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What kind of pilots would deliberately crash their planes into American ships, killing themselves but also inflicting severe damage?
Kamikaze
Who did Churchill call the soft underbelly of Europe?
Italy
The great symbol of the campaign to hire women for industrial jobs during the war was what?
Rosie the Riveter
In order to help the B-29s hit their targets better, the U.S. began filling their bombs with what?
Napalm
What was the code name for the invasion of Allie forces into France?
Operation Overlord
President Roosevelt issued what order that stated “there shall be no discrimination in the employment of workers in defense industries or government?”
Executive Order 8802
Germany’s last major offensive, where they tried to cut off Allied supplies coming through Antwerp, Belgium, became known as what?
The Battle of the Bulge
What important battle would prove to be the turning point in the War in the Pacific?
The Battle of Midway
During the D-Day invasion, American forces struggled with landing at what beach?
Omaha
What was the name of the first African American unit in the U.S. Air Force?
Tuskegee Airmen
Who was the commander of the United States Navy in the Pacific?
Admiral Chester Nimitz
Where did the largest naval battle in history take place?
The Battle of Leyte Gulf
What was the secrete American program to build an atomic bomb code-named?
Manhattan Project
What government organization’s role was to improve the public’s understanding of the war?
Office of War Information
Henry Kaiser’s shipyards were best known for making basic cargo ships called what?
Liberty Ships
Where did the International Military Tribunal hold trials of German leaders for war crimes?
Nuremburg
When American forces finally surrendered the Philippines, they were forced to march 65 miles to a Japanese prison camp. This march would later be called what?
Bataan Death March
What was the plan for the first peacetime draft in American History.
Selective Training and Service Act
The Pittsburgh Courier, launched what campaign to urge readers to support the war to win victory of Hitler’s racism abroad and racism at home?
Double V
What battle was the first time American forces fought the German army in WW II?
The Battle of Kasserine Pass
The U.S. would drop atomic bombs on what two Japanese cities?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Who led the team that detonated the world’s first atomic bomb in New Mexico?
Robert Oppenheimer
Roosevelt decided to start the European invasion the way he did for what two reasons?
1. The invasion would give the army some experience without requiring a lot of troops.
2. It would also help the British troops fight the Germans in Egypt.
What was the two-pronged attack the American's planned to use to defeat Japan in the Pacific?
1. The Pacific Fleet would advance through the central Pacific by “hopping” from one island to the next, closer and closer to Japan.
2. Meanwhile, General MacArthur’s troops would advance through the Solomon Islands, capture the north coast of New Guinea, and then launch an invasion to retake the Philippines.
What were the three American aircraft carriers at the Battle of Midway that would launch the counter attack?
Hornet
Yorktown
Enterprise