WWII Exam Review

A fictional character appearingon government posters encouraging women to help in the wareffort

An extreme left political philosophy economically capitalist where rights are denied & dictator

Two Japanese cities wherethe U.S. dropped atomic bombs ending WWII

What was the Battle of Britain?

The dictator of theSoviet Union who first supported the Axis Powers but joined the Allies later

How many American carriers were sunk at the Battle of Midway?

How many Americans lost their lives in WWII?

Hitler’s“Final Solution.” Genocide* of European Jews and others by the Nazis during World WarII

The belief that a “pure” blood German with blonde-hair and blue eyes was superior to all races.

What was the name for the German Air force?

President of the United States during most of the war and came up with the lend-lease act.

Which best describes the Battle of the Bulge?

Who were the first all African American combat fighter unit?

The U.S. helped Great Britain bysupplying ammunition & old warships

What did the U.S. military look like in 1940?

Prison, work and death camps for civilians. 

Prime Minister of Great Britain during the 1940's and pushed for re-armament before 1939

Hatred, hostility, and discrimination toward and against Jews.

President of the United States at the end of the war and dropped the A-Bomb on Japan.

What was discussed at the Yalta Conference?

What types of attacks did the Japanese increase at the battle for Okinawa?

February 1943, Major Soviet victory that resulted in the Nazis being pushed back to Berlin.

What was the large fast moving warships that could launch planes?

How many Americans served in the armed forces during the war?

What was operation Downfall?

What was the U.S. policy towards the war in Europe before the end of 1941?

Why was Guadalcanal important to the war?

Italy: Opposed to democracy, no criticism of his government and controlled the army & schools.

June 6, 1944: the largest combined land-sea-air invasion in history to liberate France.

Great Britain, the USA, the USSR, and France.

How many people did the first atomic blast kill total?

An extreme right political philosophy economically socialist where rights are denied & dictator

How many Japanese carriers were sunk at the Battle of Midway?

This was the first major Japanese defeat and the turning point of the war in the Pacific.

Why was Okinawa important for the U.S. to take to defeat Japan?

Germany: He used the anger over the Treaty of Versailles and the depression to grab power.  

Britain's Prime Minister, Chamberlain, ________ Hitler by giving parts of Czech to avoid war

More than 100,000 West Coast Japanese - Americans were sent to detention centers.

He was military general and Prime Minister of Japan from 1941 – 1944.

Site of Japanese surprise attack on December 7, 1941¨Caused USA to enter WWII.

What was the name of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb?

Germany,Italy, and Japan.

What was name for the planned invasion of the Soviet Union by the Nazis?

What was the new type of attacks that Germany used with tanks, planes, radio and moved fast.

October 1940 Germans bombed British shipyards, industries, cities, destroying neighborhoods

How did the U.S. maintain security during the war?

“National Socialist German Workers’ Party.”  Hitler’s fascist party and Government during WWII.

How many casualties did the U.S. predict from the invasion of Japan?

On September 1, 1939, Hitler’s armies attacked this country and WWII officially began.

Consumers could buy only certain number of goods. Goods were sent overseas to support the war

How many people lost their lives in WWII total?

What city was the second atomic bomb dropped on?

Why did the U.S. have the policy it did towards the war in Europe before the end of 1941?