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Blitzgrieg
this was when a quick and overpowering bombing campaign was used to overwhelm an enemy; it was used when the germans invaded poland and would be used against britain as well
lighting war
what the phrase blitzgrieg means
genocide
the deliberate and systematic killing of a group (or race) of people
6
the number of camps that were in poland and were the most notorious
poland
where the 6 notorious camps are located at
auschwitz, belzec, chelmno, majdanek, sabibor and treblinka
the 6 notorious camps located in poland
auschwitz
one of most known death camps in poland
final solution of the jewish question
the quote that hitler wrote in his book, mein kampf, about killing all of the jews
mein kampf
the book hitler wrote; means "my struggle" and included the quote "the final solution of the jewish question"
cyanide
the type of gas used in the gas chambers
6,000
the number of people killed each day from the gas chambers
island and radar
the advantages that britain to know that germany was coming
RAF
radar allowed the ______ to hold their own against the germans during these attacks
royal air force
what RAF stands for
scorched earth policy
when russia burnt everything as they retreated so germany could not live off the land and had to rely on supplies being brought in from germany
selective training and service act
In 1940 the US began a peacetime draft under this act
21-35
the ages of the men who were drafted by the selective training and service act for world war 2
16 million
the number of registered for the selective training and service act to fight for the US
7:55 am
the time that pearl harbor was attacked by japan
pearl harbor
the place in hawaii that japan attacked on december 7th, 1941 which led to the US joining the war
sunday
what day was december 7th, 1941
december 7th, 1941
the day that pearl harbor was attacked by japan
hawaii
what state is pearl harbor in
2,400
the number of men killed at pearl harbor
december 8th
the day that congress declared war on japan and its allies
a date which will live in infamy
the famous quote FDR said about december 7th, 1941
76,000
the number of tanks that the US produced for world war 2
300,000
the number of airplanes that the US produced for world war 2
2.5 million
the number of machine guns that the US produced for world war 2
64,000
the number of landing craft that the US produced for world war 2
great depression
the war put people to work and brought us out of the _________ _; the _ __________ unemployment figure of 7 million was wiped out
70%
the percent of average weekly wages rose during the war years
46.5 million to 53 million
the number of people in the workforce grew to because of the war
GI
soldiers during world war 2 were called these; stands for government issue
government issue
what did GI stand for
FBI, army
japanese americans were taken from their jobs and out of their homes and put in these camps which had fences and barbed wire around them. this was done by the _____ and _______ on the basis that they threatened national security
1941
the year albert einstein wrote a letter to FDR warning him that germany was working on an atomic bomb and that they were getting closer to success with it
albert einstein
the person who wrote a letter to FDR warning him that germany was working on an atomic bomb and that they were getting closer to success with it
germany
where was albert einstein originally from
jewish
what kind of refugee was albert einstein; hint hitler wanted to mass murder these people
FDR
the president who immediately set up a program to develop the atomic bomb and said that december 7th, 1941 was "a date which will live in infamy"
poland and britain
the two countries that germany used "blitzkrieg" for
poles
another name for polish people who were shipped into germany to be used as slaves
race
genocide is the deliberate and systematic killing of a group (or ________) of people
radar
this was developed by britain to allow them to know when the german attack was coming
lice
what the victims at the gas chamber thought they were getting sprayed for
corpses
_______ were then taken to a room where gold/silver fillings were removed and collected by the germans
mattresses, pillows
their hair was shaved off and used for stuffing ________ and _________
lampshades
sometimes they would skin a victim if the person had a distinguishing tattoo and make items such as __________ from the person's skin
japanese americans
during the war, ___________ ___________were relocated to "camps" in the united states
US citizens
the japanese americans that were taken to "camps" were all these kinds of people
penicillin, insecticides, DDT, atomic energy, and radar
5 of the scientific advancements made during world war 2
DDT
what chemical kept soldiers free from lice
sickness, starvation
they were also put into slum parts of cities and quarantined there until they died of _________ or __________
germany, poland
hitler thought shooting them wasted too much ammunition and was not efficient enough so he then set up death camps in ________ and _________
northern france
this country fell to germany in a matter of weeks and was controlled by germany
charles de gaulle
the man who led a remnant of french soldiers fighting in the forests of southern france against germany
stalin, russia
hitler also broke his agreement with _______ and went after ________ (they had agreed earlier to split poland and not attack each other)
retreated
russia ________ and germany was able to take control of what would have been over ¾ of russia according to a map
scientists, not
the _________ were not sure if it could be done and were hoping to prove that it actually could _____ be done
gas
each camp contained several large ____ chambers
successful
the scientists were _________and wars have been fought differently since the discovery of the atomic bomb
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