Names
Nickname given to women that worked in US factories during WWII
Rosie the Rivetor
This "Big City"project helped the US develop the ability to use atomic bombs during WWII.
Manhatten Project
Year Hitler invaded Poland
1939
This name was given to Japanese suicide pilots in WWII
Kamikaze pilots
This naval victory (kinda) stopped Japan from establishing bases on Austrailia
Battle of Coral Sea
Nickname given to the US B-17 Bomber Airplanes
Flying Fortresses
Name the Big Three that met at Yalta to discuss the post-war peace plans
Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin
August 9, 1945
US Drops Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki
Name of the bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima
Little Boy
Military strategy the US used to aquire Japanese territories in their march towards Japan
Island Hopping
Name given to the "day" when Victory was achieved in Europe
V-E Day!
Russia's leader would of course defend this city! A huge defeat for the Germany Army. Even Napoleon learned you can never do this according to history.
Battle of Stalingrad and defeat a Russian Army in Russia during the Winter Season!
Battle of Guadalcanal: 1943, 1945, 1944, or 1942???
1943
This was the second Japanese city that was struck with an Atomic Bomb
Nagasaki
Huge victory for the US in which 4 Japanese Aircraft carriers were destroyed. It would be the last Japanese offensive action of the war.
Battle of Midway
Name of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima
Enola Gay
This was the "largest" battle in the European battlefield. After this Germany realized the war was lost.
Battle of the Bulge
The Big Three met at Yalta in __ to discuss post-war peace plans: 1943, 1944, 1945, or 1946??
1945
FDR said this over the "air" waves: "December7, 1941 a day which ......"
"will live in infamy"
This was the first battle in which the Japanese would use Kamikaze pilots to destroy US ships.
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Name of the US General who said "I shall return"
General Douglas MacArthur
At this conference the US and Great Britain agreed to win the war in Europe before concentrating on the Pacific and the Japanese Empire.
Casablanca Conference
September 2, 1945
Japan officially surrenders to the US and Allies
Europe was "Up in the Air" at this conference by the THREE major allied leaders.
Yalta Conference
The two last major Japanese island battles before the US dropped the atomic bombs. The US would win both battles, but suffer a large loss of soldiers.
Battles of Okinawa and Iwo Jima