People
Who was Hitler?
Hitler was the dictator of Germany and all of its occupied territories.
Okinawa
Okinawa is the largest SEA - AIR - LAND battle in history
In this battle the Japanese had almost 2,000 Kamikaze missions
We won this battle
August 6?
Bombing of Hiroshima
Kamikaze mission?
Suicide mission
Food was ___________ when the USA was at war?
Rationed
Who was FDR?
FDR was the president of the United States for 4 terms. He came in when the U.S. was in a depression and he dies when the war was almost over.
Iwo Jima
We wanted and island called Iwo Jima from Japan and we thought that we had won but it urned out that the Japanese people had tunnels in the mountain (mount Suribachi)
Iwo Jima lasted for 36 days (February - April) 1945
7,000 U.S. soldiers dead
We won this battle
21,00 Japanese soldiers dead
August 8?
USSR "joins the war"
Blitzkrieg
Lightning war
Who was Rosie the Riveter?
Rosie the Riveter was created to help show women what they could be. They could work but still be feminine.
Who came in when FDR died?
BONUS: What does his middle initial stand for?
Harry S. Truman.
Midway and Code?
The Japanese wanted our Island Midway. HOWEVER, they did not get Midway and we kept our territory. We figured out Japans code word which was A-F
August 9?
Bombing of Nagasaki
Kristal Nachts
Kristal Night (correct me if I am wrong )
What was the word to describe the USA's view on the war before they joined?
Isolationism
Who was Neville Chamberlain?
Neville was the one who gave Hitler checkoslovakia
Manhatten Project?
The Manhatten project was when the U.S. was creating the atomic bomb and testing the atomic bomb.
The bombs were Little man - dropped on Hiroshima killed 100,000
The other bomb was Fat man - dropped on Nagasaki and killed 60,000 people
August 14?
Japanese Unconditional Surrender by Japan
V - J Day
Mein Kampf
Hitlers boom that was mandatory to read. It is now banned.
What is the difference between a draftee and a volunteer and how many people were drafted and how many people volunteered?
A draftee is someone who is told to come fight by the government. A volunteer is someone who fights because they want to.
Volunteers: 6 million - 37%
Draftee's: 10 million - 63%
What was the name of the Japanese Emperor?
Emperor Hirohito
What sparked the USA's entry into World War II?
Pearl Harbor
DECEMBER 7?
Pearl Harbor: "A day of infamy"
Totalitarianism
Isolationism
Totalitarianism : a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.
Isolationism : a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
Where was the Manhatten Project based?
Los alamos New Mexico