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Ww2 Flashcards

1
Q

Date of Pearl Harbor

How many planes/ boats/ people

A

Over 180 planes
10-12 battle battleships
2000 Americans

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2
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Who is only person to vote against ww2

A

Jenner rankin

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3
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When did Japan attack phillipines

A

Same day as Pearl Harbor dec 7 1941

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4
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Who was general in charge of phillipines

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Douglas MacArthur

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5
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When did FDR order MacArthur to escape to the Philippines

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March 1942

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6
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When did we surrender in the Philippines

A

April 9 1942

Historical significance

Largest take of prisoners

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7
Q

Battan death match was when

A

April 1942

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8
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June 42 battle of midway

A

Operation MAJIc

First major major battle

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9
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Battle of Guadalcanal August 42

A

First land battle

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10
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Oct. 44 Leyte golf

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Largest navel battle finds 2/3rd of soldiers dead

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11
Q

Feb 45 Iwo Jima what is the mountain

What is the book

A

Surabatchi

Flags of our fathers

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12
Q

When was the fire bombing of Tokyo

How many dead

A

March 10 1945

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13
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How many city’s did we firebomb in the summer of -945

A

60

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14
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April 25 last island before main land of Japan- kamikaze

100,000 Japanese dead 12000 American soldiers

A

Okinawa

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15
Q

Month and year we land in Africa

A

Nov. 42

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16
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Name of operation landing in Africa

A

Operation torch

17
Q

Who was dessert fox

A

Erwin Rommel

18
Q

Who leads in Tunisia

A

Eisenhower

19
Q

July 43 the Op. Name for Sicily

A

Operation huskey

20
Q

What year and month did we invade Italy

A

43

21
Q

Date of d-day

A

June 6 1944

22
Q

Op. Name of d-day

A

Operation overlord

23
Q

Worst battle in history

A

Stalingrad

24
Q

Date of the end of the war in Europe

A

April 1945

25
Q

Day hitler commits suicide

A

April 30 1945

26
Q

When does Harry Truman come into office

A

1945

27
Q

Five reasons why we drop bomb

A 
American lives 
Russia 
Intimidate Russia 
Politics 
Revenge
28
Q

Aug. 6 1945

A

Drop bomb on Hiroshima

29
Q

Aug. 9 1945

A

Nagasaki

30
Q

How many dead at the end of the war

A

60 mil

31
Q

3 things that we cut off from Japan

A

Money
Oil
Metal

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