Vocabulary
The followers of Hitler were called __________.
Nazis
The _______________________ were African American pilots trained in Alabama.
Tuskegee Airmen
Leader of the United States from 1933-1945
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Who is the main character in the book?
________ occurred on June 6, 1944 when American, British, and Canadian troops invaded France on the Normandy Coast.
D-Day
Mass murder of the Jews by Hitler and the Nazis is known as the __________________.
Holocaust
Leader of Germany
Adolf Hitler
Where is Yanek from? (City in Poland)
Krakow
The ___________________________ is when 70,000 American and Filipino soldiers were forced to march 63 miles to prison camps.
Bataan Death March
The US naval base in Hawaii that was attacked on December 7, 1941 is _______________________.
Pearl Harbor
Leader of Russia
Joseph Stalin
How many concentration camps did Yanek go to?
10
The _________________________ oversaw the conversion of factories to war production.
War Production Board
This was a major naval battle between the United States and Japan that resulted in an American victory.
Battle of Midway
Leader of Great Britain
Winston Churchill
Who liberated the last camp Yanek was at?
the Americans
The _________________ allowed the president to aid any nation believed vital to US defense.
Lend-Lease Act
Allied scientists worked together on the secret __________________________ to create an atomic bomb.
Manhattan Project
Benito Mussolini
After the war, who was the first person Yanek ran into that he recognized from his neighborhood?
Mrs. Immerglick