WWII Flashcards
When did the Empire of Japan bomb Pearl Harbor?
December 7, 1941
Who was the Supreme Allied Commander of the Allied forces in WWII?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
What was D-Day?
Allied invasion of Nazi controlled Europe
This was an air-war fought over Great Britain when the Germans carpet bombed London
Battle of Britain
Who was the leader of Great Britain during WWII
Winston Churchill
Who made the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan?
Harry S. Truman
The Holocaust
The attempted genocide of Jewish people during WWII
About how many Jews were murdered by the Nazis during WWII?
6,000,000
Japanese Americans that fought for the US Army in the European Theatre during WWII were members of what Combat Team?
442nd
Who was the American General in charge of the Pacific Theatre?
Macarthur
The name of the international tribunal (court) that tried and punished Nazi war criminals
Nuremberg Trials
After WWII Germany was divided into four zones. What are the countries?
Russia, USA, France, and Britain
What was the name for the African American pilots that fought for the US during WWII
Tuskegee Airmen
The wartime conference in which Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevel laid out plans for postwar Europe, allowing Eastern Europe to fall under the Russian “sphere of influence” while Western Europe would be under British and American influence, was the conference
Yalta
Which of the following was the major reason Truman used to justify his decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in August 1945?
He felt it would end up saving Japanese civilian lives, when compared tot he casualties expected from an invasion of Japan.
