world war 2
What was Blitzkrieg?
"lightning war," using planes, tanks and trucks
was was the age variety for the german army
12-65
when was World War 2
1939-1945
What was the Yalta Conference?
1945 strategy meeting between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin
in 1988 congress passed and Ronald Reagan signed, a bill that promised how much to every Japanese American sent to a relocation camp.
20,000
how many people died because of the atomic bomb
200,000
how many aircraft carriers did japan have after the battle of midway
4 aircraft carriers
how soon did poland surrender?
4 weeks
how many aircraft carriers did japan have before battle of midway
6 aircraft carriers
how long did it take for the french army to surrender
6 weeks
What was the Baatan Death March?
78 thousand U.S. soldiers were taken by the Japanese to march to a prison camp (10,000 died)
when did hitler kill himself
April 30, 1945
What was the Doolittle Raid?
Attack on Japan on April 18 with 16 B-25s, which had a longer shooting range. Boosted American morale.
When did Hiroshima happen?
August 6, 1945
When did Nagasaki happen?
August 9, 1945
where did germany first expand?
Austria
where did germany expand second?
Czechoslovakia
When was Pearl Harbor?
December 7, 1941 "A day that will live in infamy"
where did a three-day riot occurred in 1943 over racial tension
Detroit
what was the selective service system
Expanded the draft and eventually provided another 10 million soldiers
who was apart of the allied powers?
France, Britain, Russia and later the US
who was general tojo
General Tojo was the new prime minister in Japan
What was Operation Barbarossa?
German invasion of the Soviet Union
What was the Luftwaffe?
Germany's air force
Who was apart of the Axis Powers?
Germany, Italy, Japan
who started WW2, and how
Germany, by invading poland
Who was the emperor of Japan?
Hirohito
Who did Japan invade?
Indochina
When did Germany surrender?
May 8, 1945
what jobs were women volenteering in the war for?
Nursing, radio operators, pilots, etc
What was Iwo Jima?
One of the Bloodiest battles in the war, a fight to the death for Japanese soldiers, as the Americans were coming closer to Japan
What was D-Day?
The invasion of France to liberate Europe from Germany
What was the Battle of Midway?
Turning point of the war in the Pacific, U.S. vs. Japan
What was the GI Bill of Rights?
U.S. legislation passed in 1944 that provided benefits to World War II veterans.
what were the beaches america invaded
Utah, Omaha
what was the surrendering of japan day called
V-J day
What was the Battle of the Bulge?
Where Germans advanced into the Allied battle lines forming a bulge and eventually were defeated
Who was the prime minister of Great Britain?
Winston Churchill
what was the battle of guadalcanal
a 1942-1943 battle of World War II, in which Allied troops drove Japanese forces from the Pacific island of Guadalcanal
What was the Manhattan Project?
a code name for atomic bomb research
What was the Lend-Lease Act?
a policy allowing the president to provide arms to certain foreign countries
what type of battle happened between britain and germany?
air battle
who assisted in the creation of the atomic bomb
albert einstien and robert oppenheimer
what happened to the german troops in russia
brutal winter set in and they froze to death
what general stationed in japan after the war
gen. MacAurthur
what general and army cheif of staff pushed for the formation of a womens auxiliary army corps
general george marshall
why did hitler start the holocaust
he did it to target several groups and eliminate unwanted races to purify the master aryan race
What was the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere?
japans attempt to form an economic and military block in asia
industrialist Henry J. Kaiser had built seven massive new shipyards that turned out these cargo carrier vessels called what?
liberty ships
who would germany send first? luftwaffe or blitzkrieg?
luftwaffe
what goods were deemed essential for the military
meat, shoes, coffee, gas
What was the "soft underbelly" of Europe?
north africa
what event led america to join the war?
pearl harbor
where did german expand third?
poland
what was hitlers elite force called?
the S.S
what was the italian campain
the allies invaded italy and mussolini was loosing control of italy
what was special about the ardennes forest
the france built underground forts to try and defend themselves, and it was very difficult for the blitzkrieg to attack
how did we get out of the great depression?
the great recovery; we were producing so much for the war and everyone got back to work that the economy recovered
what was the supreme court case of korematsu vs U.S
the japanese evacuation after the pearl harbor was justified on the basis of military necessity
how did britain beat hitler?
the radar, they were knowing what he was gonna do before he could do it
which region saw over a million of its residents leave in order to move to other regions of the country
the south
what does the U.S do to protest japans invasion
they cut of trade, namely oil
what did america do after the war to benifit japan
they shaped japan into a capitalist economy, and instituted voting and free will
why did the japanese want to expand?
to find more natural resources
in feb 1942 automobile production for private use was shut down. the nations automobile plant would be retooled to produce what?
war machienes
what was hitlers real prize
western russia; stalingrad
if you control the airspace...
you control the battlefield
