WWII (Battles & End)

June 6, 1944—the day of the Normandy landings—initiating the Western Allied effort to liberate mainland Europe from Nazi Germany.

• V J Day

• V E Day

• D Day

The time period in history in which genocide was performed on the Jewish population in Europe

• Exodus

• Massive Incarciration

• Holocaust

• Jewish Genocide

What was the main purpose of the island-hopping strategy?

• to liberate every island between Hawaii and Japan

• to take over new territories for the United States

• To get close enough to bomb the Japanese home islands

• to cut the Japanese off from their supplies

Near the end of WWII, what country did the United States military drop atomic bombs on?

• China

• Germany

• Japan

• The Soviet Union

Near the end of the Second World War, what cities did the United States drop atomic bombs?

• Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima

• Pearl Harbor and Nagasaki

• Niroshima and Hagasaki

• Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Which country was divided by the Allies after World War II?

• Austria

• Poland

• Yugoslavia

• Germany

Trials used to convict criminals who were in charge of the Holocaust.

• Nuremberg Trials
• Scopes Trials

What battle was the turning point for the United States in the Pacific against Japan?

• Hawaii Island

• Midway Island

• Tokyo Island

• Kyoto Island

forced march of captured American and Filipino troops

• John Sousa March

• MeToo March

• Bataan Death March

• island hopping

What country had just captured the Philippines and forced the soldiers on the march?

• China

• Australia

• Germany

• Japan