section 5 Flashcards
what strategy did Americans use to gain control of the pacific?
island hopping
what were the US’s 2 goals?
regain the Philippines
invade Japan
who radioed messages from island to island by code?
Navajo code talkers
what two islands did American forces capture?
Iwo Jima and Okinawa
who were pilots who went on suicide missions?
kamikaze
where did the US plan to invade in the following autumn?
Japan
the allied leaders sent a message warning Japan to surrender or face “prompt and utter destruction” ?????
Potsdam declaration
who met in Potsdam Germany?what did Truman find out?
Stalin Truman and Churchill. scientist had successfully tested the atomic bomb
who dropped a bomb on Hiroshima? where was the 2nd bombed dropped?
Enola gay. nagasaki
what was when Japan surrendered?
V-J day
how many Jews were killed/tortured?
more than 6 million
who else did the nazis target?
poles, Slavs, gypsies
what was the Nuremberg trial?
where allies tried nazi leaders at war crimes
