WWII quiz two Flashcards
1
Q
When did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?
A
7:55 am on Sunday, December 7, 1941
2
Q
Rosie the Riveter was what?
A
An advertising campaign that encouraged women to take factory jobs.
3
Q
300,000 what served in special armed forces during WWII?
A
women
4
Q
- 332nd Fighter Group, a group of African
American pilots who flew missions in World War II; they were the first African American military pilots
A
The Tuskegee Airmen
5
Q
- the imprisonment of Japanese Americans in
special camps during World War II because the government feared that the
Japanese were loyal to Japan
A
Internment Camps
6
Q
Germany’s Afrika Korps was led by?
A
General Erwin Rommel
7
Q
what battle was a turning point in World War II, in which Allied forces defeated the Afrika Korps of Germany
A
Battle of El Alamein
8
Q
- a major turning point in World War II;
Soviet forces defeated Nazi forces after which the Nazis never recovered
A
The Battle of
Stalingrad
9
Q
- the commander of the Allied forces in Europe, oversaw planning what would be the largest sea-to-land invasion
ever attempted.
A
Dwight D. Eisenhower
10
Q
When was D-Day?
A
June 6, 1944
