WWII Vocab Part III

Question 0

Propaganda

Answer 0

Information or rumors spread by a group or government to promote it’s cause or ideas or to damage an opposing cause or idea

Question 1

Blitzkrieg

Answer 1

Lightning war, the German military strategy during World War II of attacking without warning

Question 2

Internment

Answer 2

The imprisonment of a large group of people without trial

Question 3

Island hopping

Answer 3

To travel from island to island especially those in the same chain

Question 4

Manhattan Project

Answer 4

The top-secret US government project that develop the atomic bomb

Question 5

Rationing

Answer 5

A system for limiting the distribution of food, gasoline, and other goods so that the military can have the weapons, equipment, and supplies it needs

Question 6

D-Day

Answer 6

June 6, 1944, The day that the Allied invasion of German occupied France began

Question 7

Blockade

Answer 7

the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit.

Question 8

The homefront

Answer 8

the civilian population and activities of a nation whose armed forces are engaged in war abroad.

Question 9

War production Board

Answer 9

The federal agency set up to manage the conversion of industries to military production during World War II

Question 10

Battle of Stalingrad

Answer 10

A key Soviet victory during World War II that ended Hitler’s effort to conquer the USSR

Question 11

Battle of Midway

Answer 11

The US naval victory in the Pacific during World War II that stop Japanese expansion and forced Japan to focus on defense