Turning Points of WWII
What happened on December 7, 1941?
Why is this considered a turning point in the war?
The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.
The US entered the war.
This technology was still experimental during WWII, but today is used to direct 10 million flights across the globe. America pays for neglecting this technology in the early hours of December 7, 1941.
What is radar?
Who gave President Roosevelt the idea to begin the development of an atomic weapon?
Who is Albert Einstein?
Germany, Japan, and Italy made up this.
What is the Axis powers.
WWII began when Germany invaded this country in 1939
What is Poland? Britain and France declare war following this.
What was Operation Sealion?
Was it successful?
Hilter's plan to invade Britain in 1940.
No, despite an intense bombing campaign of Britain, Hitler was not successful and had to postpone his invasion plans.
If he won, the war would have ended with a German victory.
Three General Purpose Vehicles are produced every four minutes by the end of WWII. 600,000 are produced in total. The vehicle comes equipped with a shovel, can seat many soliders and can travel in almost any condition. It is lightweight and easy to ship. It is commonly known as this.
What is a jeep?
What two cities did the US bomb in WWII?
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States made up this group during WWII.
Who are the Allies?
This event happened on June 6, 1944
What is D-Day?
Allied troops land on the beaches of Normandy.
Identify two American actions that aggravated the Japanese and increased their aggression toward the United States.
1. The US moved its military from San Diego to Pearl Harbor.
2. The US ordered a military build-up in the Philippines.
3. The US stopped oil shipments to Japan.
This General took command of Operation Overlord; know to the world as D-Day.
Who is General Eisenhower?
Who made the decision to use the atomic bomb?
Who is Harry Truman?
Hitler signed a non-aggression pact with this country. Germany and this country agreed not to attack each other. Later Germany would go against the pact and attack this country. The country then joined the Allies.
What is the Soviet Union?
Why did the U.S. government send Japanese Americans to internment camps during World War II?
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and people thought Japanese Americans would be loyal to Japan.
Why is the Battle of Midway considered a turning point in the war?
It was the first allied victory in the war in the Pacific.
Explain the role women played in winning the war for the United States.
Women filled the vacancy in the factories and on the farms while men were off fighting the war
Women were logistically responsible for winning the war.
Kept the home front economy vibrant
MAD stands for this. Explain what it means.
What is Mutually Assured Destruction?
No one will use a nuclear weapon for fear that one would be used on their own country.
A system of government that rules by force. It usually has a police or military force to back them up. There are very few freedoms in this type of government. There was a rise in these types of leaders in the 1930s.
What is a dictatorship?
More than 2,400 Americans were killed on December 7, 1941, during this event. The US joins the war on the side of the Allies.
What is the Japanese attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbor.
This battle is considered one of the bloodiest battles in history. After this battle, the Germans were in retreat. (August 1942- February 1943)
The Battle of Stalingrad
America became a superpower after World War II. Describe two things that happened in America after WWII.
What is-
America is left as one of the only countries in the world with its infrastructure unaffected by war,
American has 1/2 of the world’s manufacturing power America has 2/3rds of the world’s gold stocks
Americans make double the income than before the war
Americans will have 50 million babies in the next 15 years. (Baby Boom)
The number of countries that have nuclear weapons today.
Identify 5 of the 9.
What is 9?
US, Russia, UK, China, France, India, Pakistan, Israel, and North Korea?
Name any 5.
Who surrendered first- Germany or Japan?
What is Germany?
This emperor of Japan surrendered in August of 1945 after his country was bombed.
Who is Emperor Hirohito?