FIGHTING IN WORLD WAR II
WORLD WAR TWO
A war fought between 1939-1945 between Axis/Allied powers.
Penicillin
Antibiotic used to treat soldiers wounds. Drastically improved the survival rate of wounded soldiers.
MANHATTAN PROJECT
Code name for the U.S. effort during World War II to produce the atomic bomb.
George Patton
Commander of the Third Army. Excellent use of tanks. Helped defeat the Italians and Germans in North Africa.
Chester Nimitz
Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, led the Navy in the Battle of Midway
Why did Great Britain and France declare war on Germany?
!!!Germany invaded Poland!!!
Omar Bradley
Leader of the American Army during the D-Day invasion of France.
Douglas MacArthur
Led the U.S. Army in the Pacific. Declared, "I shall return" to the soldiers captured in the Philippines.
V-J Day
Name chosen for the day on which the Surrender of Japan occurred, effectively ending World War II.
Fat Man and Little Boy
Names of the Atomic Bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (in Japan)
Code Talkers
Navajo Indians used their language to encrypt messages that the Japanese could not break.
Nuremberg Trials
Nazi leaders forced to answer for their war crimes. Showed that individuals are still personally responsible for their own actions, even during war.
rationing
Restricting the amount of food and other goods people may buy during wartime to assure adequate supplies for the military
Island Hopping
Strategy used to reach Japan, by taking them one-by-one to get close enough for airstrikes on mainland Japan.
Radar and Sonar
Technologies developed to locate and track Airplanes and Submarines.
women worked as _____ in WWII
nurses ,pilots ,and mechanics.
Front
area of war
Adolf Hitler
1933 dictator of Germany, German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945)
Treaty of Versailles
Ended WWI and helped cause Hitler's rise to power in Germany.
Flying Tigers
American pilots who helped defend China from Japanese aggression before the US entered the war.
George Marshall
FDR's military Chief of Staff. Organized the mobilization of U.S. forces and a key strategist in the Allied effort.
Tuskegee Airmen
First African American fighter pilots.
Axis Powers
GERMANY, ITALY, JAPAN
Allied Powers
GREAT BRITAN, FRANCE,UNITED STATES,SOVIET UNION.
Final Solution
Hitler's plan to exterminate all European Jews.
D-Day
June 6, 1944 - Led by Eisenhower, over a million troops (the largest invasion force in history) stormed the beaches at Normandy and began the process of re-taking France. The turning point of World War II
V-E Day
May 8, 1945; victory in Europe Day was also when the Germans surrendered, Victory in Europe Day on May 8th, 1945 celebrated the official defeat of the Nazis and end of WWII in Europe.
Vernon Baker
One of the first African-Americans to see combat in WWII. Earned the Distinguished Service Cross for heroic efforts. 52 years later, he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Fronts for the American military
Pacific, North Africa, Europe (Italy, France, Germany)
Holocaust
The attempted genocide and death of over 6,000,000 Jews in Nazi Concentration Camps.
Battle of Bulge
This battle was the German's last major offensive in World War II. The Allies pushed the Germans back and won.
Atomic BOMB
Type of bomb built during WORLD WAR II that was more powerful than any built before it.
Battle of Midway
U.S. naval victory over the Japanese fleet in June 1942, in which the Japanese lost four of their best aircraft carriers. It marked a turning point in the pacific theater of World War II.
Bataan Death March
U.S. soldiers surrendered to Japanese forces in the Philippines, were tortured, and forced to walk 60 miles to prisoner of war camps. Over 10,000 died.
Battle of Stalingrad
Unsuccessful German attack on the city of Stalingrad during World War II from 1942 to 1943, became the turning point in the European theater.
Dwight Eisenhower
leader of the Allied forces in Europe during WORLD WAR11 leader of troops in Africa and commander in D-Day invasion-elected president.
