Section 3
This was the term given to U.S. Production and the day to day occurences in the United States during the war.
Homefront
Who was the Supreme General of all Allied forces in Western Europe?
Dwight Eisenhower
What country was divided following WWII?
Germany
What entertainment company produced the cartoon "Der Fuehrer's Face?"
Disney
What country controlled much of Eastern Europe following WWII?
Soviet Union
What was the name of the U.S. Project to create the world's first atomic weapon?
Manhattan Project
What was the name of the island taken by the U.S. at the costs of thousands of lives, often considered the bloodiest in the Pacific campaign?
Iwo Jima
What was the name for the end of fighting agaisnt Japan, and the effective end of WWII?
V-J Day
What U.S. General was in charge of U.S. forces who retook the Philippines from the Japanese?
Douglas MacArthur
What was the name of the scientist in charge of leading development on the Atomic Bomb?
Robert Oppenheimer
What fighter pilot unit during WWII was also known as the "Red Tails?"
Tuskegee Airmen
What was the name for the event called "Night of Broken Glass" in which Germans ransacked, vandalaized, and destroyed Jewish homes and businesses, and assaulted people in the streets?
Kristallnacht
What two Japanese cities were the targets of the two Atomic Bombings at the end of the war?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What iconic Propaganda poster became a famous symbol during the war for American factory workers, especially women?
Rosie the Riveter
In what areas of captured cities, like in Warsaw, did the Nazis place Jews and others into sectioned off parts of the city away from everyone else?
What was the name of the mass-produced German rocket that could strike targets at long distances?
V-2
What was the name of one of the largest Death camps operated in Europe during the Holocaust?
Auschwitz-Birkenau
During what series of events did German War criminals face prosecution by the Allies following the war?
Nuremburg Trials
The Japanese resorted to what "attacks" that targeted American ships?
Kamikaze Attacks
What Japanese Prime Minister was tried for war crimes in the Tokyo Trials and executed?
Hideki Tojo
What American Director created the "Why we Fight" Film Series during the war?
Frank Capra
At what conference did new U.S. President Harry Truman, Stalin and Churchill meet in Germany to address what to do with Europe after the war?
Potsdam Conference
What did Executive Order 9066, made by FDR, do in the U.S.
Japanese Internment
What U.S. city produced more steel than the AXIS powers during the war combined?
Pittsburgh
What was the codename for the first atomic weapon that was tested in New Mexico (The name of the actual bomb?)
TRINITY