WWII Test

What were the Nuremberg war crimes trials?

A series of trials in 1945 and 1946 in Nuremberg, Germany, in which an international military tribunal convicted former Nazi leaders of war crimes.

What happened on June 6th 1944 and who was the commander of the allied forces that day?

D-Day, 150,000 American troops landed on beaches of Normandy. Dwight D. Eisenhower

Why did President Truman decide to use the atomic bomb against Japan? Where did the US dropped these bombs in Japan?

Having not knowledge about the existence of the bomb until his presidency, he saw it as a new weapon developed by the US. Truman wanted to avoid an invasion of Japan. Truman hoped that the use of the bomb would and it's astonishing effects would be enough for Japan to surrender and they would not have to invade them. The US dropped the bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasak.

What did the US call its military strategy to get to mainland Japan?

Island Hopping

What was done in response to the Holocaust to provide Jews a homeland?

Israel was given to the Jewish as a homeland.

What technique of fighting was implemented by Japan in WWII?

Kamikaze

How were minorities treated within the US during WWII?

Minorities such as the Japanese were put in internment camps. While African Americans and Mexican Americans took over jobs that usually white men did. Women were also given jobs that men had.

What was the Bataan Death March? Which US commander said he would return to the island to liberate these soldiers?

The Bataan Death March was when Filipinos and Americans were rounded up after their surrender and hat to march about 65 miles, Douglas MacAruthur

What type of individuals did Hitler target to eliminate in order to make a stronger Germany? Provide at least three examples of ways the Nazi government persecuted these individuals.

The Jewish, Gypsies, and disabled people (mentally or physically). Nazis killed these people by putting them in gas chambers, wouldn't feed them, or they would be killed in mass killings.

What was implemented in Germany that stripped Jewish citizens of their rights? What was the Holocaust?

The Nuremberg Laws, The Holocaust was when Jews, gypsies and other people who were not German were taken to camps and were treated badly and many of them died.

Why was the United Nations formed and what is its purpose?

The United Nations was formed after this event because the US said they never wanted a war this horrific ever again.

What were US and Japanese relations like prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?

The relationship the US had with Japan prior to the Pearl Harbor bombing was not good because the US stopped trading with Japan.

What did the US do as a response to Pearl Harbor?

They bombed Hiroshima.

Which countries came out of WWII as super powers? Why do you think this?

United States & Soviet Union, Because US dropped the bomb and showed their strength

What was VE Day?

Victory in Europe Day (May 8th).

What act that ended WWII was seen as morally debatable? Why do people think this?

When the US used the atom bomb against Japan. Many people argued that they killed too many innocent Japanese, and it was too harsh of a punishment because when they (Japan) bombed Pearl Harbor, the catastrophes weren't nearly as bad when the US used the atom bomb. But, others argue that we gave Japan a chance to surrender, but they didn't take it.

What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?

improve European economies, Marshall Plan gave the US $13 billion to help Europe

Why did the US join the United Nations at the end of WWII?

recognized that efforts to achieve world peace required United States involvement

What was the Manhattan Project? Who was involved?

secret program to build atomic bomb, A american physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer