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France and Great Britain declared war on Germany after it invaded what country?
Poland
What date was the attack on Pearl Harbor?
December 7th 1941
A lot of Americans started growing their own food during WWII. What was this called?
victory gardens
Japanese suicide planes that crashed into enemy ships were called
Kamikazes
Name the four countries that made up the allied powers
Great Britain, France, Soviet Union, U.S.
D-Day was the code name for which World War II event?
invasion of Normandy
German war strategy
Blitzkrieg
Who was the dictator who ruled the Soviet Union during World War II?
Joseph Stalin
The United States entered World War II after this event
Pearl Harbor
Which three countries made up the Axis Powers
Germany, Japan, and Italy
What President ordered the use of the Atomic Bomb?
President Truman
What was the name of the plane that dropped the Atomic Bomb?
Enola Gay
Organization that keeps the peace between member countries
United Nations
The secret plan to create the nuclear bomb was called...
The Manhattan Project?
Where did British and American forces land in May of 1942 where they defeated German and Italian forces.
North Africa
(Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco
Surrendering U.S. forces in Manila were forced to go on the
Bataan Death March
Allied forces faced a German counterattack after D-Day but failed and Allied forces advanced into Germany.
Battle of the Bulge
This event involved constant aerial attacks by Germany over major cities in England
Battle of Britain
FDR and Churchill discussed their objectives after the war: freedom of the seas, reduction of armaments and created The United Nations.
Atlantic Charter
Crimes against humanity trials.
Nuremberg Trials
Who takes credit for the plan of attacking Pearl Harbor?
Yamamoto
Put these events in the correct order:
A. Midway
B. D-Day
C. V-J Day
D. V-E Day
E. Pearl Harbor
E, A, B, D, C,
Pearl Harbor, Battle of Midway, D-Day, V-E Day, V-J Day
Korematsu v. US was a case heard by the Supreme Court that held it was constitutional to hold Japanese in________________________.
Internment Camps
After the barbarities of the Holocaust the new United Nations General Assembly drafted this.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Required all males to register
The Selective Service Act