Important Figures
The German dictator who led the Nazis
What is Adolf Hitler?
When the Germans tried to control the air against Britain, but failed to do so due to British radars and the German's mistake of not bombing military bases
What is Battle of Britain?
A network of British radar towers and receivers that allowed them to learn of approaching enemy aircraft in advance
What is Chain Home Radar?
The spread of ideas over media in an attempt to influence the public to think a certain way or adopt a specific view
What is propaganda?
The British Prime Minister whose speeches supported his people, and who led his country through war against the axis powers.
What is Winston Churchill?
Put winning favor towards the allies, a deadly battle with harsh winter weather that caused Germany's loss
What is Battle of Stalingrad?
Used to detect submarines underwater using sound waves
What is Sonar?
The limitation of food and equal distribution of it
What is food rations?
The United States President who served the most terms, led his country through the Great Depression and most of WW2
What is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
The turning point of the war in the Pacific, when the U.S. destroyed four Japanese carriers
What is Battle of Midway?
German submarines used to sink large ships
What is U-boats?
These help fund the military and cover large expenses, encouraged to be bought
What is war bonds?
Japan's Emperor who caused mass military expansion and oversaw most war efforts but was overshadowed, also declared his country's surrender
What is Emperor Hirohito?
America, Britain, and Canada land on five beaches in Normandy, France and liberate Paris, weakening Germany
What is D-Day?
Large, armored and armed vehicles, used in German's Blitzkrieg strategy
What is tanks?
The decline in amount of certain things such as food and housing, scarcity
What is shortages?
Italian leader who formed fascism and wanted to become as glorious as the Roman Empire
What is Mussolini?
A war fought on a volcanic island on Japan's mainland, one of the biggest Marine battles that left Americans in control and nearly 18000 Japanese soldiers fallen
What is Battle of Iwo Jima?
A nuclear bomb capable of killing nearly 80000 on impact, dropped onto Japan, only used once in war
What is Atomic Bomb?
More of these foreign people were being put to worn by countries facing labor shortages
What is immigrants?