WWll test review

Tojo Hideki

Adolf Hitler

Admiral Yamamoto

Military leader for Japan, he was in charge of the Naval Fleet and came up with idea of to bomb Pearl Harbor.

Joseph Stalin

Leader of the Soviet union during WWll

Charles de Gaulle

French general during WWll, later became President of France.

Douglas MacArthur

American general in the Pacific during WWll, known for saying during a retreat “I shall return”

Francisco Franco

Spanish military dictator.

Winston Chruchill

British prime minister during WWll

Benito Mussolini

Fascists party leader who became doctor of Italy.

James Doolittle

Famous American pilot who led a raid of US bombers over Tokyo, Japan

Chester Nimitz

American Admiral in charge of America’s Pacific fleet during WWll

Neville Chamberlain

British prime minister who signed a peace accord in Munich, known for his appeasement policy with Hitler.

Franklin D Roosevelt

Leader of the United States during WWll

Hirohito

Emperor of Japan

Herman Goering

A member of the Nazi party and Hitler's second in command.

carpet bombing

A technique by which planes scattered large numbers over a wide area.

genocide

This terms refers to the organized killing of an entire people

Manhattan project

Secret American program during WWll to develop an atomic bomb

GI

Nickname for US servicemen during WWll, derived from “Government Issue”

Office of War Mobilization

Federal agency created to coordinate issues of war production during the war

Nazi-Soviet Pact

Germany and Soviet union in August of 1939 agreeing not to fight each other for 10 years.

Victory Gardens

Home projects that raised vegetables during WWll

Cash and Carry

WWll policy requiring nations at war to pay cash for all nonmilitary goods and to be responsible for transporting the goods from the United States on their own ships.

VJ-Day

This occurred on August 15,1945, marking an end to the war against Japan.

Gestapo

Nazi secret police

Nuremberg Trials

refers to Nazi war leaders being charged with war crimes against humanity.

Maginot Line

A fortification system designed by the French to protect their borders form a future German invasion.

Hiroshima

this bombing of this city led the eventual surrender of Japan

Island Hopping

A military strategy employed by the Allies during WWll in the Pacific. it involved taking over one island. Skipping a few others, then attacking another island.

Rationing

This was the result of fewer consumer goods being available for Americans citizens

American first committe

A group of American who were against joining WWll

Atlantic Charter

A policy designed by Great Britain and the United States outlining the goals for the Allies in WWll

Battle of Midway

This was the turning point in the War in the Pacific

Nazism

An extreme from of fascism shaped by Hitler’s fanatical ideas about German nationalism and racial superiority.

Warsaw Ghetto

Largest and most famous Jewish Ghetto. it was located in Poland.

Auschwitz

The largest and most famous of the Nazi extermination camps.

Fascism

This term refers to a political philosophy that emphasizes the importance of the nation and the supreme authority of the leader.

Neutrality Act

Laws designed to keep the United States out of future wars

Allies

the alliance of Great Britain, United Sates and the Soviet Union during WWll

Selective Training and Service Act

Refers to the creation of a peacetime draft