War in Europe
Another name for Lightning War
Blitzkrieg
President roosevelt said, "The day that will live in infamy"
December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor
Involving the entire country and its resources to fight, protect and produce for the conflict
Total War
Hostility toward Jewish people
Anti-Semitism
The Day and year it happened
June 6, 1944
Russian city that Germans held for 872 days
Leningrad
President that made the decision to drop the atomic bomb
Harry Truman
Axis Powers
Japan, Germany, Italy
United States military plan to get closer to Japan
Island Hopping
This encouraged millions on both sides to join the war effort
Propaganda
Another name for total elimination of a race
Genocide
Beach that US troops lost 2,000
Omaha
Hitler's last ditch battle that pushed allies back under cover of the weather. The sky's cleared and allied planes swooped in and crushed Hitler's last hope
Battle of the Bulge
Two cities that atomic bombs were dropped on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Allied Powers
Britain, France, United States and Russia
1931 Japan invaded this Chinese province
Manchuria
The fictional female factory worker who symbolized women's contributions to the war effort
Rosie the Riveter
Most prisoners were put to death by these means
poison gas chambers
Country the Normandy is
France
US Naval battle that destroyed multiple Japanese ships
Battle of Midway
Name of the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb
Enola Gay
Germany attacked this place in 1942 and it was considered the most defining battle of the entire war
Stalingrad
It took six months to drive the Japanese off of this island
Guadalcanal
Another name for Government limits on the quantities of goods
Rationing
Slum-like areas that Jews were forced to live
Ghettos
Name of troops that went behind enemy lines the night before
Paratroopers
Pilots for Japan that would fly directly into ships
Kamikaze
July 1945 the world's first atomic device was tested in this states desert
New Mexico
July of 1943 Britain and United States joined to invade this country
Italy
Japan's Prime Minister that saw the United States as the last barrier to a new Japanese Empire
The German city that the allies bombed for three consecutive days utterly destroying the city. 25-35,000 civilians were killed.
Dresden
During the Holocaust, the number of the Jewish population murdered, also a fraction that is equivalent to 66.67%
Six million or 2/3 thirds of Europe's Population
Name the 5 beaches of D-Day
Omaha, Sword, Gold, Juno, and Utah
February of 1945, the 2.5 mile island had two air strips. It took the Marines a month to root out 21,000 japanese troops
Iwo Jima
The name of the river that runs through the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan
Hint: page 787 GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
Motoyasu river