WWII
What was Hitler's Final Solution?
Kill all of the European Jews
What started WWII in Europe?
Germany's invasion of Poland
Scientists including J. Robert Oppenheimer & Los Alamos were part of what secret project in the US?
Manhattan Project
US strategy in the Pacific area that allows the US to conserve resources by passing over more heavily defended islands and moves the US closer to Japan
Island Hopping
What is the name given to the day Germany surrendered; End of WWII in Europe
VE Day
What countries made up the Axis Powers?
Germany, Italy & Japan
Identify the 2 Regions where WWII took place
European and Pacific Areas
Americans wanted to stay out of the war, this is called _________________
Isolationism
During WWII, the role of women at home changed because....
Many worked in factories or in non-combat roles for the military
Event that leads to Hitler's suicide, and the surrender of Germany in the European area
Fall of Berlin
What name is given to the day Japan surrendered; End of war in Japan
VJ Day
One of the bloodiest battles in history and one of the final battles of World War II's European area
Battle of Berlin
When Germans lost faith in their government, they turned to _____________
Hitler
The state of being confined as a prisoner is...
Internment
In order to save items for the military, US citizens had to _____________
ration
This term means slaughter or destruction on a mass scale
Holocaust
What cities did the United States drop Atomic bombs on?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Group 1 lost rights during the war and Group 2 gained rights during WWII
Group 1 = Japanese; Group 2 = African Americans or women
A ruler that has complete control of a country
dictator
Change in international policy that allowed the US to provide war supplies to the Allies without immediate payment
Lend-Lease Act
What prompted the United States to offically enter WWII, and on what date did this event occur?
Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
Turning point battles in the European area AND the Pacific area
D-Day and Battle of Midway
Reason President Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb on Japan rather than invade by land
Save the lives of American soldiers
Executive Order 9066 ordered what?
All Japanese Americans be sent to Internment Camps
Who were Tojo, Hitler and Mussolini?
Leaders of the Axis powers
Purpose behind Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Response to US trade embargo with Japan and to keep the USA out of the war.
The first African American airforce pilots
Tuskegee Airmen
Saving Private Ryan recreates what famous attack, and on what day did it occur?
D-Day, June 6, 1944
The number of Europeans Jews killed during WWII.
What event led to the detention of Japanese Americans in interment camps?
Japans bombing of Pearl Harbor