AMERICAN REPUBLIC CHAPTER 23 WW2

What did the Allies do to trick the Germans so D-Day could be successful?

What US leader made the decision to use atomic bombs against Japan?

The Allied Powers included:

Allied invasion of Normandy, France:

What event caused the US to declare war and begin fighting in WW2?

What country used Kamikaze ("divine wind") attacks?

On August 6, 1945, the US first dropped an atomic bomb on which Japanese city?

The leader of Great Britain during WW2 was:

The Cold War, clash between capitalism and communism, was between which two superpowers?

Who was the Allied commander of Europe?

Allied project to bring foreign scientists to the US to develop new technologies.

The Axis Powers of WW2 included:

What battle was the turning point of the war in the Pacific?

Approximately how many Jews were murdered in the Holocaust?

Walled-off areas of cities into which Jews were forced to move:

US strategy in the Pacific: bypass strongly held islands and attack weaker ones to gain bases.

What was Germany's last offensive against the Allied powers?

Germany killed approximately how many people during the Holocaust?

The leader of the US for most of WW2:

What was the Holocaust?

The leader of Russia during WW2:

Besides the blast and heat, what killed people after the atomic bombs were dropped?

Name of the German "doctor" who performed medical "experiments" on Jewish prisoners.

The prime minister of Japan for most of WW2:

Major battle in Soviet Union in which Soviet troops defeated Germany; heavy casualties.

What was the "final solution" to the Germans' Jewish "problem"?

After which battle was the following photo taken?

World War 2 began when Germany invaded what country?

Which nation lost at least 20 million people during WW2?

The leader of Italy during WW2:

The names of the two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were?

Germany planned to invade Great Britain after doing what?

What did the US do to Japanese-Americans after Pearl Harbor?

What joined Germany and Italy with Japan?

Great Britain and the US signed what agreement for supplies?