Ch. 24 World War II 1941-45
Bastogne, Belgium
After Hitler's last failed attempt for an offensive attack, Allied bombers attacked German positions in this place.
Yalta
At this conference, FDR, Stalin and Churchill discussed final strategy and postwar Germany. Poland, Bulgaria, and Romania would hold free elections. Stalin promised to enter war against Japan.
Casablanca
At this conference, the Allies decided to increase bombing of Germany and invade Italy. FDR also announced that the Allies would only accept unconditional surrender from the Axis Powers.
internment
Centers in remote inland areas where Japanese Americans were confined during WWII
Dwight Eisenhower
Commanded Allied forces against the Axis Powers in North Africa and France.
George S. Patton, Jr.
Eisenhower put American forces in North Africa under the command of this person.
Douglas MacArthur
General who led the US Army Forces in Asia
Joseph Stalin
He wanted to open a second front in Europe during the war against Germany.
Nagasaki
Japan's surrender came less than a week after the bombing of this city
D-Day
June 6, 1944. Allowed the Allies to take an important step toward Berlin
Rommel
Known as the "Desert Fox"
Aryans
Nazi ideology considered this group superior to other people.
Omaha
One of the five beaches at Normandy heavily defended by the Germans.
Tehran Conference
Roosevelt and Churchill agreed to open a second front against Germany by invading France.
Battle of Coral Sea
Strategically an American victory since Japan was forced to call off their attack on New Guinea
Operation Overlord
The massive Allied invasion in France was code named this.
Manhattan Project
The program that developed the atomic bomb was code-named this.
Mussolini
This leader wanted his empire to stretch from the eastern Adriatic to East Africa.
J. Robert Oppenheimer
This physicist helped lead the program to build the atomic bomb.
Potsdam
Truman, Clement Atlee, and Stalin decided to divide Germany into four zones of occupation at this conference.
Stalingrad
Turning point in Europe. Ended Hitler's plans for dominating Europe.
War Refugee Board
U.S. organization designed to aid Eastern European Jews
Battle of Midway
US forced Japan on the defensive after this American victory.
442nd Regimental Combat Team
all-Nisei unit; most decorated military unit in U.S. history
Nuremberg Laws
denied German citizenship and other rights to Jews.
Executive Order 9066
responsible for Japanese internment camps