Word War II Southgate High School
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What was the age for draft?
(When men had to serve in the military) in WWIU - Draft age 21-36 years
- How was WWII financed? (paid for).
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Taxes were raised 41%
War Bonds sold - What was D Day?
- When the largest group of Allied ships and watercraft landed in Normandy France to begin the European invasion against the Central Powers.
- What was the Battle of the Bulge?
- The largest battle in Western Europe during WWII and the largest one the US Army fought. This was when the Nazis knew they had lost the war.
- What was the Battle of Stalingrad?
- The turning point of the war in Eastern Europe when the Russian Red Army defeated Hitler's men at Stalingrad
- What is the United Nations?
- A group of most of the world's countries started in 1945 to promote peace and economic growth in the world
- What was the Battle of Midway?
- The last battle where Japan was able to attack in the Pacific front of WWII because the US sunk their ships and crashed Japan's planes.
- Who was General MacArthur?
- General MacArthur was the U.S. war commander (leader) on the Pacific front of WWII
- Who was General Patton?
- General Patton was the U.S. war commander (leader) who took over Sicily and Italy during WWII.
- Who was Eisenhower?
- General Eisenhower was the U.S. war commander (leader) in the North Africa Front of WWII who fought against the German leader Rommel
- Who was Yamamoto?
- Admiral Yamamoto was the Japanese commander (leaders) who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor
- Who was Rommel?
- Rommel was the German commander (leader) who fought in North Africa and was defeated by General Eisenhower of the U.S.
- What was the date of D-Day?
- June 6, 1944
- When was the beginning of Germany's invasions? When they invaded Poland?
- September 1, 1939
- When did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?
- December 7, 1941
- When was V-E Day (Victory in Europe)?
- May 8, 1945
- When did the U.S. bomb Hiroshima?
- August 6, 1945
- When did the U.S. bomb Nagasaki?
- August 9, 1945
- When was a peace treaty signed with Japan?
- September 2, 1945
- What were victory gardens?
- Gardens U.S. people planted to save on buying food during WWII
- What was a GI?
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American solider (government issued clothes, weapons)
There were 16 million GIs - What was the Atlantic Charter?
- When President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill put down their "rules" for WWII
- Who was Stalin?
- Leader of Russia (the Red Army)
- Who were the Allies?
- England, France, U.S., Russia
- Who were the Central Axis or Powers?
- Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary and Japan
- Who was Hitler?
- German Chancellor (leader) who believed Germans should be pure blooded
- What was the Holocaust?
- Hitler's solution to kill the Jews, gyspies, and others who were bad for Germany
- Who was Kaiser?
- Man who built warships (liberty ships) for the U.S. Navy
- What was the War Produrction Board?
- People in charge of war support in the U.S. Changed factories to making army tanks, weapons, uniforms, and other things soldiers needed
- What were war bonds?
- The government sold bonds for one price, that were worth more money after 10-20 years to raise money for war
- What was a U-Boat?
- A German submarine
- What was a Wolf-Pack?
- German submarines that traveled together to attack ships
- What was "unrestriced" attacks
- The Germans attacked war ships, passenger ships, and business ships in the Atlantic Ocean
- Who was John Lewis?
- Leader of the United Mine Workers who went on strike in 1943
- What did Ford Motor Company do?
- Built war planes at a plant in Willow Run, Michigan
- What was the cost-plus system?
- Paying companies to make things needed for war. Government paid them and then bought the items.
- What were kamikazies?
- Japanese piolets who would put bombs on their planes and then crash into U.S. ships
- What was the Battle of the Coral Sea?
- Battle where the U.S. won keeping Japan from invading Australia
- What was the Bataan Death March?
- Japanese made prisoners of war march while they killed them or starved them and tortured them.
- When did Germany surrender?
- May 8, 1945
- What was the Yalta Conference
- A meeting held with leaders of Allied countries to decide how to punish Germany for starting the war.
- When did Hitler kill himself?
- April, 1945
- What was the Battle of the Atlantic?
- Fighting the German U-boars (submarines) in the Atlantic
- What was the Battle of Leyte Gulf?
- The biggest sea battle in history where the Japanese navy was destroyed.
- What was the Battle of Guadacanal?
- A battle U.S. won in the Pacific and then they started jungle warfare
- What was the Manhattan Project?
- Development of the first atomic bomb
- What was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
- The bloodiest battle of the war
- What happened to African American soldiers after WWII?
- They came home to U.S. and had more discrimination
- What happnned to Mexican Americans during WWII?
- Were discriminated against. Worked during war, but after war, they lost their jobs. Became farm laborers after war
- What happened to Japanese Americans during WWII?
- They were placed in internment camps because U.S. thought they were Japanese spies
- What happened to women during WWII?
- They got many different types of jobs and made more money
- Who were Nisei?
- U.S. Japanese Americans who were born in the U.S. with Japanese immigrant parents
- What was a ghetto?
- An area where all the Jews had to live in a city
- What was a death camp?
- Camps set up where Jews were killed by gas or other ways.
- What was a lconcentration camp?
- Camp where enemies of Germany were taken amd made to work like slaves
- What was Kistallnacht?
- Night where Nazis destroyed Jewish businesses and homes and then blamed the Jews.
- What were the Nuremberg Trials?
- Trials where the Nazis who killed the Jews were punished.
- What were the Nuremberg Laws?
- Laws made for the Jews limiting their freedoms.
- What is genocide?
- Killing of an entire ethnic group or culture (like the Jews)