WWII Facts 1
Who was the dictator of Germany?
Hitler
True or False: The majority of German citizen hated Hitler.
False
Tell the name of the most brutal concentration camp.
Auschwitz
What was the name of the project that created the atomic bomb?
The Manhattan Project
True or False: All Japanese-Americans placed into internment camps were Japanese spies.
Who was the dictator of Italy?
Mussolini
Hitler's purge
How many total Jews were murdered during WWII.
6 million
Which president approved the atomic bomb program?
President Roosevelt
the bombing of Pearl Harbor
What countries were part of the Allied Powers?
USA, Great Britain, France, & Soviet Union
*also China!*
Why was Pearl Harbor attacked?
because it was U.S. naval base (to weaken the US)
OR
to get the U.S. involved in WWII
What is the name & color of the patch Jews had to wear on their clothing?
Yellow star of David
Which president decided to drop the atomic bomb on Japan instead of invading them?
President Truman
Who was the Jewish girl whose family hid in an attic to avoid the camps, but was eventually found and sent to Bergen-Belson?
Anne Frank
Japan, Italy, and Germany
What is the name of the war strategy the United States used in the Pacific Ocean?
island-hopping
The places where Jews were forced to live before being moved to a concentration camp were known as....
ghettos
What was the name of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
"Little Boy"
Tell the name of the FIRST concentration camp.
Dachau
What is the name given to the invasion of Normandy that was the main turning point in WWII?
D-Day
Explain ONE Nuremberg Law.
took away citizenship, couldn't marry, own businesses, etc.
The "Final Solution" proposed a new type of torture, what was it?
gas chambers
What was the name of the bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki?
"Fat Man"
What is the name of the law signed by President Roosevelt?
Executive Order 9066