WWII- Test Study Guide

What nation did the Japanese invade in the 1930’s

China

Who was the de facto leader of the Japanese Government

Hideki Tojo

What type of dictatorship did Tojo establish

militaristic

What African nation was attacked by Italy in 1935

Ethiopia

Who was the Italian dictator who ordered the attack

Mussolini

What type of dictatorship was practiced in
Italy

fascist

What European nation was involved in the Civil War from 1936 to 1939

Spain

What side was victorious in this war and who led them

Nationalist

To what political party did Adolf Hitler belong when he came to power in 1933 in Germany

Nazi

What type of dictatorship did Hitler establish

totalitarian dictatorship

What area did he annex in 1938

Austria and Czech

At what meeting did the British and the French believe they had appeased Hitler enough that he would stop taking territory

munich Agreement

What agreement was signed by Germany, Italy and eventually Japan

Tripartite Pact

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union leading up to WWII

Stalin

What type of dictatorship did Stalin establish

totalitarian

What agreement did he make with Hitler in 1939

non-agression pact

What policy did the U.S. implement as it pertained to the growing tensions in Europe in the 1930’s

Isolation

What 3 programs did FDR institute to get around our stated policy

Lend-Lease, Cash and Carry

What action officially started started WWII and when did this begin

The invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939.

What type of warfare did the Germans implement

Blitzkrieg

What nations did the Soviets attack in the Winter War of 1939-40

Finland

What agreement did Roosevelt and Churchill enter into off the coast of Canada in 1940

Atlantic Charter

What nations did Germany conquer in the spring and early summer of 1940

Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands, France

Where did the rescue of Allied troops take place that saved the British and French armies from devastation

Dunkirk

By what method did the Germans try to defeat the lone remaining Allied power in Europe beginning in 1940

Battle of Britain

What two groups engaged in this Battle of Britain

The Royal Air Force (RAF) of Britain and the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany.

Operation Barbarossa was the attack of what nation by the Germans

the Soviet Union

What stopped the Germans original thrust in this campaign

Bad weather

What move by the Americans began the rapid disintegration of relations with Japan

economic sanctions

What was the Japanese response to this breakdown diplomacy

attack on pearl harbor

When did this response take place

Dec. 7 1941

What raid was a token attempt by the U.S. to drop bombs on Tokyo

Doolittle Raid

At what naval battle did the U.S. warships stop the Japanese Navy from establishing a base for invading Australia

Battle of Coral Sea

What American naval victory proved to be the turning point of the Pacific Theater of Operations

Battle of Midway

What American territory was lost the Japanese in fierce fighting in 1942

Philippines

What brutal action was taken by the Japanese against the captured Allied prisoners

Bataan Death March

Where did American forces first encounter German troops during WWII

North Africa

After victory in Operation Torch was achieved, what island did the Allies have to take to start their invasion of Italy

Sicily

What battle in 1943 on the Eastern Front of the European Theater was the Turing point in that conflict

The Battle of Stalingrad

What campaign was started in the pacific in 1943 as the U.S. worked its way toward an invasion of Japan

Island Hopping

What American General made good his promise to return to the Philippines and take it back from the Japanese

Gen. Douglas Mccarther

When and where did the D-day invasion take place

On June 6, 1944, at Normandy, France.

What beaches were the Americans responsible for taking

Omaha and Utah Beaches

At what battle did the Germans launch their last major offensive of WWII

The Battle of the Bulge.

What was Adolf Hitler’s fate as the war in Europe ended

Suicide

When was V-E Day

May 7, 1945

At what two sites did the Big Three meet in 1945

Yalta and Potsdam

How did the composition of the Big Three change from the first meeting to the second one and why

The composition of the Big Three changed from Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin at Yalta to Harry S. Truman, Winston Churchill (later replaced by Clement Attlee), and Joseph Stalin at Potsdam.

1945 also saw U.S forces continue their success in the Pacific Theater. What two islands did the Americans take control of that allowed them to prepare for an invasion of mainland Japan

Iwo Jima and Okinawa

What secret program had the U.S. been working on at home that was nearing completion as plans to attack Japan were being made

Manhattan Project

On what dates and what cities did the Americans drop their atomic bombs

on Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9, 1945).

When was V-J Day

September 2, 1945,

When and aboard what ship did the Japanese officially surrender

on September 2, 1945, aboard the USS Missouri.

Who was the target of Kristallnacht

Jewish business owners

What laws were enacted to discriminate against the Jews in German-controlled territory

Nuremberg Laws

What was the program to exterminate the Jewish population called

The Holocaust

At which of the Nazi death camps were the most casualties of the Holocaust taken

Auschwitz

What did the executive order 9066 accomplish

110 Japanese-American camps

What Supreme Court case ruled on the constitutionality of this order

Korematsu v. United States

What two organizations of women made up the bulk of the 216,000 “women in arms” during WWII

WACS WAVES

Who became the poster girl for women in the industrial work force during WWII

Rosie the Riveter

Who were the code talkers

Members of the Navajo tribe who used their own language

What led to the massive internal migration that occurred in the U.S during WWII

Work in the war industries

What Alabama city became the training ground for African-American pilots during WWII

Tuskegee

Approximately how many men served in the U.S, military in WWII

16 million