Section 4 Flashcards
What battle was the turning point in the Soviet Union?
Stalingrad
The Battle of El Alamein occurred because of what reason?
Rommel’s German army had blocked the British in the middle of El Alamein, an Egyptian village. The British ended up winning this war.
Who led the force of American troops when they launched Operation Torch in Morocco and Algeria?
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
When did the Battle of Stalingrad occur?
August 23, 1942
What happened as a result of the Allies invading Italy?
The Allies originally gained control over part of Italy, however it was taken back by the Germans; later on, Mussolini was murdered and hung.
What goods did the women on the home front in America make for the war effort?
Meat, sugar, tires, gasoline, nylon stockings, laundry soap, rubber, machine guns, boots; also, propaganda soared high
What happened on February 19, 1942?
FDR issued an executive order calling for the internment of Japanese Americans (were considered a threat).
How did the Allies plan the largest land and sea attack in history, known as D-Day?
They made a “make-believe” army and set it up in Calais to confuse the Germans. The Allies then attacked them on the beaches of Normandy, France.
What happened during the Battle of the Bulge?
Germans pushed through the Allied territory of the Ardennes, but eventually the Allies were able to push them back.
The war in Europe finally ended in what year?
1945
What were kamikazes?
Japanese suicide pilots that would sink Allied ships by crash-driving their bomb-filled planes into them
In March 1945, American soldiers took what Japanese island?
Iwo Jima
When was the first atomic bomb exploded?
In a desert in New Mexico, on July 16, 1945
On August 6, 1945, America dropped an atomic bomb where?
Hiroshima, a Japanese city of nearly 350,000 people.
When did the Japanese finally surrender to General Douglass MacArthur?
September 2, 1945
