The Home Front
This iconic fictional character encouraged women to join the workforce with the slogan "We Can Do It!"
Who is Rosie th Riveter?
The US officially entered the war after an attack on this naval base on December 7, 1941.
What is Pearl Harbor?
This strategy involved bypassing heavily fortified islands to seize thinner-guarded locations closer to Japan.
What is Island Hopping?
He was the only US President elected to four terms, leading the country through most of World War II.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This was the secret code name for the US project to develop the atomic bomb.
What is the Manhattan Project?
To ensure fair distribution of scarce goods like sugar and gasoline, the government issued these books.
What are Ration Books?
June 6, 1944, the date the Allied invasion of Normandy, is commonly known by this name.
What is D-Day?
This 1942 naval battle is considered the turning point of the war in the Pacific.
What is the Battle of Midway?
He became President in 1945 following FDR's death and made the decision to use the atomic bomb.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
Often called the "father of the atomic bomb", he was the scientist director of the Los Alamos Laboratory.
Who is J. Robert Oppenheimer?
Executive Order 9066 led to the forced relocation in incarceration of this group of Americans.
Who are Japanese-Americans?
This 1944-45 battle was Germany's final major offensive attempt to push back the Allied line in the Ardennes.
What is the Battle of the Bulge?
Who are the Navajo Code Talkers?
Ther "Big Three" met at this February 1945 conference to discuss the post-war reorganization of Europe.
What is the Yalta Conference?
The first atomic bomb used in warfare was dropped on this Japanese city on Augst 6, 1945.
What is Hiroshima?
These "Bonds" were sold to US citizens to help the government finance the masive costs of the war.
What are War Bonds?
This US General served as the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe and later became President.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
General Douglas McArthur famously promised "I shall return" after being forced to evacuate this island chain.
What are the Phillipines?
This British Prime Minister was FDR's closest ally and a frequent visitor to the White House.
Who is Winston Churchill?
This famous physicist wrote a letter to FDR in 1939 warning that Germany might be developing nuclear weapons.
Who is Albert Einstein?
This 1944 act provided veterans with funds to college, housing, and unemployment insurance.
This policy, passed in 1941, allowed the US to send weapons to Allies while technically remaining neutral.
What is Lend-Lease?
This brutal 1942 forced march resulted in the deaths of thousands of Americans and Filipino prisoners of war.
What is the Bataan Death March?
This 1941 declaration between FDR and Churchill outlined the Allied goals for the post-war world.
What is the Atlantic Charter?
This was the name of the B-29 bomber that dropped the "Little Boy" atomic bomb.
What is the Enola Gay?