US History Unit 6 Quiz 3 - World War II

the ____ bolstered american morale and instilled fear in the japanese who believed they were beyond the reach of enemy attacks

Doolittle Raid

president ____ agreed to use the atomic bomb in hopes of avoiding millions of casualties in a ground invasion in japan

Truman

the ____ was hitler's attack through the ardenne's forest in a final attempt to stop allied advances towards germany

battle of the bulge

_____ code talkers sent radio messages using their native language that the japanese could not decipher

navajo

____ beach proved to be the toughest battleground of the five D-Day beaches

omaha

_____ was the amassing of men, equipment, and supplies for the 1944 invasion of europe

operation overload

1.) Douglas MacAurthur 2.) Harry S. Truman 3.) Franklin D. Roosevelt 4.) Enola Gay

1.) led allied forces in recapturing the philippine islands 2.) became president of the united states on april 12, 1945 3.) died of a cerebral hemorrhage weeks before the war ended in europe 4.) name of B-29 bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb

1.) eva braun 2.) hirohito

1.) married hitler the day before they both comitted suicide 2.) announced his country's surrender via a radio broadcast

1.) battle of okinawa 2.) battle of midway 3.) battle of iwo jima 4.) philippines campaign 5.) battle of the philippine sea

1.) nearly 12,000 american and over 100,000 japanese troops were killed during the last major battle of the war 2.) the loss of four japanese carriers marked the turning point in the pacific theater, after this battle the united states was able to go on the offensive 3.) over 6,000 american troops died capturing a small island in order to prevent japanese aircraft from attacking american bombers 4.) general douglas macaurthur fulfilled his promise to return 5.) this action resulted in the loss of three japanese carriers and more than 500 japanese airplanes and it is remembered as the great marianas turkey shoot

the june 6, 1944, invasion of northern France is remembered as ____

D-Day

on V-E day, new german leader ____ signed the german surrender

Karl Donitz

president truman announced that september 2, 1945, would be ___

V-J day

at the casablanca conference, allied leaders ____

agreed to accept only the unconditional surrender of the axis powers

the first atomic bomb was dropped on august 6, 1945, on ____

hiroshima

american strategy consisted of ____ across the Pacific to end all Japanese resistance

island hopping

____ surrendered shortly after allied forces landed on its shores

italy

Almost 1,500 Japanese __________ attacked U.S. ships during the Battle of Okinawa

kamikazes

which statement was NOT a purpose of the allied strategic bombing campaign in Europe

kill german soldiers on military bases

the japanese signed terms of surrender on board the battleship ___

missouri

Allied leaders issued the ___________ Declaration calling on Japan to surrender unconditionally or else face destruction

potsdam

in what way was World War II NOT different from World War I

russia was never involved in World War I

Hitler sacrificed over one-half million German soldiers in an unsuccessful attack on ________ in Russia

stalingrad

president roosevelt met soviet premier joseph stalin for the first time at the ____ conference

tehran

the battle of the coral sea was the first time

two opposing naval fleets fought without seeing each other's naval vessels

german submarines hunted allied shipping in ____ during the battle of the atlantic

wolfpacks