6th Grade History - Ch. 29 & Spy WW11

What year did the U.S. enter the WWII?

1941

Dwight D. Eisenhower

A five star general of WW2 and later became President of the U.S. He was named the Supreme Commander of all the Allied Forces in Europe

This term refers to a prejudice against Jewish people, which existed in Germany prior to WWII

Ani- Semitism

Radar and the code-breaking machine Enigma helped England defeat the Luftwaffe in this battle in 1940.

Battle of Britain

President Harry S. Truman

Became president after FDR died, dropped the atomic bomb,

He was given the nickname II Duce and led a Fascist government in Italy

Benito Mussolini

Battle of the Bulge

Called the greatest American battle of the war by Wilson Churchill, the battle of the bulge in the Ardennes region of Belgium was Adolf Hitler's last major offensive in WWII

Douglas MacArthur

Commander of the Allied Forces during WW2

George Patton

Commanding the U.S. Army during WW2

This was the code name given to the Allied invasion of Nazi-controlled Europe on June 6, 1944.

D-day

The Allied troops captured the Normandy Beach under the command of which American General?

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Who were the two scientists that led the research on the Atomic Bomb?

Enrico Fermi, J. Robert Oppenheimer

This was Hitler's code name for the systematic killing of the millions of Jews, Poles and others

Final Solution

When Germany attacked Poland what two countries declared war on Germany and began WWII?

France, England

Who said the date (Dec. 7th) on which Pearl Harbor was attacked, was "a date which will live in infamy"

Franklin D. Roosevelt

After Dunkirk, in 1940, France was forced to sign a peace try with ?

Germany

Who were the Axis Powers?

Germany, Italy, Japan

Who were the Allied Powers?

Great Britain, France, Soviet Union, and the US

What three leaders met together to decide what to do about this problem of Japan not surrendering yet?

Harry Truman, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin

What did Einstein tell the President of the U.S.?

He had great fear that the Nazis were building an atomic bomb

What

He was ex

Where did the first atomic bomb fall on August 6, 1945?

Hiroshima

Battle of Stalingrad

Hitler invaded this Soviet Union city named after its leader, but Soviet soldiers fought inch by inch until they pushed back to Germany. This battle was the deadliest of all time with about 2 million caualties

In Feb. 1942, president Roosevelt signed an order that allowed the military to remove anyone they thought was a threat and place them into what?

Internment Camps

At the beginning of WWII Americans were called what because they did not want to get involved?

Isolationists

American marines famously rose the flag on this island close to Japan.

Iwo Jima

Who was placed in these Internment Camps?

Japanese Americans

He used 5 year plans to industrialize the soviet Union before killing millions in the Great Purge

Joseph Stalin

D-Day

June 6, 1944, The U.S. and Great Britain try to recapture France. It was the largest sea invasion in world history. By night, the Allies captured the beaches of Normandy, France

This is the German term for "night of broken glass" and marks the beginning of the Holocaust

Kristallnacht

Adolf Hitler

Leader of Germany who started WW2 and responsible for the Holocaust

Joseph Stalin

Leader of the Soviet Union who fought the Germans in WW2 and started the Cold War between Russia & the U.S.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Leading the U.S. out of the Great Depression and instituted the New Deal policy. He lead the U.S. and the Allied Powers during WW2

What was the nickname for the American strategy for victory in the Pacific?

Leapfrogging

Charles de Gaulle

Led France during WW2

The U.S. decided to help by allowing Britain to barrow all the military supplies the needed, this policy is known as

Lend-Lease Policy

Japan invaded this region of China for its coal and iron.

Manchuria

The U.S. entered the war after the German soldiers marched so far into Russia that they reached the edges of?

Moscow

What Native American group provided an unbreakable code for communication in the Pacific during WWII?

Navajo Code talkers

Did Japan and Germany both surrender in May, 1945?

No, just Germany

What happened on Dec. 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Winston Churchill

Prime Minister of Great Britain who stood up to Nazi Germany during WW2

What was the nickname for this symbol of female workers during WWII?

Rosie the Riveter

Benito Mussolini

Ruling Italy during WW2 and founding the Fascist Party, where the government had all the power, ruled by him - dictator

At the beginning of WWII Germany and _________ agreed not to attack one another because they both wanted to expand their countries.

Soviet Union

What country changed sides once the Americans soldiers flooded over to help?

Soviet Union

What did they tell Japan to do?

Surrender or they would ivade

What major event happened in April 1945?

The Allies marched into Berlin and the Nazi power was broken

Neville Chamberlain

The British Minister as Great Britain entered WW2. He is known for his policy of "appeasement" toward Hitler the Nazis

Hideki Tojo

The militaristic Prime Minister of Japan and responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbor

Proverbs 3:5-7

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

What did Winston Churchill call the "worst evil" faced by British forces?

U boats

What new organization of "peace loving nations" was formed after the end of the WWII?

United Nations of UN

Where did Albert Einstein got when he left Germany?

United States

The area in the South of France where some of the French agreed to cooperate with the Nazis became known as

Vichy France

What was V-E day?

Victory in Europe the day Germany officially surrendered

Anne Frank

Wrote a diary while hiding from the Nazis during WW2

Eleanor Roosevelt

an active first lady who worked for human rights rode as a passenger in an airplane piloted by Tuskegee Airman

Why did Hitler believe that Einstein's discoveries about the atom were wrong?

because he was a Jew

This German military strategy involved surprise and overwhelming force to quickly defeat an opposing army.

blitzkrieg, lightning war

Auschwitz chelmno and Treblinka are all examples of what?

concentration camps

this word refers to the systematic killing of a group of people, usually by a government

genocide

What was Blitzkrieg?

lightning war

The U.S. placed a ban on what two trade items with Japan?

oil and scrap metal

Why did Allied soldiers in France retreat to the port of Dunkirk?

over whelmed by the German solders

Biased information put out by a country during wartime is known as what?

propaganda

This is when a government divides scarce goods among people to conserve them for the war effort.

rationing

Emperor Hirohito

reigned over Japan during WW2 and Japan's longest-reigning monarch

Why is the decision to use the Atomic Bomb still so controversial?

some say it was not justified to kill so many people who not apart of the fighting

The ban on oil and scrap metal made Japan angry and fell that the U.S. was ....

standing in their way

Why were internment camps a violation of civil rights?

the Japanese lost much of their property and land as they returned home after the camps. This violated the clause stating that no law shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property.

What was the code name for the U.S. attempt to build an atomic bomb?

the Manhattan Project

Causes of the Holocaust

the Nazis had a policy of anti-Semitism (hatred of Jews) they passed laws to limit their rights Hitler and his party decided to destroy the entire Jewish population

How did President Truman decide to bring an end to the war?

the atomic bomb

What caused hundreds of thousands of people to die later?

the nuclear fallout

What were some effects to the Jewish people in Germany?

they were denied citizenship, kids could not attend school, Jews were sent to concentration camps and killed

Battle of Midway

this battle in June 1942 was a turning point in the Pacific when the U.S. struck a strong blow against the Japanese fleet.

What did the UN General Assembly form a committee to do at its very first meeting?

to disarm the atomic bomb and stop developing it

After Hitler attacked the Soviet Union the U.S. helped with:

trucks, radios, boots, giving them canned meat to feed their army

Tuskegee Airmen

were the first black military aviators in the U.S. Army Air Corps