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WWII Part 2 Flashcards

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1
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What was the Yalta Conference

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The meeting of the big three

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Who was apart of the big three

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Winston Churchill, FDR, Joseph Stalin

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What did the big three agree on in feb 1945

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They met to decide the final attack on Germany. They decided to split Germany into 4 parts.

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4
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What was the final major counter attack done by the Germans

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the Battle of the Bulge

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5
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What happened in the Battle of the Bulge

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Hitler had used the Rail way to try and punch a hole in our defenses

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6
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When was Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day )

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May 8th, 1945

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7
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Who surrounded Berlin

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(USSR) Soviet Union

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8
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When did FDR die

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April 12, 1945 (he didn’t see the US win)

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9
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What were the Philippines seen as

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A strategic point for the Japanese (the took over in 1942)

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Where did some American soldiers and nurses hold out against the Japanese

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Corregidor

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11
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How many Americans / Filipinos surrendered in the Philippines

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76,000

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12
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What happened to the people that surrendered

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Kept as prisoners and forced to walk 60 miles

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13
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What happened during the death marches

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Americans and other prisoners were beaten and tortured with no food, water, and rest.

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How many people died on the death marches

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10,000 dies during the 6-12 day journey

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What did the death marches become known as

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Bataan Death Marches

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What does Japan control

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The Philippines, Indochina, Indonesia, Maylaya, and other islands

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17
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Where did America stop the Japanese advancement on Australia

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The battle of coral sea (May 1942)

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18
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Who were all US army units in the pacific under controlled by

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Douglas MacArthur

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19
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Who were all the US navel units controlled by

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Chester Nimitz

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20
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What was Guadalcanal apart of

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The Solomon Islands

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21
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What happened when the US Marines landed on Guadalcanal in august

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The Japanese retreated into the jungle and the marines were not ready for the harsh geography

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22
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The marines became easy targets for Japanese…

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Snipers

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23
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What new strategy did the US use

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Island hopping

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24
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What is Island hopping

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Strategy do selectively attacking specific enemy help islands and bypassing others

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What did island hopping do

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Cut of the bypassed islands for supplies and reinforcements- made those islands useless

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What are Kamikazes

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Suicide planes/ bombers (saw our first in the summer of 1944)

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27
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Why was Japanese so dangerous

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They felt threatened and would do anything to stop up. They would die for their country.

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28
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Where was one of the bloodiest battles

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Iwa Jima

29
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Why was Iwa Jima so difficult to traverse

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The island has a honeycomb of caves and cliffs- the Japanese would hide in miles of tunnels

30
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What was the battle of Iwa Jima used to promote

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War bonds

31
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When was the battle of Okinawa

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April- June 1945

32
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What was the Battle Okinawa known for

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It was the second largest invasion fleet

33
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How many kamikaze attacks did we get hit with at Okinawa

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2,000

34
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What is a Banzai or Banzai charges

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Attacks in which the soldiers tried to kill as many of the enemy as possible until they themselves were killed

35
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What was the estimate casualties of troops

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50,000 US casualties

36
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What was the estimate for how many troops we would need to prepare for the invasion of Japan

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1 million troops

37
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What was the estimated causalities for the invasion of Japan

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Half a million

38
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Who did gave FDR and idea of the atomic bomb

A

Albert Einstein

39
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What did FDR start so we could make the atomic bomb

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The Manhattan project (New Mexico)

40
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Who was the decision to drop the bomb left up too

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president Harry S. Truman (VP)

41
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Why did Truman go ahead with it

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He viewed it as a military weapon and it would make Japan surrender

42
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When was the first bomb dropped

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August 6th 1945

43
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What plane dropped the bomb on Hiroshima

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The Enola Gay

44
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3 days later, what plane dropped the second bomb on Nagasaki

A

bockstar

45
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When was victory in Japan day (V-J)

A

August 15, 1945

46
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Where was the formal surrender signed

A

USS Missouri

47
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When was the formal surrender signed

A

September 2, 1945

48
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What did the Executive Order 8802 do

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Opened jobs and job training programs in defense plants to all Americans ( without discrimination of race )

49
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Who were the Tuskegee Airmen

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A group of African American pilots who learned to fly in Tuskegee

50
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What was the Tuskegee Experiment

A

They trained an entire combat unit of African Americans to see if they were as trainable as white menz

51
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What was the Bracero Program

A

Helped give many jobs to Mexican Americans

52
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What were Mexican farm laborers brought to work in the US called

A

Braceros

53
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What were Spanish speaking neighborhoods called

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Barrios

54
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What were zoot suitors

A

Mexicans who wore long draped jackets, baggy pants, tight cuffs, and had slicked back “ducktail” haircuts

55
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Why did sailors beat the zoot suitors

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Because they would take their “women”

56
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Where did most Japanese Americans live

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The west coast

57
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Why were internment camps made

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Because the government feared they were sending information to Japan and decided to remove all “aliens”

58
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What did the War Relocation Authority do (WRA)

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Moved anyone with Japanese ancestry to be interned

59
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What happens to the Japanese people

A

They were confined in camps away from the coast

60
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The US was taken to court over the legality :

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Korematsu V. United States

61
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The court ruled the US….

A

Had no wrong doing

62
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Where were most camps located

A

In the middle of no where (most Great Plains region)

63
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How many Japanese Americans fought for America

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17,000

64
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Most Japanese Americans that would fight with America would be…

A

Nisei

65
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What is a Nisei

A

Japanese people born in the US (second generation)

66
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What team would most Japanese Americans fight with

A

442nd Regimental Combat Team

67
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At one point what percent of the working force were women

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35%

68
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What did Rosie the riveter come from

A

A song in 1942

69
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What ended when the war ended

A

Women’s jobs

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