World War II Review

He was the military leader of Japan.

Hideki Tojo

This was the code name for the making of the atomic bomb.

The Manhattan Project

The Desert Fox - leader of Axis troops in North Africa and in France during D-Day. What

was his real name?

Rommel

The Soviets stopped the Nazis advance at this city. Sometimes

called the turning point of the war in Europe.

Stalingrad

V-E Day occurred on…

May 8, 1945

An Allied victory at this battle prevented the Japanese from

invading Australia.

Battle of the Coral Sea

The term “Issei” means:

People in the United States who had immigrated from Japan.

The first country invaded by Germany was…

Austria

This document signed by FDR said that Americans could not

supply foreign nations with goods or weapons.

Neutrality Acts

Hitler signed the non-aggression pact with what

leader and his country.

Stalin, USSR

This document said that Hitler would not invade any more land if Britain and France

allowed them to take Sudetenland.

Munich Pact

The leader of the American naval forces in the Pacific was…

Chester Nimitz

At Pearl Harbor, the most casualties occurred when this

ship sank.

The U.S.S. Arizona

The W.A.C. stands for…

“The Women’s Army Corp”

Which of the following battles occurred closest to Japan?

a) Iwo Jima

b) The Battle of Midway

c) Okinawa

OKINAWA

The Axis powers include what three countries…

1) Japan

2) Germany

3) Italy

“The Night of the Broken Glass”- where Jewish shops

and property was damaged is called

Kristallnacht

What are the names of the two air forces that engaged in combat at

the Battle of Britain

The RAF and the Luftwaffe

The WPB’s role during the war was to…

Decide what companies converted to war time production needs

The Atlantic charter involved what two leaders?

Winston Churchill and Franklin Delano Roosevelt

The Allied invasion of Northern Africa was called …

Operation Torch

Hitler wrote a book called…

Mein Kampf

The Bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on this date.

August 9, 1945

The Battle of the Atlantic involved what three countries?

Germany and the United States and Great Britain.

The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in the Atlantic

was…

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Name two other options besides dropping the atomic bomb.

1) Diplomatic- conditional surrender

2) Invade Japan

3) Wait for Russians to help

Who won the American presidential election in 1944?

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Hitler invaded all of the following countries EXCEPT:

a) Denmark

b) Norway

c) Belgium

d) Spain

SPAIN

What was the American policy towards foreign affairs called in the

1930’s?

Isolationism

This country was defeated at the Battle of the Bulge.

Germany

Hitler used this military tactic in bombing Poland.

Blitzkrieg

This act passed by Congress allowed America to ship

weapons across the ocean to England and Britain.

Lend Lease Act

This famous Jewish scientist came to the United States at the beginning of World War II.

Albert Einstein

The date of D-Day (month, day, year) and the region of France

invaded.

June 6, 1944; Normandy

This general was in charge of the Philippines prior to the

Bataan Death March.

General MacArthur

After the United States entered the war they decided to

concentrate most of their efforts on Germany first. Why?

1) Because they considered Hitler most dangerous

2) Because Stalin needed help

3) Because the U.S. could only look for help in the Pacific when Hitler was defeated

This general and his troops liberated Paris…

General Patton

This leader signed the Munich Pact with Hitler…

Neville Chamberlain

“OPA” stands for…

The Office of Price Administration

This organization championed isolationism in the United States.

America First