ww2 Flashcards
________________ generally retained an isolationist attitude toward foreign affairs throughout the 1930’s
America
after the normandy invasion, American forces faced a grueling three months battle and liberated ____________________
Paris
the _____________________ ___ allowed the U.S. to avoid the more heavy causalities than an invasion of japan would have caused
atomic bomb
the first major activity involving American troops in the war against germany occured in the invasion of ________________
north Africa
describe VE day
the day berlin fell to the russians
how did hitler rise to power?
he proposed a strong and organized germany
American industry was was able to provide a large amount of war supplies but at what cost?
the were unable to avoid short ages
what was the result of japans refusal to surrender easily in the pacific?
the capture of many japanese
when world war II the _______________________ was an ally of nazi germany
soviet union
where did the largest amphibious invasion force in history occur?
italy during world war II
i regarded the bomb as a military weapon and never had any doubt that is should be used
harry truman
never in the field of human conflict was so much owned by so many to so few
winston churchill
the last territorial claim i have to make is europe
adof hitler
i shall return
douglas mcaurthar
location where the bomb dropped
hiroshima
location where the navy was damaged
pearl harbor
name for pilots who deliberately crashed
kamikazes
a method to indulge hitler, giving into his demands
appeasment
a place where american soldiers were surrounded by german forces
battle of buldge
commanded both the american troops in north africa and the combined allied forces in the normandy invasion
dwight D esighnhower
what was the manhattan project?
a program to build an atomic bomb
rose to power in italy during the 1920s
mussolini
blitzkreig
light war
form of government developed in italy during the late 1920s
facist
