Vocab of WWII
Name given to Japanese suicide pilots?
Kamikaze
Leader of Germany
Hitler
The event where roughly 3-9 million people were executed because of either their beliefs or physical characteristics.
Holocaust
In April 1945 what world organization was first established for global peace. to prevent another world war from occurring.
United Nations
Operation Overlord:
Normandy OR D-Day
German military tactics to quickly strike and defeat their enemy; lightening war
Blitzkrieg
Leader of Italy
Mussolini
Nickname given to women workers of WW2 based on a song.
Rosie (the Riveter)
Code name for the US plan of developing an atomic bomb.
Manhattan Project
Operation Torch location:
North Africa
These laws were established to take away Jewish personal rights and freedoms
Nuremberg laws
Leader of Great Britain
Churchill
Another name given for the relocation camps enacted in the United States following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Internment camps
Racial tension between sailors and Latin-Americans; riot.
Zoot Suit Riots
Took pace in the Ardennes forest- last-ditch Axis effort.
Battle of the Bulge
This term was used, and criticized because it refers to giving into certain demands in order to keep the peace.
Leader of the US.... AFTER FDR dies?
Truman
He was the American commander of the European theater and orchestrated the D-day invasion.
Eisenhower
This codename beach saw the most casualties from the D-day invasion.
Omaha
Home of Mt. Suribachi- turning point in the Pacific.
Iwo Jima
The type of government the Nazis implemented where a dictator has complete control, demands extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance for opposition; AND who was the believed founder of this?
Fascism - Benito Mussolini
Emperor of Japan OR Prime Minister during WWII
Hirohito OR Tojo
On what month, date, and year did Pearl Harbor take place?
Dec. 7, 1941
Axis operation to overthrow Hitler with an explosive briefcase.
Operation Valkyrie
Operation Barbarossa biggest battle:
Stalingrad