Chapter 22 Flashcards
Demand for Japan’s unconditional surrender
Potsdam
The attempted genocide of the Jewish nation by Hitler
Holocaust
Young men used for suicide flights in WWII
Kamikazes
Securing air bases on less-fortified island in the Pacific
Island Hopping
Winter in the Ardennes Forest 1944
Battle of the Bulge
June 6, 1944 - Largest amphibious attack in history
D-day Invasion
Led by Eisenhower, land troops in Africa
Operation Torch
General of German panzer division
Erwin Rommel
Nationwide war effort limiting various goods
Rationing
December 7, 1941 - Japanese attack on Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
FDR’s program to assist Great Britain with supplies and industry
Lend-Lease
Code name: Fat Man & Little Boy
Atomic Bomb