WWII

What were the Nuremberg laws?

Group of laws designed to take away civil rights of Jewish people in Germany

What country did Hitler take over after promising not to at the Munich Conference?

Czechoslovakia

With what country did Germany make a pact so that they wouldn’t be invaded while attacking France?

Soviet Union

On what date did the Nazis invade Poland?

September 1 1939

What is Blitzkrieg?

Invasion by air + land simultaneously that is extensive + quick.

Where were the French and British troops trapped when they needed to evacuate?

Dunkirk.

What technological advancement helped the British in their defense against Nazi air raids in Britain.

Radar

Why did Hitler want to control Greece?

To keep the British from bombing the Romanian oil fields.

What area were the Germans and Italians trying to control in Northern Africa and why?

The Suez Canal to cut off British supplies.

Who was the leader in change of the Africa Korps?

Erwin Rommel

Explain operation Barbarossa.

Northern group goes toward Leningrad

Center group toward Moscow

Southern group through Kyiv to Stalingrad

All to capture supplies food and weapons.

What caused the Nazi Army to slow up in the Soviet Union?

Low supplies slowed them down

Winter

Why did the Japanese want to gain control of French Indochina and the Dutch Indies?

In order to secure their oil supply.

Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?

To keep us from interfering in the takeover of Indochina

What was President Roosevelt’s way to help the Allies without getting into the war?

Lend-Lease Act(selling/giving them weapons.

Why did people have trouble agreeing to help the U.S.S.R.?

They were communist.

On what date did the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor?

December 7, 1941

What was the strategy the Japanese used when bombing Pearl Harbor?

1. Air fields and larger ships
2. Remaining ships and shipyards(repair place)

How did the factories prepare for the war effort?

Turned all production over to war materials

Who were the Braceros?

Mexican farmers who came to the U.S to work on/run farms for the war.

What did Executive Order 9066 do?

Put Japanese Americans into internment camps.

Why did Churchill and Roosevelt agree to attack Europe first?

We need to get rid of Hitler in order to have success anywhere else.

Who was the general in charge of the U.S troops in Africa?

Dwight Eisenhower

Why did the U.S have to fight the Nazis in Italy?

Hitler refused to acknowledge the Italian surrender

What was the turning point of the war in Europe?

The Battle of Stalingrad

What date was D-Day?

June 6 1944

Where did the Allies attack the Nazis in France?

Normandy

What 3 countries attacked the Nazis in France on D-Day?

Americans, British, and Canadians.(ABC)

Where did the Germans set up to attack the Allied troops at the Battle of the Bulge?

Ardennes forest

Why were the Germans able to push back the Allies temporarily?

Weather wouldn’t let us get planes in the air

What strategy did the Allies use to get control of Germany?

Bombing cities

When was V.E. Day?

May 8 1945

Who was the U.S General in charge of the Philippines who had to flee?

Douglas MacArthur

Explain the Bataan Death March?

Japanese led marches who made Filipino civilians and Americans walk 63 miles in 100 degree heat. They shot ones who couldn’t keep up. 70,000 were forced

Why did the U.S fight in the battle of the Coral Sea?

To keep from losing Australia as a base

How did many of the battles of the Pacific take place?

In the air and carriers

How did the U.S win the Battle of Midway?

Hitting the Japanese planes while on the carriers refueling

Why were there so many casualties in Guadalcanal?

Disease and low supplies

Why did the U.S. only take some of the Japanese Islands?

They took the ones they needed to get their bases closer to Japan

What was this process called?

Island hopping

What naval battle helped the U.S. reclaim the Philippines?

Leyte Gulf

What were the two major islands close to Japan that needed to be won over by the U.S.?

Iwo Jima and Okinawa

What strategies were used by the soldiers in both Okinawa and Iwo Jima?

Cave fighting, guerilla warfare

Where did U.S. scientists test the Atomic bomb?

New Mexico

In what two cities did the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb?

Nagasaki and Hiroshima

On what date did the Japanese surrender?

August 15 1945