WorldWarTWO

 When did America enter into WWII?

 December 7, 1941

 When was V-E Day?

 May 8, 1945

 When did WWII begin in Europe?

 September 1, 1939

 When was the D’Day invasion of Normandy?

 June 6, 1944

 What is “Mein Kampf” or “My Struggle?”

 Hitler’s book laying out his plan for preserving the German Aryan race.

 Japan invaded what region in order to acquire its natural resources to feed its thriving industrial society?

 Manchuria

 Concentration camps and extermination camps with gas chambers were part of Hitler’s?

 Final Solution

 Why did the United States enter WWII?

 Because Japanese planes bombed the Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

 Prior to entering WWII, how did the U.S. attempt to aid England? (3 ways)

 The Lend-Lease Act  The Destroyers-for-Bases Deal  Passing a modified Neutrality Act in 1939 to allow arms sales on a cash-and basis.

 What was Kristallnacht?

 Jewish citizens attacked  Night of Broken Glass  Jewish businesses and home raided

 Japan depended on the U.S. for oil, iron and scrap metal, items which FDR and Congress restricted because they were considered what type of materials?

 Strategic Materials

 Why did the English and French leaders attempt to appease Hitler when he made his first demands?

 Because the destruction of World War I was still fresh in their minds.

 When Hitler invaded Poland and France, he used a new method of warfare called?

 Blitzkrieg

 In the UN Security Council, who are the permanent members with veto powers?

 United States  U.S.S.R (Russia)  England  China  France

 What was the American strategy for defeating Japan in the Pacific called?

 Island-Hopping

 Who were the three main Axis powers during WWII?

 Japan  Italy  Germany

 Who were the five main Allied powers during WWII?

 United States  U.S.S.R (Russia)  France  China  England

 Who was the supreme Allied commander, in overall command of the D’Day invasion of France? (A future president)

 Dwight D. Eisenhower

 Who was the U.S. President at the end of WWII?

 Harry S. Truman

 Who was the Prime Minister of England during WWII?

 Winston Churchill

 Who was the U.S. President through the Great Depression and most of WWII?

 Franklin D. Roosevelt

 Who led the American team of engineers and scientists building the atomic bomb?

 Robert Oppenheimer

 Who was the Nazi dictator of Germany during WWII?

 Adolf Hitler

 Who was the French General who organized free French forces fighting with the Allies?

 Charles De Gaulle

 Who was the Communist dictator of the U.S.S.R (Russia) during WWII?

 Joseph Stalin