World War II A
The complicated Allied invasion to take Europe back from the Axis Powers began at
at El Alamein
at Stalingrad
on D-Day
What is on D-Day?
Important idea that came out of the Nuremberg Trials
concentration camps are against the law
individuals are responsible for their own actions
What is individuals are responsible for their own actions?
Turning point battle in the Pacific
Battle of Pearl Harbor
Battle of Midway
Battle of Okinawa
What is the Battle of Midway?
2 Japanese cities attacked with the atomic bomb
Tokyo and Hiroshima
Nagasaki and Tokyo
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What was Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Commander of the invasion of German-occupied France
General Eisenhower
General Patton
Admiral Nimitz
Who was General Eisenhower?
Event in the Pacific theater that saw American POWs being treated brutally by the Japanese
Manila Massacre
Bataan Death March
What is the Bataan Death March?
What is not true of the Battle of Iwo Jima and Okinawa?
most Japanese soldiers surrendered to Americans to keep from dying
US won both battles
What is most Japanese soldiers surrendered to Americans to keep from dying?
After the US dropped atomic bombs on Japan...
the League of Nations was created
the US surrendered
Japan accepted American terms for surrender
What was Japan accepted American terms for surrender?
V-E Day marked
the end of the war in the Pacific
the end of the war in Europe
the Allied attack on North Africa
What was the end of the war in Europe?
This group attempted to ensure the humane treatment of prisoners of war by establishing rules for all nations
Geneva Convention
Nuremberg Trials
What is the Geneva Convention?
best description of kamikazes
guards at POW camps operated by the Japanese
one-man submarines at Pearl Harbor
bomb-loaded planes whose pilots deliberately crashed into targets
What are bomb-loaded planes whose pilots deliberately crashed into targets?
Term for the systematic destruction of a racial, political, religious, or cultural group
genocide
kamikaze
genocide
What is genocide?
Location of battles of the Coral Sea, Midway, and Guadalcanal
the Asian mainland
the Pacific
the Italian peninsula
What is the Pacific?
Who ordered use of atomic bombs?
Franklin Roosevelt
Dwight Eisenhower
Harry Truman
Who was Harry Truman?
Hitler's "final solution to the Jewish question"
draft all Jews into the German army
kill all the Jews
force all Jews to emigrate
What is kill all the Jews?
Japanese soldiers often __________________ rather than surrender.
played dead
ran away
committed suicide
What is committed suicide?
the goal of the Manhattan Project
build 8 new aircraft carriers
develop an atomic bomb
devise a strategy for invading Japan
What was develop an atomic bomb?