Transcript When did the US enter WWII?

When did the US enter WWII?
What event drew the US into the war?
Who did the US form an alliance with?
What was the name of the opposing
alliance?
Why did the Allies focus on the war in
Europe first?
Why didn’t the US and Britain send
troops to help the Soviet Union on the
Eastern Front?
Where did they send troops instead?
What happened at the Battle of
Stalingrad in early 1942?
In what year did the D-Day invasion
begin, how long did it last, and why
were the Allies successful?
What happened in August 1944?
When did the Battle of the Bulge take
place? Why was this battle significant?
What happened in March 1945?
What were the Soviets doing in April
1945?
What happened to Hitler on April 30th
1945?
What happened on May 7 1945?
What was Japan’s main objective
during the war?
Were the Japanese successful? How
do you know?
What is the island hopping strategy?
What did the US do when they had
captured Japanese controlled islands?
What was the key to winning the war
in the Pacific?
Why were the Battle of the Coral Sea
and the Battle of Midway so important
in the Pacific theater of war?
Why did the US invade Iwo Jima in
Feb. 1945?
By June 1945, the US captured
__________ and ___________.
Why didn’t an invasion of Japan take
place?
When did the Japanese surrender?
When did the war officially end?
Where did that surrender take place?