WWII Study Guide Answers Are you ready Who

WWII Study Guide Answers! Are you ready? ?

Who was? • • • • Il Duce – Benito Mussolini – Italian leader Joseph Stalin – Soviet Union leader George Patton – US general (Europe) Winston Churchill – British Prime Minister Adolf Hitler – Chancellor of Germany (leader of Nazi party) Dorris Miller (Dorrie) – African American who won Navy Cross (bravery) Douglas Mac. Arthur – US general (Pacific) Chester Nimitz – adopted Island Hopping in Pacific FDR – Franklin D. Roosevelt – US president (4 terms) Erwin Rommel – AKA…Desert Fox; German General (Africa & France) Rosie the Riveter – propaganda to persuade women to help with war effort Navajo soldiers – Native American Indians – used as code talkers (radio operators) Dwight D. Eisenhower – US military leader (Europe/D-day) Harry S. Truman - American President; ordered the Atomic Bomb to be dropped

What was? • Manhattan Project – Secret group that developed Atomic Bomb • Nazi/Soviet Non-Aggressive Pact – Both agreed to “share” Poland • Suez Canal – Link between Europe & Africa/Allies stopped the Nazis • Bataan Death March – Philippines; thousands of US soldiers died • Biggest Naval Battle in History – Leyte Gulf • Operation Overlord – D Day (Normandy France) • Enola Gay – plane that dropped Atomic Bomb (on Hiroshima) • Lend-Lease Act – Lend Allies supplies

• • Little Boy – Atomic Bomb (Hiroshima) Fat Man – Atomic Bomb (Nagasaki) WACs – Women’s Army Corp WAVEs – Women Appointed for Volunteer Emergency Service in the Navy • WASPs – Women’s Air Force Service Pilots • Normandy – site of D-day invasion in France

Dates of? ? • • Hitler invades Poland – Sept. 1, 1939 Pearl Harbor – Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941 @ 7: 55 am D-Day – June 6, 1944 FDR died – April 12, 1945 V-E day – May 8, 1945 (Victory in Europe) Atomic Bomb – Aug. 6, 1945 & Aug. 9, 1945 V-J Day – Aug. 15, 1945 (Victory in Japan)

Define • • Fascism – extreme nationalism & racism Mobilization – prepare for war Lightning war – Blitzkreig Disarmament – give up weapons Ration – limit supplies Dictator – leader that controls with fear Kamikaze – suicide pilots (Japanese) Internment camps – camps for Japanese-Americans living in the US

Possible Short Answer & Essay Questions! • What was the first country Mussolini invaded? Ethiopia • What started WWII? Axis powers invaded Poland • Who invaded Manchuria? Japan • Why did the Allied troops retreat to the port of Dunkirk? Belgium fell; Maginot Line crossed; Nazis closing in…. What happened at Dunkirk? Troops were rescued by Great Britain/crossed the English Channel/all types of boats used

More!! • What ended American neutrality? Pearl Harbor • What did Hitler do as a result of his failure in Battle of Britain? Went after the Soviet Union • How did the US finance the war effort? War bonds & taxes How did the British deceive the Axis Powers when planning the invasion of Italy? Great Britain used a dead body dressed in military uniform & carrying “secret” documents, and put the body in the water off coast of Spain. The documents said the Allies would invade Italy from the Balkans. But really the Allies invaded from Sicily. •