WW2 Flashcards
Axis powers
Germany, Italy, Japan
Allies
Soviet Union, United Kingdom, United States
Charles de Gaulle
France
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Emperor Hirohito
Japan
Neville Chamberlain
United Kingdom (#1)
Winston Churchill
United Kingdom (#2)
Franklin Roosevelt
United States (#1)
Harry Truman
United States (#2)
List the three countries that followed policies of ruthless aggression
Italy, germany, Japan
Where did Japan attack in 1931 and how did the League of Nations respond?
They protested but took no action. Monchuria in China
In what way did Hitler break the Treaty of Versailles? (#2)
Sent troops into the Rhineland region of Western Germany
In September 1938 where did European leaders meet to ease the crisis? What were France and Britain’s goals at this meeting?
Munich, Germany
Hoped to appease Hitler to avoid war
What is appeasement?
A policy of giving into aggression in order to avoid war
What were the stipulations of the US neutrality act of 1935?
To keep us at peace
Forbade the president from selling arms, making loans, or giving assistance to any other Nation involved in war.
When did Nazi troops invade poland?
September 1st, 1939
What happened two days after Hitler’s invasion of poland?
Britain and Friends declared war on Germany, world war II began
After Germany accepted France surrender what country was left to fight the nazis?
Britain
Who is the British prime Minister of Great Britain after Neville chamberlain?
Winston Churchill
During the Battle of britain, Hitler ordered what type of assault
Air assault
Did Hitler ever invade britain?
No, he abandoned all plans to invade Britain
Where did the first American ground troops land, and who was their commander?
North Africa
Dwight d Eisenhower
Where did the Japanese attack after Pearl harbor? ( Name 3)
Hong Kong, Malaya, Burma, Guam, Wake Island, Dutch East Indies, Solomon Islands, Thailand
Name the general who commanded the Filipino / American Force on the Philippine islands of Luzan
Douglas MacArthur
Battle of Midway verse Battle of the Coral Sea
All fighting was done by planes launched off aircraft carriers
After this battle Japan’s Navy no longer will The Pacific
Occurred in May 1942
Occurred in June 1942
Coral Sea
Midway
Coral Sea
Midway
Name the city and country that the allied forces invaded in 1944
Normandy, France
Who commanded the landing involving thousands of ships and aircrafts?
General Eisenhower
How many Normandy beaches did the Allies land and what were their names? List 3
5
Omaha, utah, juno, sword, gold
Name the beach where allied forces met a fierce German defense
Omaha Beach
Describe how the Allies were able to defeat the Germans in the Battle of the bulge.
Allies had additional trips
Germany was running out soilders
Germany was running out of fuel
What happened to Germany in January 1945 (East and west)
East- a huge Soviet entered Germany West- Western allies entered
Date FDR dies
He dies from what condition
Replaced by
April 12th 1945
Stroke
Harry s Truman
V-E Day definition and date
Victory in Europe
May 8th 1945
Define the strategy of island hopping
Each island taken as a stepping stone towards Japan
Describe code talkers and their significance
Navajo soldiers use their own language that no one else could understand to send messages
Iwo Jima date and death toll
February 1945 6,000 deaths
Define kamikaze
Suicide pilots crashed airplanes into American trips
How did Kamikaze impact our war planners
It convinced Americans the only at full scale invasion of Japan swim Island would force a surrender
What was the secret Truman learned about in July
The atomic bomb
What does V-J day stand for & date
The day that Japan surrendered victory over Japan
September. 2 1945
How many volunteers and drafty served in the US military during world war II.
15 million
What did US factory shift from producing
From consumer goods to military goods
What did the war production board do?
It was a government agency that supervised change and set goals for production.
The government imposed blank to conserve resources. Americans were issued rationing blank to purchase goods like blank.
Rations
coupons
coffee, sugar, mead, gas, tires
Millions of women went to work and the blank and blank.
Factories, shipyards
A fictional character, blank became a symbol of all women who worked in the war effort.
Rosie the Riveter
Japanese Americans lost their freedom and had to sell their blank, even though there was not single document case of blank.
Possessions, disloyalty by a Japanese American
Because African Americans face discrimination, some leaders pointed out that…
Well the nation was fighting for a democracy overseas, it still permitted and injustice at home.
Braceros
Mexican laborers
Well newspapers blamed the mexican-americans for the blank blank blank, Eleanor Roosevelt argued that they were a result of blank blank against Mexicans.
Zoot suit riots, longstanding discrimination
