WW2 Vocabulary

Japanese pilots who died by using their planes as bombs were called...

• TOTALITARIANISM

• STALEMATE

• OPERATION BARBAROSA

• KAMIKAZE

The term used to describe a deadlock between two countries, where neither really has any options would be

• STALEMATE

• BLITZKRIEG

• SCAPEGOAT

• APPEASEMENT

During WW2, Hitler convinced the German people that the Jews were responsible for their problems and that getting rid of them would make Germany stronger. In this case, Germany used the Jews as...

• REPARATION

• KAMIKAZE

• SCAPEGOAT

• PROBLEM

The Treaty of Versailles nailed Germany with many different punishments. Which one below means they had to pay money?

• BLITZKRIEG

• DISARMAMENT

• REPARATION

• NONE OF THESE ARE TRUE

Which of the following is the meaning of blitzkrieg?

• France's quick invasion of Italy

• Russia's attack on German naval ships

• America's bomb dropping on Japan

• German's lightning war against Poland

What is the Manhattan Project?

• Secret code name for the city of Manhattan taking over the production of atomic bombs in the United States

• Secret code name for the US taking over Puerto Rico

• Secret code name for the secret US project set up in 1942 to develop an atomic bomb

• Secret code name for the Soviet Union surrounding the city of Stalingrad.

What is rationing?

• Nazis taking control of all aspects of Jewish life

• The government giving away food and clothing to help with the war

• British controlling how much time is spent outdoors during air raids.

• The government controlling the amount of an item citizens are allowed to have or use

• Nazis

• Germany

This was the turning point of the war, when the Allies invaded Normandy, France and pushed the German army back into Germany.

At first FDR wanted to stay neutral and not get involved in the war. This is called...