Battles and Strategies
This famous battle served as the turning point in the European Theater
D-Day, Operation Overlord
Leader of Germany
Adolf Hitler
Women had temporary jobs with little pay in _________
Factories and production plants
Growing food in parks, backyards, schools, rooftops, and other places to help aid soldiers at war while feeding families at home?
Victory Gardens
Who were the 4 Allied Powers?
US
Britain
Russia
France
This strike led the US to enter the war
Pearl Harbor
Both leaders of United States
FDR and Truman
This minority group was viewed as a threat in the American society
Japanese Americans
A date that will live in Infamy?
December 7th, 1941
Germany
Italy
Japan
What is the purpose of idea of Isolationism
People who believed in this want to avoid war at all costs and focus on domestic policy only
Leader of Soviet Union/USSR
Joseph Stalin
What was Executive Order 9066
Putting Japanese Americans who were viewed "threats" into Internment Camps - signed by FDR
Describe why families and American citizens decided to ration food, metal, gas, or other items.
These items were necessary for soldiers and the army to use and there was only a finite amount being sold. Metal for tanks and planes, gas for tanks and planes, food for soldiers.
This process was to keep Hitler happy while also preventing war? Hint - Britain and France's tactic to Germany
Appeasement
The battle of Midway was a surprise attack on Japanese Navy and Japan lost __________
4 aircraft carriers
Leader of Britain
Winston Churchill
Mexican Americans served in this program that gave temporary jobs on farms and other agriculture jobs
Bracero Program
It provided support from the home front for the war, promoted people to buy war bonds, ration food, and recruited troops as well
Blitzkrieg
What was Germany's strategy in the Battle of the Bulge
To split the allied forces in half and push back the allied pressure on German territory
The head creator of the Atomic Bomb
Oppenheimer
African Americans responsibility during the war was
Double V - Victory in serving and victory in ending discrimination
Describe the process of War Bonds
People give money to the government and in return the government uses the money to pay for the war efforts. People can trade in the bonds after a certain time to get their money back plus interest
A hostile, prejudice, negative view on Jewish People is called?
Anti-Semitism