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This battle took
th
place on June 6
1944 and was
important
because it
established the
second front in
Europe.
What is
Operation
Overlord aka
D-Day?
This Battle was the
German Armies last
ditch effort to drive
the allies back into
the Atlantic ocean
and was called such
do to the shape it
made in the allied
lines.
What is the
Battle of the
Bulge?
This Battle lasted over
one year and broke the
back of the German
army in Russia, while
at the same time it
nearly destroyed
Russia.
What is the
Battle of
Stalingrad?
This is the name that
was given to the
bombing campaign
carried out by the
Germans for more
than a year on our
Island Ally in Europe.
What is the
Battle of
Britain or the
London Blitz?
The fighting in this German city
at the close of the war saw the
German army put women,
children, and old men on the front
lines to stop the advancing allies,
it also saw many German officers
disobey orders and make tactical
“mistakes” to try to let the
Americans get there first over the
Russians.
What is Berlin?
This Pacific battle was important due to the airfields
on this island that would allow us to attack Japan. It
also helped to reinforce our decision to use the
Atomic bomb due to the Japanese refusal to
surrender. Just over 200 out of 20,000 Japanese
soldiers on the island surrendered.
What is the
Battle of Iwo
Jima.
The people of these
Islands led a fierce
resistance to the
Japanese while
awaiting the return
of the American
Army.
What are the
Philippines?
The capture of this Island
put the US finally within
long range bombing of the
Japanese main Islands. It
is also famous for the
Japanese use of suicide
tactics and of the civilians
killing themselves.
What is
Okinawa?
This battle while less than 6
months after the bombing of
Pearl Harbor is recognized
as the turning point of the
Battle against the Japanese.
Following the loss of their
Aircraft Carriers the
Japanese will be very
limited in their options.
What is the
Battle of
Midway?
This Battle is interesting in
that it was the first naval
battle in history where the
two sides never saw each
other, it also will signal the
death of the Battle Ship. It
also stopped the Japanese
offensive towards New
Guinea and Australia.
Who is the
Battle of the
Coral Sea?
Many people
recognize Hitler’s
breaking of this pact
as one of the worst
mistakes that he
made during the war.
What are breaking the
Nonaggression Pact with Russia, not
destroying the allied army at
Dunkirk, continuing to attack Britain
and trying to build an amphibious
assault, attacking the Balkans,
insisting that the trains to the
Concentration camps take
precedent over trains carrying
military supplies, declaring war on
the US when the Japanese did?
Military Historians are
still boggled as to why
Hitler did not wipe out
wipe out Allied
resistance in Europe
during the max exodus
from this small town.
What is the Battle
of Dunkirk?
Mistakes with the
Radar, Sunday
morning, an expected
flight of B-17’s.
What are
reasons that
the Japanese
were
successful at
Pearl Harbor?
The Japanese
surprise attack on
this American Naval
base was not
considered a full
success for these
reasons.
What are did not
get the oil
supplies, repair
facilities, or the
Aircraft Carriers?
This plan of action
cost the German army
money, supplies,
resources, and men in
an attempt to attain
what military
historians recognize as
the unattainable.
What is
Operation Sea
Lion or the
invasion of
Great Britain?
Japanese chemical and biological
warfare unit that was active in China.
This group carried out many different
types of experiments such as live
dissection, testing of weapons on live
targets, studying the effects of freezing
and burning on the body, blood loss,
removal and reattachment of limbs. The
results of these tests and activities are
between 200 and 600,000 people dead.
What is Unit 731?
Vichy French, Desert
environment, control of the
Suez Canal and
Mediterranean Sea, Patton,
Rommel, etc..
What is
Operation
Torch the
Invasion of
North Africa?
Brilliant Military Tactician,
North Africa and Fortress
Europe, Respected by
leaders on both sides of
the war, Implicated in
Assassination attempt on
Hitler, Suicide.
Who is Erwin
Rommel?
The Soft Underbelly of
Europe, actually some of
the fiercest fighting of
the European war, it will
actually take longer than
getting to Berlin from
France.
What is
Operation
Avalanche or
the Invasion of
Italy?
What is to symbolize
Germany’s Victories
both overt and covert as
well show Dr. Seuss’
impression of their
situation with Russia?
“I came through and I
shall Return”.
Who General
Douglas
MacArthur
speaking to the
people of the
Philippines?
“Yesterday, December 7th,
1941 is a day that will live in
infamy…”
Who is President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
addressing the
American Public
following the attacks
on Pearl Harbor?
“We shall go on to the end, we
shall fight in France, we shall fight
on the seas and oceans, we shall
fight with growing confidence and
growing strength in the air, we
shall defend our island, whatever
the cost may be, we shall fight on
the beaches, we shall fight on the
landing grounds, we shall fight in
the fields and in the streets, we
shall fight in the hills; we shall
never surrender...”
Who is Sir Winston Churchill
PM of Great Britain during
WWII, during the summer of
1940 when all of the rest of
Europe had fallen and people
of his country were talking
concessions he said no
surrender?
“If they knew, we thought,
surely those leaders would
have moved heaven and
earth to intervene. They
would have spoken out with
great outrage and conviction.
They would have bombed the
railways leading to Birkenau,
just the railways, just
once...”
Who is Author and
Holocaust Survivor Elie
Wiesel giving a speech
at the white house on
April 12, 1999? In this
speech he damns the
inaction of the Allies in
response to the
holocaust.
I was a winner of
time Magazines
Man of the Year in
1938.
Who is Adolph
Hitler even after
Krystal naught
and snubbing
Jesse Owens in
1936?
This ship was sank 4 days
after delivering parts for
the atomic bomb to
Tainan, one of the worst
tragedies of the war for
the US only 300 of the
1200 sailors survived the
3 days in the water.
What is the USS
Indianapolis?
August 6th 1945, 1st City ever
attacked by the Atomic Bomb. The
Bomb was dropped by Colonel Paul
Tibbets from his Plane the Enola Gay
a modified B-29 Bomber.. The blast
killed an estimated 70,000 people
instantly with another 70,000 injured.
Over the next few months the death
toll rose with estimates today of as
high as 160,000. The blast did not
result in the Japanese immediate
surrender.
.
What is
Hiroshima?
August 9, 1945, 2nd and last
city to date to be attacked by
the atomic bomb. This time it
was a fatman bomb, dropped
by Captain Frederick Bock
from his B-29 bomber, the
Bockscar. Immediate fatalities
40-75,000 total death toll from
the bomb are estimated to be
as high as 80,000.
What is
Nagasaki?
December 1, 1943 The First
meeting of the Big Three. D-Day
would be launched during May
1944, in conjunction with an
operation against southern France,
Three Powers should from then on
keep in close touch with each
other, A United Nations
Organization was tentatively
agreed to, The Soviet Union
agreed to wage war against Japan
once Germany was defeated.
What is the
Tehran
Conference?
Results of this
conference were
very similar to
Tehran but power
is shifting from
the US to USSR.
What is the
Yalta
Conference?
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Term used by the
US for its war on
the civilian
populations of the
Axis powers as an
effort to force them
to capitulate.
What is Total
War?
Dresden and Tokyo
What are two
cities
firebombed by
the allies out
of nearly 100?
This weapon
resulted in more
axis civilian
deaths than any
other weapon
combined.
What is Napalm
used in the “Tokyo”
Fire Bombings and
on German cities
such as Dresden?
The Final
Solution.
What is the
German Plan to
exterminate
the Jewish
Race in
Europe?
The actions taken by the
Japanese army over
approximately three months
resulted an estimated
20,000 women raped and
over 300,000 dead.
What is the
Rape of
Nanking?
The first war
crimes trial in
World History.
What are the
Nuremburg
Trials?
This took place
May 8th, 1945 just
about three weeks
after Hitler killed
himself.
What is VE Day
or Victory in
Europe?
This took place on
th
August 15 1945
and signaled the
official end of the
Second World War.
What is VJ Day
or Victory over
Japan?
This Organization
was formed on
October 24, 1945
to hopefully
prevent future
wars, and this time
the US joined.
What is the UN or
United Nations?
Three impacts
of the war on
the future.
What are the
Cold War,
Nuclear Arms
Race, Space
Race, Creation
of Israel, etc..
This aircraft was
important because it had
the range to allow us to
hit the Japanese home
Islands with Bombs.
What is the B29 Super
Fortress?
This Armored Vehicle was both
one of the best and worst
weapons of the war in that its
symbol design allowed it to be
mass produced for a numerical
superiority on the battle field, yet
design flaws such as a small main
gun, thin armor, and location of
its fuel cells made it a death trap
for its crews when faced with
superior weapons in the field.
What is the
Sherman
Tank?
This “weapon” was
a sign of the
desperation of the
Japanese military
in the closing years
of the war.
What are Kamikaze?
This weapon signaled
the end of the Battleship
and the destruction of
these at Pearl would
have given the Japanese
a chance at victory in
the Pacific.
What are
Aircraft
Carriers?
It will later lead to
the first satellites
in space, the first
man on the Moon,
modern cruise
missiles, etc..
What is the
German V
Rocket
Program?
German, Jewish,
Physicist who
fled his
homeland and
moved to the US.
Who is Albert
Einstein?
Plane, name of
Bomb, and target
of the first use of
the Atomic bomb
in anger in
History.
What is Enola
Gay, Fat Man,
and
Hiroshima?
Plane, name of
bomb, and target
of the second and
last use of the
Atomic Bomb in
anger in History.
What is the
Boxcar, Little
Boy, and
Nagasaki?
The name of the
secret US project to
construct the
Atomic bomb and
the President who
authorized its use.
What is the
Manhattan
Project and
Harry S.
Truman?
The relationship
that the formula
E=MC2 shows.
What is Energy
equals Mass
times a
constant
squared?
African American
soldiers campaign
to rid the world of
racism both at
home and abroad.
What is the
Double V
campaign?
Who is Rosie
the Riveter?
A group of African
American pilots
who gained world
renown for their
skill and bravery
as combat pilots
during the war.
Who are the
Tuskegee
Airmen?
The Native American
Tribe whose
members were
recruited to speak
an unbreakable code
during the War in the
Pacific.
Who are the
Navajo?
This ship was an racial
experiment carried out by
the Navy as a result of the
urgings of Eleanor
Roosevelt in which Black
American’s were given all
of the postings on the ship
to see if they could do it.
What is the
USS Mason,
prior to this AA
only had minor
roles?
The importance of
Komatsu v. the US.
What is it
made
internment
camps
constitutional?
The reason why the US
wanted its citizens to
turn in their left over oils
and fats and conserve
their use of these
materials. hint- Fight
Club)
What are their
use as
explosive
components?
Project by the US military to
Mislead the German’s as to
the location of their invasion
of Europe. Complete with
two fake invasion forces and
the British feeding the
Germans fake intelligence.
It held their response for
nearly 6 weeks.
What is Operation
Fortitude?
The date that
Hitler
unconditionally
surrendered to
the Allies.
What is never,
he committed
suicide before
the German
surrender?
Brief description of one
of the following,
Success and Failures of
D-Day, the Final
Solution, The Japanese
Attack on Pearl Harbor,
etc.
What is
possible
essays for the
test?
WWII Movies
Questions and Answers
will vary each period.