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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?
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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
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