WWII Test Review Flashcards
WWII is actually how many distinct wars?
2 wars (Europe War & War of the Pacific)
Eisenhower
S.A.C (Supreme Allied Commander); only answers to the President and Churchill
MacArthur
Supreme Commander; leading the attack in Japan (Pacific War)
Churchill
Prime MInister of England during WWII
FDR
President during the Great Depression and WWII; has polio
Pearl Harbour
Starts WWII for us
Japanese Interment
FDR rounds up all Japanese Americans in a camp in California
The Holocaust
The mass killing of Jews; 9 million deaths total, 6 million Jews and 3 million others
Hitler
Dictator of Germany and leader of Nazi’s, possibly Jew, and dies by suicide
Hirohito
Emperor of Japan
The Manhattan Project
The most secret project the U.S. has ever done; atomic bomb building & research. Built two cities overnight and Tokyo was planned to be the 3rd city bombed
The Battle of the Bugle
Germany’s last offensive
The Enola Gay
Named after the pilot’s mother and carried the atomic bomb
General Groves
Military commander put in charge of the Manhattan Project.
Dr.Oppenheimer
Was a professor in Berkley; built the first atomic bombs.
Death of FDR
Died from a stroke April 12,1945 in Georgia.
Truman
Vice President who didn’t know about the Manhattan project until he became the President
Invasion of Poland
Starts WWII
Battle of Britain
Months long bombing of England
Polio
An illness caused by a virus that mainly affect nerves in the spinal cord or brain stem.
Stalin
Dictator of Russia. Nazi Soviet Pact (Stalin agrees not to enter war, Hitler promises not to invade Russia)
Surrender of Japan
They surrender on our boat (U.S.S. Missouri)
Surrender of Germany
Unconditional surrender, they surrender in France
Eva Braun
Married to Hitler and died by cyanide
Blitzkrieg
“Lightning War”
The Marshall Plan
Rebuilding of Europe after WWII by the United States.
Estimated number needed to invade Japan
About 1,000,000 troops were needed to invade Japan. 18 Mil. soldiers, 1.8 Mil. wounded, 335,000 killed
