WWII Flashcards
The American commander of the Allied land forces in the Pacific during World War II was
Douglas MacArthur
In the _________ after World War II former nazi leaders face charges of waiting a war of aggression and committing crimes against humanity
The Nuremberg Trials
Prime minister of Great Britain during World War II was
Winston Churchill
The French general who set up a government in exile want in London and organized the free French military forces during World War II was
Charles de Gualle
The American general who served as a commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II
Dwight D Eisenhower
Picture big boy Terry strategy that means lightning war was
Blitzkreig
German air attacks on Britain’s Air Force and cities that lasted from summer of 1940 until May 10, 1941 is known as the
Battle of Britain
The first day of the invasion of Normandy it World War II is known as
D-Day
The battle that brought the war in Europe to a quick end was
Battle of the bulge
The process of disbanding the countries Armed Forces is called
Demilitarization
The short battle that turned the tide of war in favor of the allies in the Pacific was the
Battle of Midway
Mass killing of a certain group of people
Genocide
Who was the greatest naval strategist also called the attack on Pearl Harbor
Admiral Yamamoto
Who fought in the battle of Guadalcanal
The US and Japan
Island hopping was a
War tactic used by the US
In what battle did Japan attack midway island that was 1500 miles west of Hawaii
Battle of midway
What was the code name for d day
Operation overlord
Why did Germany not win Battle of the Bulge
Lack of fuel and weather
On February 19, 1942 all people of_______ancestry on the west coast of the US we’re sent to prison camps
Japanese
__________ was head of the Manhattan project which was when the first atomic bomb was created
J Robert Oppenheimer
After World War II who took over most European governments
Communists
___________ was the U.S. Open Europe rebuild after the war and try to stop the communists
The Marshall plan
What were the two steps of the Marshall plan
1: help rebuild Europe
2: remove communists
_______ was when people were put on trial for crimes against humanity and genocide
The Nuremberg Trials
Japan adopts a new _________ in 1947
A new constitution
Japan’s new constitution states that
Japan will not attack another country
What were the Aryans
The “master race” or in WWII were the Germans/Nazis
What was the mass genocide of the Jewish people
Holocaust
What was Hitlers “the Final Solution”
mass genocide of Jews or sending them to concentration camps
The joint declaration issued by Roosevelt and Churchill during World War II of holding free-trade about nations at the rate of people to choose their own government was called the
Atlantic charter
