Holocaust
What race/religion did the Hitler and the Nazis mainly target during the Holocaust?
Jewish/Jews
Who was the leader of Germany during WWII?
Adolf Hitler
Who was the President of the United States during the majority of WWII?
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
What was VJ Day?
Victory in Japan= the day Japan surrendered and WWII was officially over
Who won World War II?
The Allies
TRUE OR FALSE:
Jews were the only people killed by Nazis or taken to concentration camps.
FALSE
Who was the leader of Japan during WWII?
Emperor Hirohito
Who took over for FDR as president after he died?
Harry S. Truman
What was VE Day?
Victory in Europe= the day Germany surrendered
What event caused the United States to enter WWII?
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
About how many people were killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust?
6 million
Who was the leader of Italy during WWII?
Benito Mussolini
Who was the Prime Minister/leader of Great Britain during WWII?
Winston Churchill
What happened on December 7, 1941?
The Japanese attacked Pear Harbor, Hawaii
What happened on December 8, 1941?
FDR and the United States Congress declared war on Japan.
Give the name of one of the concentration camps we discussed during our WWII unit.
Dachau.
Mauthausen.
Ravensbrück.
Flossenbürg.
Sachsenhausen.
Buchenwald.
Neuengamme.
Auschwitz.
What countries made up the Axis Powers during WWII?
Germany, Japan, and Italy
Beginning: Great Britain and France
Middle/End: Great Britain and The United States
What was the largest sea invasion in history?
D-Day/Invasion of Normandy
What was the code name given to the secret project that was responsible for creating the first atomic bombs?
The Manhattan Project
What would happen to people at concentration camps?
starved, forced slave labor, used for medical experiments, gassed/killed.
What country did Germany invade that caused Great Britain and France to declare war on them?
Poland
Before joining the war, most U.S. citizens believed the country should stay out of the war and focus on solving problems within their own country. This policy/belief is called ________
Isolationism
Where and When did D-Day take place?
June 6, 1944-Normandy, France
Name the two Japanese cities that were destroyed by the first atomic bombs?
Nagasaki and Hiroshima