WW2 test
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 The Doolittle Raid | Was the air strike that the U.S. launched against Tokyo in 1942. |
| Operation Blue | The German operation launched against Russia in 1942. |
| Robert J. Oppenheimer | He lead the Manhattan project. |
| Showed that the Germans could be defeated, the Russians were strong, devestated the city (civilian deaths) | Why was the battle of Stalingrad important? |
| Italy | Was invaded by the allies from North Africa in 1943. |
| Benito Mussolini | A facisst leader that resigns in, September 1943. |
| 1933 | The year Hilter came into power. |
| Fascism | The type of government Hitler instilled. |
| Sudetenland (Czech) | The land Hitler wanted from Germany. |
| Policy Of Appeasement | France and Britain used this policy to decide on Hilter's demands. |
| Poland | Hitler invaded this country on September 1st 1939, which begins World War 2. |
| Operation Barbarossa | Operation launched by the Germans against the Russians. |
| Lend-Lease Act | Act signed in 1941, although still proclaiming the U.S.'s neutrality. |
| December 7, 1941 | The exact date the ATTACK ON PERAL HARBOR occured. |
| Paris, France | Major city in Europe that fell to the axis powers on June 14, 1940. |
| Maginot Line | Concrete defense built by the French that were ultimately useless against the Germans. |
| The Axis Powers | Thi "side" of the war was in control of most of the world in 1942. |
| Battle of El Alamien | Name of the African battle that changed the tide of the war in North Africa. |
| Battle of Midway | Pacific Battle that crippled the Japanese navy and turned the tide for the U.S. |
| Tank Warfare | The Battle of Kursk was the largest of this kind of warfare: |
| June 6, 1944 | D-day began |
| Normandy | The beach the allies began their invasion on? |
| United States, Great Britain, and Canda | 3 countries that were involved in the invasion of Normandy |
| Low tide & High Moon | The atmosheric conditions needed to be present to launch the invasion of |
| Operation Overlord | Military named for allied invasion of France. |
| Franklin Roosevelt & Harry Truman | U.S. president that dies in April and the Vice president that takes his place |
| Hiroshima & Nagasaki | The cities were the atomin bombs were dropped on: |
| August 6 and August 9, 1945 | The dates the atomic bombs were dropped on |
| Becuase their proximity to the mainland island, Japan. | The imporance of the two islands Jima and Okinawa. |
| Victory in Europe May 8, 1945 | What "V-E" day is and the date it occured on. |
| 6 groups/types of people that Hitler Targeted | ~Jews ~Poles ~Gypsies ~Christians ~Menatally Handicap ~Disabled |
| Phony War | War were Germany invades Poland and has a "war" untill the Battle of France starteds (wasn't much war going one after invasion) |
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