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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