Axis Successes
What stopped German forces advances on besieging Moscow?
severe Russian winters
Give the date for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941
Who was the American commander in the Pacific?
Douglas Macarthur
When did V-E Day take place?
May 8, 1945
What are the three major bodies within the UN?
Secretariat, General Assembly, Security Council
What is the term associated with the horrors and atrocities committed by the Third Reich in numerous concentration camps?
The Holocaust
Who was the British commander in North Africa during WW2?
Bernard Montgomery
What was the turning point of the Pacific War for the Americans?
The Battle of Midway
What is V-E day?
Victory in Europe
In which division of the United Nations are all member nations represented?
General Assembly
Who was the Japanese military leader during World War 2?
Hideki Tojo
What was the code name for the Normandy invasion by the Allies?
Operation Overlord
What were Japanese suicide pilots called?
Kamikaze pilots
On August 6, 1945 the first atomic bomb was dropped on what city?
Hiroshima
What has prevented the outbreak of another world war?
The threat of nuclear war
What does "A date which will live in infamy" refer to?
Pearl Harbor attack pg 498
What does the term D-day refer to?
Allied invasion of France
What was the last major German offensive of the war?
The Battle of the Bulge
Where was the second atomic bomb dropped?
Nagasaki
What body serves as the administrative arm of the United Nations?
Secretariat
What was Winston Churchill referring to when he said "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few"?
pilots of the Royal Air Force pg 493 WRITE IT
Who was the supreme Allied commander in Europe?
Dwight D Eisenhower
Why was the island-hopping technique was successful?
American troops simply bypassed Japanese troops on islands that would not make good air bases.
What was Truman's reasoning for dropping the atomic bomb on Japan?
To lessen the number of Japanese and American casualties that would result from an invasion of the Japanese home islands, and to shorten the war
Who has veto power in the UN over any council decision?
Any one of the 5 permanent members of the Security council