Ww2 Flashcards
After d day the allies advanced , famous American General
Blood in guts. General patton
Ww2 started with the invasion of what neutral country
Poland
Plane and main pilot who dropped atomic Bonn
Enola gay ,Paul tibbets
Who was the over all general of allied invasion, d day invasion
Dwight d Eisenhower
Germany started new military form, new fight
Blitzkrieg ( lightening war )
Fdr trying to keep USA neutral , wanted to help great Britain. What bill gave help to Britain
Lend lease bill
Two things helped us win war on home front
Rationing & war bonds
In Germany, when hitler was trying to take over. He used to Jews as scapegoats. What is the hatred of Jews called
Anti semitism
Date that the USA entered ww2
12/7/41
Systematic killing of Jews
Holocaust
100,000 Japanese Americans were put into camps, what were these camps called
Interment camps
German general known as desert fox, defeated Elle allemain. Stopped what from getting taken over
Erwin Rommel. Suez Canal
German bombers tried to bomb Britain into surrender. British called it the
Blitz
Battle for this island in pacific. First time seeing suicide planes. What were they called ?
Kamikazees. Okinawa
Turning point in Europe
Stalingrad
What year did roosevelt use 4th election
1944
Vj-day. Where did jap sign surrender
U.S.S Missouri. 8/15/45
What hurt the war effort
Racism
Largest of the death camps in Poland
Auschwitz
USA troops were entertained by what organization
Uso
What island battle in island hopping. Americans find out japs will rather die then surrender
Saipan
This country invaded by hitler 1938.
Austria
During a war this prize winning author gave reports. Gave insights in war
Ernie Pyle
In the 20s what 2 men rose to power in Europe
Mussolini & hitler
Battle scene
Mount Surabacha
Date and name of ally invasion of Europe
Operation overload. 4/6/44
Royal Air Force, what leader.
Churchill
What is the date of ve-day
May 8 45
Greatest rescue. 300,000 saved on what beach.
Dunkirk
How did they communicate
Letters
After the war, all war criminals trailed
Nuremberg, Tokyo
Code name for North African invasion
Operation torch
Who had the difficult job of use of atomic bomb
Turman
Battle for pacific turning point battle
Midway
Who made final decision to attack Pearl Harbor
Hirohito
Who did hitler sign a treaty with
Soviet Union
320 men killed at this place, African American. Decrease of segregation
Fort of Chicago
Code name for building atomic bomb
Manhattan project
German code machine
Enigma
This city was liberate in 1944, Mussolini was destroyed
Rome
Decorated fighting outfit in the war
442nd
5,000 japs died defending what island that became an airstrip
Tarawa
In Europe there was 2 total
Nazism, facism
Battle plan in the pacific
Island hopping
During the war, what 2 groups gave help and support and help for the troops
Medics and chaplains
2 cities (in order) were destroyed by atomic bomb
Hiroshima , Nagasaki
Germany , Italy, Japan
Axis powers
I shall return
Douglass MacArthur
Code name for allied invasion of Sicily
Operation husky
Build up of military weapons and Food
Homefront
Biggest mistake after ww1. Made Germany pay lots of money what is this called
Reparations
August 25,44 what city is liberated from Germany control
Paris
Name of the last German offensive
Battle of the bulge
