Who said it?
"Yesterday, December 7, 1941--a date which will live in infamy..."
Who is Franklin Roosevelt?
Navy damaged
What is Pearl Harbor?
German political party that grew around Hitler's leadership.
Who are the Nazis?
pilots sacrificed
What are kamikazes?
This event pulled America into WWII
What is the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
"I shall return." [Said to the Filipinos]
Who is General Douglas MacArthur?
1st bomb dropped
What is Hiroshima?
Rose to power in Italy during the 1920s
Who is Benito Mussolini?
Hitler indulged
What is appeasement?
A major part of the war in the Pacific involved America's trying to maintain or regain control of this area.
What are the Philippines?
[He promised that the Sudetenland was] "the last territorial claim I have to make in Europe."
Who is Adolf Hitler?
Soldiers surrounded
What is the Battle of the Bulge?
The general who commanded both the American troops in North Africa and the combined Allied forces in the Normandy invasion
Who is Dwight D Eisenhower?
"lightning war" generated by the German forces early in the war
What is blitzkrieg?
This was the primary objective of the Allies at the beginning of American's involvement in the war
What is defeat Germany?
"I regarded the bomb as a military weapon and never had any doubt that it should be used."
Who is Harry S. Truman?
Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin hold their last meeting, at which they recognized the special interests of the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe.
What is Yalta?
Admiral who was in command of the American forces that were "island hopping" across the mid-Pacific
Who is Chester Nimitz?
Form of government developed in Italy during the 1920s
What is fascism?
The policy Roosevelt used before America entered WWII to aid the Allies.
What is Lend-Lease Act?
[Said to the RAF] "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."
Who is Winston Churchill?
German invasion of this country marked the beginning of WWII.
What is Poland?
The only Allied power standing against Germany during the early part of 1941
Who is Great Britain?
Code name used for the program to build an atomic bomb
What is the Manhattan Project?
The conference where President Truman warned Japan to surrender unconditionally or face total destruction.
What is Potsdam?