WWII Flashcards
Pearl Harbor (Who)
Navy Base with over 100 ships
Pearl Harbor (What)
American fleet was surprise bombed by Japan
Pearl Harbor (When)
December 7, 1941
Pearl Harbor (Where)
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor (Why)
Killed about 2,400 people and Made the U.S. join in WWII
D-Day (Who)
The day that Allied forces invaded France during WWII
D-Day (What)
Thousands of ships ferried 156,000 troops in Higgins boats
D-Day (When)
June 6, 1944
D-Day (Where)
France
D-Day (Why)
Turning point in the war and France was liberated.
Battle of the Bulge (Who)
The last major offensive attack that Germany would have for the rest of the war.
Battle of the Bulge (What)
Germany set up a massive counter-attack after France was freed
Battle of the Bulge (When)
December 1944
Battle of the Bulge (Where)
Belgium
Battle of the Bulge (Why)
The battle delayed the Allied advance from the west
Atomic Bomb (Who)
Bombs were used by America to try and get Japan to surrender and save American lives.
Atomic Bomb (What)
America dropped two Atomic bombs
Atomic Bomb (When)
August 6 and August 9, 1945
Atomic Bomb (Where)
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Atomic Bomb (Why)
over 70,000 people died instantly in Hiroshima and over 40,000 people died in Nagasaki, but more people died over time from radiation poisoning
Holocaust (Who)
Systematic genocide of over 6 million European Jews by the Nazis during WWII
Holocaust (What)
Jews were put into concentration camps where they were forced to work and produce valuables for the war effort
Holocaust (When)
WWII
Holocaust (Where)
Eastern Europe
Holocaust (Why)
About ⅔ of all Jews living in Europe were victims of the holocaust.
