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Question 1

What war did the Allies focus on in early spring 1945?

Answer 1

The war in the Pacific

Question 2

Allies crossed Rhine into where in March 1945?

Answer 2

Western Germany

Question 3

While Allies crossed to Germany SU closed in on where?

Answer 3

Berlin

Question 4

What happened in late april and where? (US and Russia)

Answer 4

They made an agreement on the Elbe River

Question 5

Who did the Guerrillas take and what did they do?

Answer 5

Captured Mussolini and killed him

Question 6

What happened on May 7th? (Hitler just commited suicide)

Answer 6

Germany surrendered after Hitlers suicide

Question 7

When did WW2 end and what was this day called?

Answer 7

• May 8th, 1945
• V-E Day
• Victory in Europe = V-E

Question 8

What was destroyed after only 12 years?

Answer 8

Hitlers thousand year reich (bombed and destroyed)

Question 9

What were some reasons for Germany’s defeat?

Answer 9

• Hitler underestimated the Soviet Union
• US high productions in 1944 had 2x more than all Axis powers combined
• Allie bombing ruined German production
• Scarce oil in Germ that Luftwaffe was almost grounded by D-Day
• Allies triumph over Japan and Pacific

Question 10

What did Japan have control over in May 1942? (country)

Answer 10

Philippines
(100s of US soldiers and 10,000+ Filipino soldiers killed)

Question 11

When were the US and Filipino soldiers killed? (during what march)

Answer 11

During the 65- mile Bataan Death March

Question 12

How did Filipinos lose or almost lose their lives?

Answer 12

By giving their food to captives on the March

Question 13

After Japan took over Philippines where did the US take offensive?

Answer 13

• Coral Sea
• Midway

Question 14

Where did the US marines land in summer?

Answer 14

Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands

Question 15

What did the US victory at the Guadalcanal lead to?

Answer 15

The beginning of an Island hopping campaign

Question 16

What was the goal of the island hopping campaign?

Answer 16

To recapture some Japanese islands while bypassing in others

Question 17

Captured islands =

Answer 17

Stepping stones to the next objective

Question 18

Who led American forces in the Island hopping?

Answer 18

Douglas MacArthur

Question 19

What did the US Navy do by 1944?

Answer 19

Blocaded Japan

Question 20

Who led the US navy in 1944?

Answer 20

Admiral Chester Nimitz

Question 21

Who did DMA start fighting to regain in 1944?

Answer 21

Philippines

Question 22

Where were Japanese forces being pushed by US?

Answer 22

• Burma
• Malaya

Question 23

Did Allies win war in Europe?

Answer 23

Yes

Question 24

When Allies won war in Europe where did they place their focus on?

Answer 24

Japan

Question 25

What was destroyed by 1945? (In japan)

Answer 25

- Navy - Airforce

Question 26

Even though Airforce and Navy destroyed how many men did Japan still have?

Answer 26

2 million

Question 27

What were the two bloody island battle in 1945 and what months were they?

Answer 27

- Iwo Jima (Feb - March) - Okinawa (April - July)

Question 28

What did Japan refuse to do?

Answer 28

Surrender

Question 29

What did young men in Japan become in the beginning of 1944?

Answer 29

Kamikaze

Question 30

Who were the kamikaze?

Answer 30

Pilots who undertook suicide missions by crashing their explosive - laden aircrafts into US warships

Question 31

What did scientists say would make a higher explosive?

Answer 31

Splitting atoms in bombs

Question 32

What did researchers name this atom bomb project?

Answer 32

The Manhattan Project

Question 33

Who worked the Manhattan Project?

Answer 33

- German + Italian refugees - US scientists - Allied scientists

Question 34

Where was the 1st atomic bomb success and when? (test run)

Answer 34

- Alamogordo, New Mexico - July 1945

Question 35

What did President Harry Truman see the atomic bomb as at first?

Answer 35

A terrible new destructive force

Question 36

When did Truman take office and why?

Answer 36

- April 12th - After unexpected death of President Roosevelt

Question 37

What caused Truman to use the atomic bomb?

Answer 37

The thought of all the American lives he could save

Question 38

Who did Truman use the bomb against? (country)

Answer 38

Japan

Question 39

What did Allies issue during their meeting and where did they meet?

Answer 39

- Potsdam Germany - Issue warning of surrender on mass destruction

Question 40

Did Japan listen to the atomic warning from Allies?

Answer 40

No

Question 41

Who did the American bomb on August 6th?

Answer 41

Hiroshima, Japan

Question 42

How many people were killed in the first atomic bombing?

Answer 42

70,000 people

Question 43

How many miles did the first atomic bomb flatten?

Answer 43

4 square miles

Question 44

What did people die from a few months after the atomic bombing?

Answer 44

- Radiation exposure - Exposure to radioactive materials

Question 45

What did the Soviet Union do on August 8th?

Answer 45

Declared war on Japan

Question 46

Where did the SU invade after declaring war on Japan

Answer 46

Manchuria

Question 47

What happened the day after the SU declared war on Japan?

Answer 47

US dropped another atomic bomb

Question 48

Where was the second atomic bomb dropped?

Answer 48

Nagasaki

Question 49

How many people were killed in the second atomic bombing?

Answer 49

40,000

Question 50

What did the Emperor of Japan force the government to do on August 10th?

Answer 50

Surrender which was unheard of in Japan

Question 51

What was signed on September 2nd 1945?

Answer 51

A peace treaty

Question 52

Where was the peace treaty signed in 1945?

Answer 52

US battleship the Missouri in Tokyo Bay