WWII Flashcards
Battle of midway
Turning pt of war; very important
Guadalcanal
First island of island campaign
Doolittle
Boosted morale; first bombing of mainland
Philippines
First major land captured by japan
Us embargo if japan
Caused Pearl Harbor
German declaration of war
After bombing of Pearl Harbor
Wendell Wilkie
Defeated by Pres Roosevelt. 3rd term
Soviet Union
Attacked Poland with Germany
Co signer of Atlantic Charter
US and Britian
First atomic bomb
Hiroshima
United Nations
Established in 1945
Battle of the bulge
Last hooray for Germany; lots of casualties
U-Boats
German submarines
Yalta Conference
Get together and discuss what will happen; “big three”
Battle if Atlantic
Longest military campaign
Operation Manhattan
The atomic bomb they dropped
Conditions of Japans surrender
They got to keep they emperor Hirohito
Patton
Took over after operation torch; general
German stopped in Russia
Winter cold
Calais
When the Germans thought they were going to attack
Rosie the riveter
Icon for strong women
Billy Mitchell
Said he need a great Air Force
Thomas Dewey
Ran against Roosevelt
Iwo Jima
Marines killed getting 3 air fields from japan; picture of iconic flag holding
Doris Miller
Cook that got a gun and started shooting to help
Four freedoms
Speech, want, fear, and religion
Neville Chamberlain
Munich pact
Blitzkrieg
Lighting warfare
Bataan Death March
Japs marched American soldiers to starvation
Hide okay Tojo
Military leader of Japan
Hirohito
Japanese emperor
