Week 29 New Flashcards
Even that started WWII:
Nazi invasion of Poland
Event that led America to join WWII:
the bombing of Pearl Harbor
President Roosevelt described the attack on Pearl Harbor as:
“a date which will live in infamy”
Two competing forces in WWII:
Allies: Great Britain (including Canada and India), China, France, Soviet Union (from 1941), United States (from 1941) Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, Soviet Union (until 1941)
Systematic massacre of European Jews by the Nazis:
the Holocaust
British prime minister who refused to give in to Nazi attacks during WWII:
Winston Churchill
The largest land assault during WWII, also called D-Day:
the storming of Normandy
American general and commander of the Allied forces who organized D-Day:
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Top secret project intended to create an atomic bomb:
The Manhattan Project
American scientist in charge of the Manhattan Project:
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Two Japanese cities destroyed by the first atomic bombs:
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Organization of nations created to keep the peace after WWII:
the United Nations (UN)
Date Nazis invaded Poland:
September 1, 1939
Date of attack on Pearl Harbor:
December 7, 1941
Date the European Theater of WWII ends (V-E Day):
May 8, 1945
