WWII Questions Flashcards
British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill
Nazi dictator
Adolf Hitler
Fascist Italian leader
Benito Mussolini
Soviet dictator
Joseph Stalin
U.S. Presidents during WWII
Franklin Roosevelt and Harry S Truman
Japanese Emperor
Hirohito
Supreme Allied Commander/U.S. General in Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S. General in the Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Alliance made up of Britain, France, the U.S., China, the Soviet Union, etc.
Allies
Alliance made up of Germany, Italy, and Japan
Axis
the deliberate attempt to wipe out an entire nation or group of people
genocide
warlike act by one country against another without cause
aggression
act of setting limits on the amount of scarce goods people can buy
rationing
To confine a group to a camp until after a war
intern
Giving in to demands to avoid conflict.
appeasement
A presidential command that is similar to a law except it does not need congressional approval.
Executive order
Turning point in the Pacific Theatre as Allies went on the offense for the first time in June 1942.
Battle of Midway
This decision ended the war in the Pacific
Dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Beginning of the end of war for the European Theater as Allies were able to invade France and push back German forces.
Operation Overlord (a.k.a. D-Day)
Allowed US troops to gain an air strip closer to Japan for the purpose of round the clock bombings over Tokyo.
Iwo Jima
Repeated bombing of cities by Germany’s Air Force
Battle of Britain
Major German counterattack following D-Day.
Battle of the Bulge
Allowed Germany to invade Poland without fear of attack from one of Poland’s powerful neighbors.
Nazi-Soviet Non-Agression Pact
Germany’s tactic for modern warfare to quickly attack and overcome their enemy; “lightning war.”
blitzkrieg
The event that prompted Britain and France to declare war on Germany
invasion of Poland
The event that prompted U.S. entry into WWII
attack on Pearl Harbor
What were the Nuremberg Trials and the Tokyo Trials?
War crimes trials for Nazi and Japanese leaders after the end of WWII
Who was “Rosie the Riveter?”
Symbol for U.S. women working in wartime industries during WWII
Why did the government enforce rationing?
To ensure that supplies would still be available and reasonable costs despite shortages during the war.
What was the Lend-Lease Act?
It allowed the U.S. to send supplies to Britain and the Soviet Union
New technology used by the British to help them defend their country during the Battle of Britain
radar
The offensive strategy in the Pacific in which American forces bypassed heavily fortified Japanese posts
island hopping
Meaning “divine wind”, this term was used by the Japanese to refer to their suicide pilots.
kamikaze
A message sent to Japan from Allied leaders that told Japan to surrender or face destruction.
Potsdam Declaration
The Allied powers at the beginning of WWII
Britain and France
Cities that the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on to end WWII
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The side that the U.S. was on at the start of the war in 1939.
Neither, they were neutral
Group interned in the U.S. during WWII
Japanese Americans
How did U.S. citizens contribute to WWII?
Rationing, conserving, working in factories, military service, buying war bonds, etc.
