US History Final Exam SM2

WW2 (1939-1945), The Cold War (1945-1991), Civil Rights Movement (1954-1968), The Vietnam War (1945-1975)

Lightnight war tactic used by hitler in WW2

Blitzkrieg

This code name was given to the D-Day invasion of Nromandy, France

Operation Overlord

Leader of Great Britain during WW2

Winston Churchill

Battle considered the turning point of the war in the Pacific where the US begins to defeat the Japanese

Battle of Midway

This Japanese island was captured to use a US airbase and marines raised our flag on Mt. Suribachi during the battle

Iwo Jima

Policy of stopping the spread of communism was first promoted by Truman and then later Presidents

containment

Caribbean country was the site of secret nuclear missile built by the Soviet Union

Cuba