaign Battle of Stalingrad- Halted German advance on Eastern Front, and began German retreat. D-Day- Allied invasion of Europe Battle of Bulge- Last major German offensive Battle of Midway- Stopped Japanese advance, destroyed aircraft carriers
500
Identify the codename for D-day, what factors went into D-day being a successful operation?
Operation overlord Key Factors: Deception: used fake armies and intelligence to fool Germany, double spies, and required an incredible amount of coordination.
500
Name the major dictators of the Axis powers during WWII
Russia: Stain Italy: Mussolini Germany: Hitler Japan: Tojo
500
Explain how their was total mobilization of the American home-front during WWII.
War Production Board Rationing Victory Gardens Women's Army Auxiliary Corps Selective Service Act
500
Explain the post-war events of WWII
1) Yalta Conference- divided Germany, created the United Nations 2) Nuremberg trials- put Nazis on trial 3) Occupation of Japan: US occupies Japan, executes Tojo and creates a democratic government. Japan is forbidden to have a standing army.
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