WWII Flashcards
What started WWII
Germany invading Poland
Who was the leader of Germany
Adolf Hitler
Who was the leader of Italy
Benito Mussolini
Who was the leader of Britain
Winston Churchill
Who was the leader of America
Franklin Roosevelt
Why did America enter the war
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
How many Jews died in the Holocaust
6 Million
How many total died in the Holocaust
11 Million
When is another name for Kristallnacht
Night of Broken Glass
What was the Final Solution
Hitler’s final plan for treatment of Jews
How many survived the Holocaust
4 Million
How many died at Auschwitz
1.5 Million
What was the first concentration camp
Dachau
What side launched Operation Torch
Allies
Who Led Operation Torch
Dwight D. Eisenhower
What was the code name for D-day
Operation Overlord
What were Kamikazes
Japanese Suicide Pilots
Where was the first ever atomic bomb dropped
Desert in New Mexico
Where was the second atomic bomb dropped
Hiroshima
Where was the third atomic bomb dropped
Nagasaki
Who did Japan surrender to
General Douglas MacArthur
How many nations signed a peace treaty with Japan
48
What were the Nazi leaders charged with in the Nuremberg Trials
Waging a war of aggression and crimes against humanity
What political party numbers skyrocketed
Communist Party
What was article 9 in The New Constitution in Japan
Japan could no longer make war
