World War 2 Study Guide

Why did the government remove Japanese citizens from the west coast?

They thought they were spies

What began to pull the US out of the depression?

The massive industrial boom

Who had to register under the Selective Training and Service Act?

All males 21-36 needed to register

What did Ford make during the war?

B-24 Liberators

What happened to Union membership during the war?

had grown to 14.7 million 5x what it had been at the beginning of the roosevelt administration

After gaining control of Africa what was the Allies next step?

launching invasions of sicily and italy

Where did the Soviets stop the Germans?

Stalingrad

What was the Battle of the Bulge?

A 1944-1945 battle in which Allied forces turned back the last major German offensive of World War II.

What happened to Germany after surrender?

Germany would be split into 4 parts controlled by the allies including France

What organization formed based on the Atlantic Charter?

united nations

What was passed in Germany to strip Jews of citizenship?

Nuremberg Laws

What was the German "final solution"?

The mass muder of europes jewish population

What important idea came from the Nuremberg trials?

all of humanity would be guarded by an international legal shield and that even a Head of State would be held criminally responsible and punished for aggression and Crimes Against Humanity

When Japanese forces advanced in the Philippines what did MacArthur have to do?

with draw his forces on luzon to Bataan

Where were 4 Japanese aircraft carriers and 250 planes destroyed?

Battle of Midway in the pacific (midway island)

Why did the allies use the island hopping strategy?

would destroy some Japanese strongholds while cutting off supplies to others

What was the goal of the Manhattan Project?

develop the atomic bomb

Japan surrendered less than a week after what?

nuclear bombing

How did African American soldiers fight in WWII?

in segregated platoons

What does interned mean?

confined in camps in remote areas far from the coast

How much were Japanese given in 1988?

20k

What did women do during the war?

Women worked in factories taking the men's place

What were women expected to do after the war?

leave their jobs and return home

What took place on D-day?

-June 6, 1944 D-Day

-4,600 warships and invasion crafts left Britain bound for Normandy, France

-1,000 RAF bombers pounded the Normandy Coast

-23,000 members or the airborne parachuted behind enemy lines

-Allied ships began bombarding the beach while 1,000 American planes joined the RAF

-150,000 troops then landed along 60 miles of beach in Normandy

-Within a week half a million men would come ashore at Normandy

What part of the world are the Coral Sea, Midway, and Guadalcanal?

(southwestern) Pacific Ocean

What are kamikazes?

Japanese suicide pilots

What ended WWII?

When the Atomic Bomb landed on Japan causing them to surrender.

What was V.E. day?

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

Where did MacArthur promise to return to?

Philippines

What strategy was used in the Pacific?

Island hopping