Axis Powers
What were the Axis powers?
Germany, Italy & Japan
What were the Allied Powers?
USA, Britain, Russia, Free French
What does ETO stand for?
European Theater Operation
What was the date of Pearl Harbor?
December 7, 1941
What event caused WWII to begin?
Who took over for FDR after he passed?
Harry Truman
What was the purpose of the Italian Campaign? What was the invasion of Sicily called?
Take Italy out of the war and isolate Germany.
Operation Husky
What was the purpose of Doolittle's Raid?
To strike back at Japan for attack Pearl Harbor.
Who was in charge of the Manhattan Project?
Robert Oppenheimer
Who were the leaders of the Axis powers at this time?
Adolf Hitler
Hideki Tojo
Benito Mussolini
Who were the three leaders of the Allied Powers at the time?
FDR
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Charles De Gaulle
What was the significance of D-Day in the war?
They wanted to open up another front to begin to liberate France.
What battle helped the USA stop Japan from being able to bomb Pearl Harbor again?
Battle of Midway
What was E.O 9066?
FDR sent all Japanese Americans and Japanese descendants to live in camps.
What was the Holocaust? What was the name of the camp that was in Poland?
The extermination of millions of Jews
Auschwitz
What was the name of the general who led the Free French Fighters?
Charles De Gaulle
What were some of the obstacles that they needed to overcome in the battle of Normandy? (Give me 3 examples)
Sea, Drowning, Weight, Belgian gates, Teller mines, Ramps, Hedgehogs, Barbed Wire, Machine Guns, and Snippers.
What was the strategy used by the American military to gain control of islands in the Pacific? Why did they choose to do this?
Leap Frogging or Island Hopping.
They wanted to have fewer casualties in war.
What were the four main roles of Propaganda during World War II?
1. To encourage women to work
2. To save waste and recycle
3. To keep the nation safe
4. Recruitment
Which of the Axis powers surrendered first in World War II?
Italy
What was the name of the fictional character that was used to teach the American military the responsibilities of war? What did it stand for?
Private SNAFU
Situation Normal All Fouled Up
Where did these Battles or Operations take place?
Battle of Stalingrad
Operation Torch
Operation Overload
Operation Husky
Russia
Africa
France
Italy
What caused the end of the war? What were the names given to the items that ended the war?
The atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima & Nagasaki. Little boy & Fat man.
What was the role of the Homefront during World War II?
Getting females to work, Victory Gardens, Bond Drives, & Propaganda