ch25--WW2 (pt.2) Flashcards
bombing of london
the London blitz
Congress allowed FDR to trade, loan, or lease war materials with the Allied nations
Lend-Lease Act
The U.S. declared neutrality before the war began;
they continued to trade with Allied nations to help preserve freedom
Neutrality Act of 1937
Japan invaded _________ causing America to break off all relations with Japan
Indochina
The American gunboat that was sunk on the Yangtze River
Panay
The American gunboat Panay was sunk on the ____ River
Yangtze
America declared war the day after _____
Pearl Harbor bombing
most significant of the Japanese failures in the attack of pearl harbor
the attack united the American people as nothing had before
failed Allied attempt to gain a foothold in Europe in 1942
Dieppe
Allied offensive to retake North Africa
Operation Torch
led troops at El Alamein
General Bernard Montgomery
Generals Eisenhower and Montgomery defeated the ______ and prepared to invade
Afrika Corps
led the Allies from North Africa and invaded Italy
George Patton
Date Germans in Italy surrendered
1944
date of pearl harbor bombing
December 7, 1941
date U.S. joined war
December 8, 1941
second generation; Japanese-American soldiers
Nisei
defeated Germany at Stalingrad (last major German off. in the East)
Russia
Russia defeated Germany at _____ (last major German off. in the East)
Stalingrad
on _______, the Allies invaded Normandy, France to retake Europe from the Nazis
June 6, 1944
on June 6, 1944, the Allies invaded _______ to retake Europe from the Nazis
Normandy, France
last German offensive in the East
Stalingrad
last German offensive in the West
Battle of the Bulge
Germany last major counterattack was in the ______
Ardennes Forest
Date Germany attacked the Ardennes Forest
December 1944
full date Berlin surrendered
May 2, 1945
full date rest of Germany surrendered
May 8, 1945; V-E Day (Victory in Europe day)
date of V-E Day (Victory in Europe day)
May 8, 1945
American general who became commander of all Allied forces in Europe
Dwight Eisenhower
on June 6, 1944, the Allies invaded Normandy, France to retake Europe from the Nazis
D-Day
In the spring of 1942, Japan captured ___ and ____
Wake ; Guam
sent to the Philippines to prepare them for defense against Japan
General Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur held the islands for 3 months before he retreated to Australia; “_ ____ ______.”
“I shall return.”
march of Japanese prisoners of war to a prism camp in Bataan; thousands were murdered
Bataan Death March
the last land route to China
Burma Road
Japan won the Battle of _____ ____ and invaded the Dutch East Indies
Java Sea
led the 1st air raids on the islands of Japan
Jimmy Doolittle
first battle where naval ships never saw each other
Battle of Coral Sea
the turning point of the war in the Pacific
Battle of Midway
A technique through which the US land forces strategically assaulted and liberated important Pacific islands from Japan
“Island-Hopping”
commander-in-chief of US Pacific fleet
Admiral Chester Nimitz
keystone of Japanese defense; lost after the Battle of the Philippine Sea
Saipan
Strategic Island for America to attack Japan from
Iwo Jima; Conquered after the death of almost all the japanese defenders
After the Japanese navy was defeated at ______, MacArthur “returned” to the Philippines
Leyte Gulf
Japanese suicide pilots who launched attacks on American ships
Kamikazes
FDR passed away of a stroke in April of 1945;
_________ was the VP who became the next president
Harry S.Truman
called for unconditional Japanese surrender
Potsdam Declaration
involved in developing the atomic bomb
Albert Einstein and J. Robert Oppenheimer
In August 1945, America dropped 2 atomic bombs on ______ and ______
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Date Japan surrendered to the Allies; World War II ended
September 2, 1945
The attempted genocide of the Jewish people by Hitler and the Nazis
Holocaust
_____ (secret police) and the ___ (fanatical Nazis) were Hitler’s tools for accomplishing his goal
Gestapo
SS
most famous concentration camp
Auschwitz
By the end of the war, _______ Jewish people were murdered by the Nazis
6 million
Nazi war criminals were tried and punished at Nuremberg
Nuremberg Trials
a “utopian” document signed by the U.S. and G.B. encouraging steps for world peace
Atlantic Charter
meeting to discuss the fate of free nations and a post-war peace organization
Tehran
The “Big Three” met in 1945 to discuss Europe’s post WWII future
Conference at Yalta
Roosevelt mistakenly trusted Stalin; this led to the ____ War
Cold War
first permanent world peace organization
UN (United Nations)
met to discuss the fate (splitting up) of Germany
Potsdam
