Axis
Which countries were allied together in the Tripartite Act?
Japan and Germany (and Italy)
What was the Holocaust?
the German attempt to exterminate every Jew in Europe
"The Allies" consisted of which countries in WWII?
England, the Soviet Union (Russia), and the U.S. were the main three.
On average, the U.S. produced a tank every __________?
4 hours
What was the D-Day invasion of Normandy called?
Operation Overloard
What were "kamikazes?"
Japanese suicide planes designed for one pilot to take out one ship.
Who were the leaders of Germany and Japan during WWII?
Adolf Hitler and Hideki Tojo. (Mussolini in Italy)
Who was the English Prime Minister that met with President Roosevelt in Canada in 1941 to plan their approach to the war?
Winston Churchill
What was the name of the American who developed a plan to attack mainland Japan in broad daylight by air, landing in China?
Jimmy Doolittle
After D-Day, which American officer was put in charge of moving into Germany to attack?
George Patton
When Japan invaded Manchuria (NE China), how did the U.S. respond, raising tensions between the two countries?
The U.S. imposed new sanctions on Japan.
In what year did Hitler (Germany) invade Poland, initiating World War II?
1939
U.S. industrialist Henry Kaiser was able to accomplish building a liberty ship in how long?
Who was Robert Oppenheimer?
He was the chief scientist on the U.S. atomic bomb program.
Who sank whose top aircraft carriers in the Battle of Midway?
The U.S. sank Japan's.
Name two of the three places that Japan invaded after it's attack on Pearl Harbor?
the Philippines, Singapore, China
What was the German "Blitz?"
The German air raid which bombed English cities (not just military bases). This was in response to Churchill's nighttime air raid on Berlin, Germany.
What top secret operation did the U.S. use to break Japanese codes?
Operation MAGIC
The government loosened restrictions on American industrialists and invested money in developing weapons, which freed and motivated them to produce.
Where did the U.S. drop atomic bombs to end the war?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan
What was Japan hoping to accomplish when attacking Pearl Harbor?
1. Destroy the U.S. aircraft carriers
2. Destroy the the U.S. oil supply.
What did Japan accomplish in it's attack on Pearl Harbor?
They sunk or damaged all of the U.S. battleships there.
What is one reason that Churchill and Roosevelt decide to attack Germany first, even though Germany hadn't yet attacked them?
2. They didn't want to let Germany take Russia.
Give two reasons the U.S. chose to bomb cities from the air.
1. It allowed the U.S. to get involved in the war immediately.
2. It would force Germany to use their resources against an air raid, distracting them from invading Russia.
3. It would lower German morale.
What was the name of the post-war conference where the U.S. (Roosevelt), Churchill (England), and Russia (Stalin) met?
Yalta Agreement