DE/APUSH World War 2 Quiz

January 6, 1941, Roosevelt gave a speech to congress urging the US to end neutrality, his ____ ________ speech

The US remained neutral until the bombing of _____ ______ on December 7, 1941

Hitler overran France and bombed Britain during the summer/fall in 1940, under German operation ___ ____

Office created in 1942 to mobilize the US public's opinion, basically to create propaganda in support of the War and the New Deal

Mid 1941, Hitler broke what with the Soviet Union?

After Japan invades and brutalizes China and Manchuria, the US placed an embargo on ___ and _____

The US deciphered Japanese secret messages by decoding them with what system?

First lady Eleanor Roosevelt pushed for women's involvement in the military upon the US entering the war. What were women who joined the Women's Army Corps called?

The US navy then created the _____ for women to enlist.

What were women air-force service pilots called? They often helped train recruits and ferry aircrafts and supplies to troops.

In 1942, a black american newspaper launched the ______ _ campaign, that championed military success against fascism overseas, and equality for African Americans in the United States

February 19, 1942, executive order ____ established the relocation of japanese americans into internment camps

Court case that affirmed the Japanese internment camps were legal, "The validity of action under the war power must be judged wholly in the context of war." Angered many civil-liberties activists

The Japanese invaded Luzon, Philippines in January 1942. Despite insufficient supplies, American and Filipino troops fought for three months. Eventually, they surrendered to Japanese troops and were forced into the ______ _____ _____.

A U.S. air raid that targeted major cities in Japan on April 18, 1942. The attack aimed to lift Allied spirits and incite fear in the Japanese population in retribution for the recent attack at Pearl Harbor

Whose strategy: Europe first, island hopping to gain territory

Whose strategy: Expansion into north africa and asia for territory and oil, extending territory over 1 million miles in the pacific

Turning point in North Africa for the allies, battle in October 1942 led by British General Bernard Law Montgomery and German General Erwin Rommel "The Desert Fox"

Operation led by Dwight Eisenhower at El Alamein to trap Rommel.

Germany failed to invade this city in 1943 because of the USSR's harsh winters slowing them down.

May 7-8 1942, pacific battle that stopped Japanese aggression towards Australia. The ships didn't fire a single shot because they used aircrafts launched from carriers

Turning point in the pacific, American codebreakers intercepted Japanese plans to attack

Operation _____ - Allied troops landed in Sicily, the US went up the east coast and the british up the west. After 38 days of combat, Mussolini was arrested July 25, 1943

Battle in France that was at the time occupied by Germany, and the assault—codenamed Operation Overlord—landed some 156,000 Allied soldiers on the beaches by the end of the day.

June 6, 1944

332 fighter group called the "red tails" because they painted the tails of their planes red

Fighting 442nd of 2nd generation Japanese immigrants who wanted to prove their loyalty to America

Code talkers who used their native language in the pacific to speak in a way the Japanese couldn't understand

A conference took place in Russian from February 4–11, 1945. At Yalta, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin made important decisions regarding the future progress of the war and the postwar world. Established the United Nations and divided up Europe.

April 1945, the US and USSR invaded Berlin and forced a surrender. The battle began April 16, Hitler shot himself April 30, and Berlin surrendered May 2nd. May 8, 1945 became celebrated as __ Day.

July 1944, meeting that laid the foundations for the modern international monetary system and created the World Bank

American project led by J. Robert Oppenheimer to research the possibility of nuclear weapons

After Japan still refused surrender, the US dropped the "little boy" atomic bomb on August 6, 1945 on which city in an attempt to force Japan to unconditionally surrender?

3 days later, August 9, 1945, the US dropped the "Fat man" on which city?

August 14, 1945, Japan unconditionally surrendered in __ day, securing the end of WW2.

Major international trials 1945-46 that placed 24 Nazi leaders on trial and sentenced 12 to death. Led to an increased demand for a jewish homeland and consequently the establishment of israel in 1948.