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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
