World War 2

While war in Europe raged, the US remained neutral until what event occurred on Dec. 7th, 1941, “the Day that will Live in Infamy” causing the US to enter into the war?

• US codebreakers broke the Japanese code and knew an attack was coming

• Japan invaded China.

• Japan surprise-attacked the US Naval base at Pearl Harbor.

• Germany invaded Poland.

In response to Japan’s surprise attack Dec. 7th, 1941 President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 which ordered

• Germans, Italians, and people of Asian descent imprisoned

• War on Japan, which brought the US into war with Germany, due to their fascist alliance

• Began the Draft for WWII US military forces

• All Japanese descent people along the West Coast, including those born in the US. are put into internment camps in the West.

The Nazi Holocaust during WW II included the genocide of

• Roma (“Gypsies”)

• Jews

• Homosexuals

• All of the Above

The Axis Powers during WWII included:

• Germany, Italy, and Japan

• USA, Great Britain, USSR.

• Germany, USSR, Germany.

• Germany, Ottoman Empire, Austria Hungary

At the end of WW II justice was served for Nazi war criminals at the

• Treaty of Paris

• Nuremberg Trials

• Potsdam Conference

• Versailles Trials

Harry S. Truman became the only human in World History to approve the use of Nuclear weapons created by the Manhattan Project, his main reason was because:

• It cost 2 billion dollars and after almost three years of research, he did not want it to go to waste

• An Invasion of the Japan home islands had large estimates of both US Military and Japanese Military and Civilian loss of life

• He was afraid the USSR had obtained knowledge of Nuclear weapons

• He wanted to see if it worked as it was untested

June 6th, 1944, known as D-Day, was significant in the Allies opening up a Second Front to:

• Fight Japan and Germany at the same time

• Attack German occupied territory from the West as well as recapturing territory in the East.

• Win the war by attacking France from the West.

• Ramp up the war against Italy as well as Germany

During the 1930’s, Hitler was confident the Western States that signed the Treaty of Versailles - ending WWI - would:

• Fear Russia more than they feared Germany

• Not mobilize their militaries to enforce it because people were tired of war

• Follow the United States lead in the League of Nations.

• Persuade Russia to join in alliance with the West.

The Battle of Stalingrad on the Eastern front was a “turning point” battle because:

• Germany’s attack was quickly stopped with little loss of life on both sides.

• Entire German 6th Army was lost, from this point Germany was in retreat

• Russian soldiers were well equipped by Russian industry to fend off the attack

• Germany focused their attack on Leningrad instead

General George McArthur, in charge of the Pacific Theater during WWII, created the “Island Hopping Campaign” for the purpose of

• Protecting Australia from Japan’s advancement in the South Pacific

• Re-capturing Japanese held islands, marching their way towards and possibly invading Japan itself

• Re-capturing Japanese held islands to threaten an invasion of Russia

• Revenge for the attack on Pearl Harbor