WWII SSUSH19

Benito Mussolini was leader of which Axis Power?

• Italy

Rommel was a German Military leader with successes on which

continent?

•Africa• “Desert Fox”

What was the Blitzkrieg? (who was it applied to)

• Lighting War• England/Britain

The invasion of Poland did what to the world?

• Start of WWII

Midway (battle) was considered the ________ of the war with

Japan.

•Turning Point (Pacific Theater)

Admiral Nimitz was the leader of what force in the American

Military?

•Navy

Hirohito was the leader of what forces during WWII?

•Japan

Pacific and European were ______________ of World War II.

• Theatre

Normandy, France was the sight of what major ___________________

landing of ___________ troops?

• Amphibious• Allied

Doolittle led the Raid on what city?

• Tokyo

What was the code name for the Normandy landing?

• Operation Overlord• D-Day

Hiroshima and Nagasaki were....

• Places where the Atomic Bombs were dropped (Japan)

Pearl Harbor was attacked on ________________ . D-Day

happened on ________________.

• December 7, 1941• June 6, 1944

Bataan was the name of the _________ __________________ of American and Filipino troops.

• Forced Death March

Italy was able to defeat which country?

• Ethiopia

Winston Churchill was the leader of what allied nation?

• Great Britain (England/Britain)

101st Airborne was caught behind enemy lines in what battle?

• Battle of the Bulge

Manhattan Project was the nickname of secret group of scientists working on what?

• Atomic Bomb

“To save the lives of American soldiers making an attack on the

Island of Japan” was the reason for what? (By whom?)

• Dropped the bombs on Japan

Where was the secret facility for creating the secret weapon for the

U.S. ?

• Los Alamos, New Mexico

Selective Service was instituted before the war started to

• Prepare men to go for war.

Automobile industry was mainly effected by the war production

because

• It stopped making production of cars. • Started making war materials

(tanks, airplanes)

Possibility of surrender by military, fighting on land, bombed on a

larger scale, Multiple countries involved.

• European Theater

What was the untapped resource of employment when WWII

broke out?

• Women

What country did Italy have problems attacking and was turned

back by the British?

•Egypt

After being unsuccessful in breaking the British, Germany turned to attack

which of the Allies?

• Soviet Union

Before American entry into WWII, how did the U.S. aid the allies, “just

short of war” (showing it's support) ?

• Lend Lease Act

During the allied landing in Western Europe, what beach had the American

Allies experienced the most severe losses in their attempts to land?

• Omaha Beach

Japanese in the U.S. were placed in ________________ due to

executive order 9066 during WWII.

• Internment Camps

The Lend Lease Act gave weapons to what group of people in WWII?

•Allies

What country did Japan invade after it attacked the United States?

•Philippines

Dwight D. Eisenhower was the commander of allied forces at what

major event of WWII?

• D-Day (Normandy, France)

What was the name of the Battle in the Argonne Forest in WWII that was the last advance the Germans

made on the allied line?

• Battle of the Bulge

What was the American solution to ending the conflict

with Japan?

• Dropping the bomb(s)

The bombing of Pearl Harbor brought what major power into

WWII?

•United States

What did the United States do to Japan that led her to perform desperate measures, like the

bombing of Pearl Harbor?

• We put an embargo on materials (oil, gas, metal, etc)• They attacked China (Manchuria)

Who was the German leader during WWII?

•Hitler

What caused the powers of Europe to start WWII against Germany?

• Invasion of Poland (1939)

FDR was the ____________ for the majority of WWII.

• President of the U.S.

Rosie the Riveter was the nickname given to women that did

what during WWII?

• Worked in Factories

Who were the Axis Powers?

•Germany• Italy• Japan

The policy of appeasement gave Germany a final warning after they

were given the last of ________________.

• Czechoslovakia

What are some items that were rationed in the U.S. during WWII?

• Canned Goods• Gas• Tires• Coffee• Sugar• Butter• Meat

The Fall of Berlin was the end for which country in WWII?

• Germany

What is the controlled distribution of resources and scarce goods or

services?

•Rations

The policy of _____________ or _________________was the policy the U.S. had during the beginning of

the war

• neutrality (isolationist)

Sea battles, Up close fighting, Island hopping, would fight till the death

• Pacific Theater

Possibility of surrender by military, fighting on land, bombed on a

larger scale, Multiple countries involved.

• European Theater

What are the main members of the Allies?

• France • Great Britain• Soviet Union• U.S.

Who was the man that took over the office of the President after

FDR died?

•Harry Truman