WWII review

Midway

during this naval battle near Hawaii, the same 4 Japanese carriers that had earlier attacked pearl harbor were sunk by American war planes

Axis Powers

Germany, Italy, Japan

Joseph Stalin

he was the leader who signed a non-aggression pact with hitler, but his country was invaded anyway

D-Day

June 6, 1944 - Led by Eisenhower, over a million troops (the largest invasion force in history) stormed the beaches at Normandy and began the process of re-taking France. The turning point of World War II.

Nuremberg laws

Placed severe restrictions of Jews, prohibited from marrying non- Jews, attending schools or universities, holding government jobs, practicing law or medicine or publishing books.

Japanese Americans

These people were told that they had 48 hours to get rid of their personal belongings and report for relocation to concentration camps in the desert, maybe even one in idaho

Manhattan Project

A secret U.S. project for the construction of the atomic bomb.

Night of Broken Glass (Kristallnacht)

Nov 9, 1938 Nazi-led mobs attacked Jewish communities all over Germany, Austria because a young Jew shot and wounded a German soldier.

stalingrad

this battle marked a turning point in the fight between the Germans and the Russians. Freezing temperatures and starvation caused the Germans to surrender here

Nuremberg trials

During this event, Nazi officers were convicted of "Crimes against Humanity"

Blitzkrieg

name of the quick air and ground invasion tactics that Germany used to invade Poland and France

Genocide

Deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group

Kamikaze

Japanese suicide pilots, Japan used this desperate tactic to defend its homeland against US battleships

Winston Churchill

He became the prime minister of Great Britain and worked very closely with Roosevelt

Rationing

books of stamps for butter, meat, and gasoline were given to American citizens to assist them with this war-time practice

Okinawa

The US lost over 12,000 men in this island battle only 400 miles from the Japanese homeland

V-J day

"Victory over Japan day" is the celebration of the Surrender of Japan, which was initially announced on August 15, 1945

Battle of the Bulge

this battle got its name from how the Germans nearly broke through the Allie's defensive front

Munich Pact

The word "appeasement" best applies to which of the following?: A 1938 agreement between Great Britain and Germany to appease Hitler

Supported the Treaty of Versailles

which of the following is NOT true about Adolf Hitler

Nazi Death Camps

what do Auschwitz, Dachau, Treblinka, and Kajdinek all have in common?

Island Hopping

A military strategy used during World War II by the US on Japan in the South Pacific that involved selectively attacking specific enemy-held islands and bypassing others

V-E day

May 8, 1945; victory in Europe Day when the Germans surrendered

Pearl Harbor

Roosevelt declared war the day after the surprise attack at this US Naval Base

allied powers

Great Britain, France, Russia, and later the US

Non-Aggression act

Hitler makes this peace pact with Joseph Stalin (1939); He doesn't want USSR to invade him, so they agree to split Poland, the country between them, make friends. allowed Hitler to invade Poland.

Iwo Jima

On which island did the famous picture of the Americans planting the flag on Mt. Suribachi occur?

Franklin D. Roosevelt

this US president called for war with the Empire of Japan following the attacks on Pearl Harbor.

Hirohito

Emperor___________ was the Japanese head of state during WWII, though he wasn't directly involved in most Japanese wartime decisions

Totalitarianism

a political system in which the government exercises complete control over citizens lives