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He was known as the "Soldier's General" and remarked "everyman who stepped foot on Normandy is a hero".
Who was Omar Bradley?
100
December 7, 1941
What is Pearl Harbor
100
The act of growing your own vegetables and fruit to save produce for the troops?
What is victory gardens?
100
This group was known for its heroic flying skills despite facing racial prejudice for their skin color
Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?
100
The U.S. Pacific war strategy of overtaking smaller islands before attacking Japan
What is "island-hopping"
200
He was a celebrated "tank commander" and an important general in World War II
Who is George Patton
200
The year FDR died and War was won
What is 1945?
200
The U.S. was forced to fight on two different of these
What is fronts or theater?
200
By Executive Order 9066, President Roosevelt ordered the detention of this group
Who are Japanese Americans?
200
This department oversaw domestic messages and told Americans to keep quiet
What is the Office of War Information?
300
He served as the Commander of the Pacific theater, and promised to return to the Philippines after having to evacuate.
Who is Douglas MacArthur
300
The year both Franklin Roosevelt and Adolf Hitler came to power
What is 1933?
300
British leaders were accused of this when they gave into Hitler's demands before the War officially started
What is appeasement?
300
This group was known as America's "secret weapon" as many had never worked in factories.
Who was Rosies or women?
300
In order to get around an isolationist Congress, FDR proposed this to allow Great Britain to "borrow" weapons
What is Lend-Lease?
400
His decision to drop the atomic bomb ended World War II and forced Japan to surrender immediately
Who is Harry Truman?
400
The important battle that occurred on June 6, 1944
What is D-Day or Normandy Invasion?
400
The act of saving or limiting something for use by American soldiers
What is rationing?
400
The Navajos served bravely in World War II by never allowing this to be broken
What is their code?
400
Besides Hitler, what other dictator were the Allied at war against?
Who is Mussolini
500
He faced racism and discrimination while serving in Italy, and had to wait 40 years to be awarded the Medal of Honor
Who was Alvin Baker
500
Known as the start of World War II in 1939
What is Hitler invades Poland?
500
If Americans purchased these items they were helping to support and fund the war
What are War Bonds?
500
The main goal of this volunteer group was to help and teach the Chinese Air Force to keep Japan out of China
Who were the Flying Tigers?
500
What two Japanese cities were destroyed because of the dropping of the Atomic Bombs
What is Nagasaki and Hiroshima?