World War Two Review
What event brought the US into WW2
A: The Bombing of Peal Harbor
What was the Blitzkrieg
Hitler's lightning war Fast and unexpected fighting
What was another name for Kristalnacht
A: Night of broken glass
What did Hitler hope to accomplish by sending Jews to the Ghettos
A: That the Jews would die of starvation and disease
Who was winston churchill
The leader of great brittan
Why was the battle of the midway significant
Turned tide of war in pacific
What were the ghettos
Segregated parts of a city where jews and other non Aryans were sent to live
Where did D-Day occur
The beaches of normandy in france Operation overlord
Who was Dwight Eisenhower
A five star general who commanded the US and Allied forces in WW2 ( Europe north Africa)
What does anti semitism mean
Hatred of jews
Why did Japanese attack pearl harbour
To take out the USA’s Pacific fleet
What was hitlers final solution
To commit genocide of all jews
Who signed a pact of non aggression at the beginning of ww2
Russia and Geremany
As part of Russia and GERMANY agreement which coutry did they agree to split
A:Poland
What happened at Dunkirk
The french were rescued by the british
Which countries did hitler invade to get to france
Belgium and the Netherlands
What was the outcome of the battle of Brittan
The british held off the Nazis and germany decided to fight them later
Were did Hitler turn his attention after the battle of Brittan
What was the first battle the Japanese lost in the pacific
A: The battle of the coral sea
What day did pearl harbor occur on
A: December 7th 1941
Who was General Macarthur and what idea did he come up with
Commanded troops in pacific/ Island hopping
What group was known as hitlers master race
What was the holocaust
The systematic killing of over 11 million people
What was hitlers final solution
A. Genocide
What is genocide
The systematic killing of an entire population
Who else was persecuted by hilter
Gypsies , Non supporters, mentally ill, terminally ill, Jehovah witnesses
What was aushwitz
The most brutal of all the death camps
What was the difference between a concentration camp and death camp
Concentration camps had people work while the death camps sole purpose was for death
Who won the battle of stalingrad
The Russians Winter
What happened to mussolini
He was shot and hung in milan
How did americans help at home durring the war
Many took jobs in factories including women
What happened to Japanese Americans after pearl harbor
They were sent to internment camps
What was VE day
Victory in Europe day
Where did USA bomb in Japan
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What was the Manhattan project
A: Development of nuclear bomb