WWII

Battles

100

This battle was the turning point on the Eastern Front in WWII.

Battle of Stalingrad

200

This battle was the turning point in the Pacific that put the Japanese on the defense.

The battle of Midway

300

This battle was fought over a small Japanese island. It cost 7,000 marines. It also is the location of a famous photo.

Iwo Jima

400

This is the location of the largest naval battle in history

Leyte Gulf

500

Identify and explain a battle that was a major turning point in WWII

Battle of Britain- Gave US a launching point for European campaign Battle of Stalingrad- Halted German advance on Eastern Front, and began German retreat. D-Day- Allied invasion of Europe Battle of Bulge- Last major German offensive Battle of Midway- Stopped Japanese advance, destroyed aircraft carriers

Strategies

100

Japanese suicide planes

Kamikazes

200

Allied strategy for winning the war in the Pacific

Island hopping

300

Name of US plan to invade northern Africa

Operation Torch

400

Groups of German submarines that sank allied ships

Wolf Packs

500

Identify the codename for D-day, what factors went into D-day being a successful operation?

Operation overlord Key Factors: Deception: used fake armies and intelligence to fool Germany, double spies, and required an incredible amount of coordination.

People

100

Commander of the US army in Europe

Dwight Eisenhower

200

Commander of the Pacific navy

Douglass MacArthur

300

German commander in North Africa, known as the "Desert Fox"

Erwin Rommel

400

President of the United States that made the decision to drop the atomic bomb

President Harry S. Truman

500

Name the major dictators of the Axis powers during WWII

Russia: Stain Italy: Mussolini Germany: Hitler Japan: Tojo

Policies at home

100

Japanese-Americans were put into __________ camps after the bombing of Pearl Harbor

Internment

200

This policy was responsible for drafting Americans in to WWII

Selective Service Act

300

This policy was responsible for turning companies into industries that made goods for the war (coca-cola makes grenades...Ford makes tanks)

War Production Board

400

This was the codename for the creation of the Atomic bomb.

Manhattan Project

500

Explain how their was total mobilization of the American home-front during WWII.

War Production Board Rationing Victory Gardens Women's Army Auxiliary Corps Selective Service Act

Dates

100

Dec. 7th 1941

Bombing of Pearl Harbor

200

June 6th 1942

D-Day

300

August 6th 1945

Hiroshima

400

August 9th 1941

Nagasaki

500

Explain the post-war events of WWII

1) Yalta Conference- divided Germany, created the United Nations 2) Nuremberg trials- put Nazis on trial 3) Occupation of Japan: US occupies Japan, executes Tojo and creates a democratic government. Japan is forbidden to have a standing army.