Transcript World War II

World War II
Identification (3 Points)
• 1.Stalin
Answer One
• Stalin was the leader of the USSR
during World War II. He wanted FDR
and Churchill to open a second front
in the west to relieve pressure on
Soviet troops. He never forgave them
for not doing so as quickly as he
asked.
Identification (3 Points)
• 2.Mussolini
Answer Two
• Mussolini was the fascist dictator of
Italy during Second World War. He
aligned himself with Hitler and when
Italian war prospects faded was killed
and dragged through the streets of
Rome by angry Italians.
Identification (3 Points)
• 3.Hitler
Answer Three
• Hitler was the leader of the Nazi
party and became the dictator of
Germany. He wanted to conquer all of
Europe but was stymied when
America entered the war and
defeated Germany.
Identification (3 Points)
• 4.Eisenhower
Answer Four
• Eisenhower was the Supreme
Commander of all Allied troops in
Europe. He masterminded the invasion
of France and defeated the Germans.
Identification (3 Points)
• 5.MacArthur
Answer Five
• MacArthur was the Supreme
Commander of all US Troops in the
war against the Japanese. Although
defeated early, he later returned and
emerged victorious in the Eastern
Theater.
Identification (3 Points)
• 6.Churchill
Answer Six
• Churchill was the Prime Minister of
Great Britain during the war. He
rallied the British people during their
darkest hours and along with FDR
formulated the military plans that
would ultimately defeat Hitler.
Identification (3 Points)
• 7.Truman
Answer Seven
• Truman took over as US President
when FDR died. He oversaw the end
of WW II and made the decision to
drop the first nuclear bomb on Japan.
Identification (3 Points)
• 8.Wendell Willkie
Answer Eight
• Wendell Willkie ran as the
Republican Candidate for President in
1940 against FDR. He accused FDR of
wanting to get the US involved in WW
II, a charge FDR vehemently denied.
Identification (3 Points)
• 9.Fascism
Answer Nine
• Fascism is a form of government
where a dictator and his supporters
seek more power for their nation at
the expense of human rights. Hitler
led a fascist government in Germany.
Identification (3 Points)
• 10.Appeasement
Answer Ten
• Appeasement is the policy of giving
aggressor nations what they want in
order to avoid war. Britain and France
tried to use this strategy in dealing
with Hitler. It only made Hitler more
power hungry.
Identification (3 Points)
• 11.Neutrality
Acts
FDR
Answer Eleven
• Neutrality Acts were laws passed by
congress that said the US could not
sell arms to warring nations.
Roosevelt did not like these laws, as
they did not differentiate between
aggressor and victims.
Identification (3 Points)
• 12.Blitzkrieg
Answer Twelve
• Blitzkrieg means “lightning war” in
German. It was the name for the
quick and brutal taking of Poland in
September of 1939
Identification (3 Points)
• 13.D-Day
Answer Thirteen
• D-Day was on June 6, 1944. It was
the day that Allied troops landed in
Normandy France and invaded
Western Europe. This was the
beginning of the end of the war for
Hitler.
Identification (3 Points)
• 14.Selective
Service Act
Answer Fourteen
• Selective Service Act was a law
passed by congress, which called for
the drafting of eligible men into the
military. It was the first peacetime
draft in US history.
Identification (3 Points)
• 15.Lend-Lease
Winston Churchill
Answer Fifteen
• Lend-Lease was a strategy the US
used to get our Allies in the European
war arms and ships they needed to
fight Germany. In theory these
supplies were supposed to be
returned to the US in kind.
Identification (3 Points)
• 16.Pearl Harbor
Answer Sixteen
• Pearl Harbor was the Hawaiian Naval
base that the Japanese attacked in
December of 1941. This act of
aggression by the Japanese began US
involvement in WW II.
Identification (3 Points)
• 17.Holocaust
Answer Seventeen
• Holocaust was the deliberate
attempt by the Nazis to exterminate
the Jews of Europe. This was one of
the greatest human atrocities in
history.
Identification (3 Points)
• 18.Iwo Jima
Answer Eighteen
• Iwo Jima was on of the last
Japanese islands taken by the US.
This battle was fought bitterly by
both sides with major casualties for
both.
Identification (3 Points)
• 19.Hiroshima
Answer Nineteen
• Hiroshima was the city in Japan
which the US utilized the atomic
bomb. This bomb destroyed 60% of
the city killing many civilians.
Identification (3 Points)
• 20.Yalta
Conference
Answer Twenty
• Yalta Conference was a meeting of
Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin near
the end of the war. Many historians
question the agreements made
between FDR and Stalin and call them
a “sell-out”.
Identification (3 Points)
• 21.United Nations
Answer Twenty One
• United Nations was an organization
founded at the end of World War II.
It was designed as a place where
countries could work out their
differences peacefully without
resorting to war.
Identification (3 Points)
• 22.War Production
Board
Answer Twenty Two
• War Production Board was a
government agency during the war
designed to regulate business and
allow for efficient making of war
supplies. This agency had broad
powers to make business adhere to
the plans of the government.
Identification (3 Points)
• 23.Nagasaki
Answer Twenty Three
• Nagasaki was the second Japanese
city the US bombed with atomic
weapons. After this bombing, the
Japanese surrendered.
Identification (3 Points)
• 24.Battle Of The
Bulge
Answer Twenty Four
• Battle Of The Bulge was the site of
the last German offensive in Belgium.
Although the Allied front “bulged” it
did not break. This was Hitler’s last
big stand.
Identification (3 Points)
• 25.Dachau
Answer Twenty Five
• Dachau was a Nazi concentration
camp. It was here that the Germans
had gas chambers to kill Jews.
Identification (3 Points)
• 26.Dunkirk
Answer Twenty Six
• Dunkirk was a place in France where
the Germans pushed the allies to the
sea early in the war. The British were
forced into an embarrassing
evacuation.
Identification (3 Points)
• 27.Munich
Conference
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
Answer Twenty Seven
• Munich Conference was a conference
between Germany and Britain before
war broke out between the two
countries. Britain allowed Hitler to
keep lands he had gained only
whetting his appetite.
Identification (3 Points)
• 28.Cordell Hull
Answer Twenty Eight
• Cordell Hull was the United States
Secretary of State under FDR. He
tried to improve relations with our
neighbors in Central and South
America by using diplomacy rather
than military might to solve problems.
Identification (3 Points)
• 29.Hideki Tojo
Answer Twenty Nine
• Hideki Tojo was the Japanese
General who became Prime Minister
just before the war began. He was
favored a military solution to the
problems between the US and Japan.
This strategy led to the bombing of
Pearl Harbor.
Identification (3 Points)
• “The Desert Fox”
Answer Thirty
• “The Desert Fox” was a nickname
for one of Germany’s greatest
military leaders, Erwin Rommel. He
pushed the Allies to the border of
Egypt threatening the Suez Canal