Hideki Tojo Prime Minister of Japan during WWII Ervin Rommel The German general known as the "Desert Fox" for taking over Northern Africa. He then lost it to Allied forces after the Battle of El Alamein Douglas MacArthur American general, who commanded allied troops in the Pacific during World War II. "A date which will live in infamy" a description by President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the day of the Japanese attack on Pearl harbor- December 7,1941. Roosevelt was addressing Congress, asking it to declare war on Japan. 1. Destroy the U.S. Pacific Fleet 2. Give the Japanese domination of the Pacific Ocean 3. Give the Japanese a free path to the United States Reasons why the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor Declared war on Japan What did the US Congress do the day after Pearl Harbor at the request of President Roosevelt? Battle of El Alamein 1942-British victory in WWII that stopped the Axis forces from advancing into Northern Africa Battle of Stalingrad Unsuccessful German attack on the city of Stalingrad during World War II from 1942 to 1943, that was the furthest extent of German advance into the Soviet Union. German 6th Army German army that fought at the Battle of Stalingrad, very few survived due to the harsh winter and being taken to Soviet prison camps in Siberia after the battle Battle of Coral Sea A battle between Japanese and American naval forces that stopped the Japanese advance on Australia. Battle of Midway U.S. naval victory over the Japanese fleet in June 1942, in which the Japanese lost four of their best aircraft carriers. It marked a turning point in World War II. Island Hopping A military strategy used during World War II that involved selectively attacking specific enemy-held islands and bypassing others Doolitle Raid The first attack carried out by the US military against the Japanese in response to Pearl Harbor Admiral Nimitz Commander of the Pacific Fleet during WWII; defeated Japanese Fleet in the Battle of Midway Discovered the Japanese planned to attack Midway What did Captain Joseph Rochefort discover after Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Coral Sea? Women in Germany would not be invovled in the fighting Why were the Germans surprised to see the Soviet women fighting against them? Because no other Field Marshal had ever surrendered in the history of the German Army Why did Hitler make General Paulus a Field Marshall toward the end of the Battle of Stalingrad? Mobilization the process of assembling troops and supplies and making them ready for war Kamikaze Japanese suicide pilots who loaded their planes with explosives and crashed them into American ships. Rosie the Riveter A propaganda character designed to increase production of female workers in the factories. It became a rallying symbol for women to join the war effort. 1. Segregation throughout the country 2. Segregation throughout the military 3. Racial tensions and riots in northern cities Ways in which African Americans faced discrimination during WWII Japanese Internment Camps The forcible relocation of approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans to housing facilities called "War Relocation Camps", in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. Sacrifice their resources, and sometimes their lives, for the national cause What did traditional habits of obedience and hierarchy encourage Japanese citizens to do throughout the war? Chinese and Korean prisoners Who did the Japanese bring in to meet their work shortages throughout the war?

Hideki Tojo

Prime Minister of Japan during WWII

Ervin Rommel

The German general known as the "Desert Fox" for taking over Northern Africa. He then lost it to Allied forces after the Battle of El Alamein

Douglas MacArthur

American general, who commanded allied troops in the Pacific during World War II.

"A date which will live in infamy"

a description by President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the day of the Japanese attack on Pearl harbor- December 7,1941. Roosevelt was addressing Congress, asking it to declare war on Japan.

1. Destroy the U.S. Pacific Fleet

2. Give the Japanese domination of the Pacific Ocean

3. Give the Japanese a free path to the United States

Reasons why the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor

Declared war on Japan

What did the US Congress do the day after Pearl Harbor at the request of President Roosevelt?

Battle of El Alamein

1942-British victory in WWII that stopped the Axis forces from advancing into Northern Africa

Battle of Stalingrad

Unsuccessful German attack on the city of Stalingrad during World War II from 1942 to 1943, that was the furthest extent of German advance into the Soviet Union.

German 6th Army

German army that fought at the Battle of Stalingrad, very few survived due to the harsh winter and being taken to Soviet prison camps in Siberia after the battle

Battle of Coral Sea

A battle between Japanese and American naval forces that stopped the Japanese advance on Australia.

Battle of Midway

U.S. naval victory over the Japanese fleet in June 1942, in which the Japanese lost four of their best aircraft carriers. It marked a turning point in World War II.

Island Hopping

A military strategy used during World War II that involved selectively attacking specific enemy-held islands and bypassing others

Doolitle Raid

The first attack carried out by the US military against the Japanese in response to Pearl Harbor

Admiral Nimitz

Commander of the Pacific Fleet during WWII; defeated Japanese Fleet in the Battle of Midway

Discovered the Japanese planned to attack Midway

What did Captain Joseph Rochefort discover after Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Coral Sea?

Women in Germany would not be invovled in the fighting

Why were the Germans surprised to see the Soviet women fighting against them?

Because no other Field Marshal had ever surrendered in the history of the German Army

Why did Hitler make General Paulus a Field Marshall toward the end of the Battle of Stalingrad?

Mobilization

the process of assembling troops and supplies and making them ready for war

Kamikaze

Japanese suicide pilots who loaded their planes with explosives and crashed them into American ships.

Rosie the Riveter

A propaganda character designed to increase production of female workers in the factories. It became a rallying symbol for women to join the war effort.

1. Segregation throughout the country

2. Segregation throughout the military

3. Racial tensions and riots in northern cities

Ways in which African Americans faced discrimination during WWII

Japanese Internment Camps

The forcible relocation of approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans to housing facilities called "War Relocation Camps", in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.

Sacrifice their resources, and sometimes their lives, for the national cause

What did traditional habits of obedience and hierarchy encourage Japanese citizens to do throughout the war?

Chinese and Korean prisoners

Who did the Japanese bring in to meet their work shortages throughout the war?