Leaders
The U.S. president at the start of WWII.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
The Allied invasion of Normandy.
What is D-Day?
The code name for the U.S. atomic bomb project.
What is the Manhattan Project?
The 1941 attack that brought the U.S. into the war.
What is Pearl Harbor?
Wartime limits on food and supplies were called this.
What is rationing?
The leader of the Soviet Union during most of the war.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
The long 1942–43 battle that marked a German defeat in the Soviet Union.
What is the Battle of Stalingrad?
German submarines were known by this name.
What are U-boats?
The island-hopping strategy was used in this ocean.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
Women working industrial jobs were symbolized by this figure.
Who is Rosie the Riveter?
The British prime minister is known for wartime speeches about courage.
Who is Winston Churchill?
A major naval battle that stopped Japanese expansion in 1942.
What is the Battle of Midway?
Radar technology helped detect these incoming threats.
What are aircraft?
This general commanded Allied forces in the Pacific.
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
Citizens were encouraged to buy these to support the war.
What are war bonds?
This man ruled Italy as a fascist dictator.
Who is Benito Mussolini?
The final major German offensive in the west.
What is the Battle of the Bulge?
The tank famous for heavy armor used by Germany
What is the Tiger tank?
Japan formally surrendered in this year.
What is 1945?
Scrap drives collected this material for weapons production.
What is metal?
Japan’s emperor during World War II.
Who is Emperor Hirohito?
The island battle is famous for a flag-raising photo.
What is Iwo Jima?
This new weapon ended the war in the Pacific.
What is the atomic bomb?
The U.S. battleship where Japan signed its surrender.
What is the USS Missouri?
Factories shifting to military production were called this effort.
What is wartime mobilization?