WW2 Review

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  1. 3. Which country did Germany invade in September of 1939 to officially start WWII?
  2. 6. Strategy by the U.S. that used the island-hopping strategy in the Pacific to skip the heavily defended islands & seize islands close to Japan.
  3. 7. Had a 5 Year Plan for his country; turned the Soviet Union into a Totalitarian State; used Great Purge to get rid of rivals.
  4. 8. The U.S. was aided in the Battle of ___ by breaking Japanese fleet code so the U.S. had advance warning of Japanese attacks, and was the largest assembly of naval power in history.
  5. 11. Put in place by Hitler when the Nazis took over Germany to deprive German Jews of the rights of German citizens.
  6. 12. Served as nurses and photographers, and 6 million joined the workforce.
  7. 14. The purpose for President Roosevelt issuing Executive Order 9066 was placing ___ Americans in internment camps away from the Pacific Coast for fear of spying.
  8. 15. Germany, Japan, and ___ were the Axis Powers.
  9. 16. Term to describe the role of the U.S. from 1939-1941 once WWII had started in Europe?
  10. 18. FDR, Churchill, and Stalin meet for the first time to confer about the coming invasion of Europe at the ___ Conference.
  11. 23. In 1935-1937 it was a U.S. policy that said, in case of a war, made it illegal for companies to sell weapons or transport goods to any nation at war.
  12. 25. Big Three met at the ___ Conference to discuss the end of WWII, and where Truman learned the atomic bomb was ready & issued a declaration to Japan: “surrender or face destruction”.
  13. 26. Against what country did the German luftwaffe bomb over 50 nights, but never invaded because they did not gain control of the air space?
  14. 31. Systematic slaughter of European Jews; where Jews were sent to Concentration Camps and death camps.
  15. 32. Directed factories to produce war supplies in order to out-produce the Axis Powers.
  16. 33. Could join the Tuskegee Airmen, benefited from Fair Employment Practices Commission for equal pay, but did have to serve in segregated units in WW2.
  17. 34. December 7, 1941 is a day “which will live in infamy for this attack?
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  1. 1. Between Hitler and Stalin promised to divide Poland and to never to attack each other?
  2. 2. The importance of the U.S. victories at Iwo Jima and ___ was that from these islands, the U.S. began firebombing Japanese cities.
  3. 4. The League of Nations used ___ to avoid war with Germany, Italy, and Japan.
  4. 5. Civil rights leader, ___, threatened to “March on Washington” to force FDR to help blacks with pay and other things.
  5. 9. Top-secret program to develop the Atomic Bomb; first test of an Atomic Bomb was in New Mexico; Oppenheimer was put in charge of developing the Atomic Bomb.
  6. 10. Once the US entered the war, Churchill and FDR knew 2 things...defeating ___ was top priority, and American troops would be deployed to fight Japan at the same time.
  7. 13. Between FDR and Churchill called for planning a war strategy if the USA entered the war and a post-war United Nations.
  8. 17. Between Hitler and Chamberlain saying that the Sudetenland would be Hitlers last territorial demand.
  9. 19. In Italy, ___ Fascist Party seized power by promising to revive the economy, rebuild the military, and create a new Roman Empire.
  10. 20. May 8th, 1945 is known as what?
  11. 21. In 1940 FDR won for a third time with a policy of neutrality with ___ by calling for the first peacetime draft.
  12. 22. Known as D-Day was on June 6, 1944 and was the largest land & sea attack in history.
  13. 24. When FDR died, he became President and had to decide how to end the war in the Pacific.
  14. 27. Germany’s final massive counter-attack, and the largest battle ever fought and won by the U.S. was the Battle of the ___.
  15. 28. Turning point of WWII when German forces surrendered frozen, and ended Hitler’s eastern offensive at the Battle of ___.
  16. 29. In February 1945, the “Big Three” (FDR, Churchill, and Stalin) met at the ___ Conference to create a plan for Europe after the war was over?
  17. 30. 2 cities that were the target cities to use the Atomic Bomb against were ___ and Nagasaki.
  18. 31. Wrote Mein Kampf; Wanted to make Nazi party strong in Germany; Wanted lebensraum for German people.