Leaders
President of the United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
1946
Last Japanese Internment Camp closed
Japan attacks the United States
December 7, 1941
Manhattan Project
Top-secret building of America's own atomic bomb.
Group of people that Hitler and the Nazis targeted the MOST during The Holocaust
Jewish People
Dictator of Germany
Adolf Hitler
August 14, 1945
Japan surrenders
Main countries that were part of the Allied Powers (4)
United States, Great Britain, France, Soviet Union
First group of African American pilots that flew combat missions
Albert Einstein's role in helping the United States during the war
Informed President Roosevelt that Germany was creating a new weapon (atomic bomb)
Prime Minister of Great Britain
Winston Churchill
Germany surrenders
United States declares war against the Axis Powers
December 8, 1941
Reason for Joseph Stalin joining the Allied Powers.
Hitler broke the agreement not to invade the Soviet Union.
Used their native language to send secret messages to the troops in combat
Emperor of Japan
Hirohito
April 12, 1945
Main countries that were part of the Axis Powers (3)
Germany, Italy, Japan
Reason for President Roosevelt ordering the military to send Japanese-Americans to internment camps.
Americans thought the Japanese-Americans would help Japan attack the United States. President Roosevelt sent them to internment camps to "protect Americans".
Reason that the Allies were able to win the war (happened on D-Day)
The Allies captured the beaches of Normandy, France.
Dictator of Italy who allied with Hitler
Benito Mussolini
August 9, 1945
United States drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan
Cause of World War II
Germany invaded Poland
Concentration Camps
Places where Jewish people and others were sent by the Nazis to work or be killed.
President after President Roosevelt died and the responsibility that was left with him
Harry S. Truman
Risk 1 million American lives by invading Japan's island or use the atomic bomb on Japan