WW2 from pearl harbour Flashcards
What and where is the pearl harbour?
A U.S navel base near Honolulu Hawaii.
Who decided to attack the Pear harbour?
Japan
Who declared war on Japan?
President of the United Sates Franklin D. Roosevelt
What is the battle of Midway?
A naval battle that was fought with almost entirely fought with aircraft in which the US destroyed Japans first line carrier and most of its naval pilots.
What ended the threat of further Japanese invasion in the pacific?
The Battle of Midway and Battle of Guadalcanal.
Who won the battle of Stalingrad?
The Soviet Union won against German offensives.
Where the battle of Stalingrad take place?
In the city of Stalingrad which is now know as Volgograd, Russia.
What battle is considered to be one of the greatest battles in WW2?
Battle of Stalingrad.
What did the Soviet Union do to force Germany to surrender?
They did a counteroffensive by Soviet ranked and surrounded a large body of German troops.
What was the soviets counteroffensive name?
Operation Uranus.
How many Axis casualties where the in the battle of Stalingrad?
800000
What was operation Axis?
the occupation of Italy.
What was one of operation Axises goals?
Keep Italian navel vessel out of the allies hands.
What was operation Avalanche?
The allies invasion of Italy.
What battleship sunk and how did it sink?
Roma and it was sunk by German bombers
What was the Tehran Conference?
They focused on the next phases of war against the axis powers in Europe.
What was D-Day otherwise known as?
Operation Overload
What happened on d-day?
American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region.
How did Hitler die?
Suicide on April 30 in his bunker.
What happened at the Potsdam Conference?
President Truman, Stalin and Churchill discussed the ongoing war with Japan swell as the peace settlement with Germany.
What happened to Germany post-war?
Germany was divided into four occupation zones that would be controlled by Britain, Soviet Union, US and France.
What was the Manhattan Project?
Truman had created a new dangerous weapon. the atomic bomb was unleashed on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
