WW2 Europe
What country did Germany incorporate into Germany. ( not invade
Austria
Germany, Italy, Japan
Who was President during WW2
Roosevelt
Germans torched synagogues and Jewish businesses
What was the Manhattan Project?
code name for building of the atomic bomb by US.
Who was the Prime Minister in Japan in WW2?
Hirohito
what country did Germany invade that started WW2
Poland
What was the Neutrality Act?
Illegal to send Europe supplies
What two countries declared war on Germany when Germany invaded Poland.
France and Britain
Why did Jewish people wear yellow stars?
Publicly humiliate Jewish people
What was the U.S. strategy for getting to Japan?
Island hopping
What is the name of the Japanese attacks where they purposely crashed into U.S. ships?
Kamikaze
What countries were the allies in ww2
Britain, France, USSR
What was the Lend-Lease Act?
Lended supplies to Europe in WW2. Wanted them back after the war.
Who were the Germans fighting on the Eastern Front?
USSR Russia
Extinction of the Jewish people.
What term used to describe Japanese Americans being place in relocation camps?
Internment camps
Why did U.S. drop the 2nd atomic bomb?
Japan would not surrender?
Who was the U.S. general over allied forces in Europe?
George Marshall, George Patton, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower
Dwight Eisenhower
What was the Battle of Britain?
Successful defense of Britain by German air raids.
What year did WW2 begin?
1945
Prejudice against Jewish people
Why were Japanese people placed in the relocation camps?
Afraid of spying. Considered enemies
When Japan withdrew to the Mainland, what did the U.S. decide to do?
Drop atomic bombs.
Who was the U.S. general over allied forces in Europe?
George Marshall, George Patton, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower
Dwight Eisenhower
What was the Battle of Dunkirk?
Successful rescuing of allied forces
Chancellor
What were the Nuremberg trials.
What cities were bombed with the Atomic Bomb?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Why did Japan want to take over other countries?
Needed natural resources to become a major world power.
Barriers along France
What was the name of the battle that was the turning point for the allies in Europe?
D Day
The picture of the Marines raising the flag for the Marines Memorial was taken on what island?
Iwo Jima
Why did Hitler hate the Jews?
Fault of poverty, looked different, different religion
Who said " December 7, a day that will live in Infamy."
What battle was a turning point in the Pacific against Japan?
Battle of Midway