World War 2 Vocabulary Quiz

One of the first African-Americans to see combat during the war. He would later receive the Medal of Honor.

• Vernon Baker

• George Washington Carver

• Frederick Douglass

• Martin Luther King Jr.

The ______ took place on June 6, 1944 and was the largest amphibious operation at the time. This allied attack on mainland German-occupied France used over 150,000 troops.

• D-Day Invasion

• Operation Barbarossa

• Battle of the Bulge

• Normandy Assault

This term allowed the U.S. to aid any country whose defense was vital to our own with war materials.

• Lend-Lease Act

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• Monroe Doctrine

This is the term for the genocide of European Jews by Hitler and the Nazi Party. They were taken to labor camps that became killing centers.

• Holocaust

• Genocide of the Armenians

• The Great Purge

• Rwandan Genocide

Before the U.S. officially became involved in the war, the ______ volunteered to send supplies to China. They also engaged in combat with Japanese pilots.

• Flying Tigers

• Blue Angels

• Thunderbirds

• Red Tails

The ______ occurred on a small island in the Pacific Ocean and was the turning point in the war in the Pacific. The U.S. Navy deciphered Japanese secret codes and were prepared for and defeated a Japanese surprise attack.

• Battle of Midway

• Battle of the Atlantic

• Battle of Guadalcanal

• Battle of Iwo Jima

________ were a group of African-American pilots who served as bomber escorts. They defied racial stereotypes about what black soldiers were capable of.

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Buffalo Soldiers

• Montford Point Marines

• Red Tails

These people helped to fill the jobs left open as men went off to war. Their work in shipbuilding and aircraft production kept the Allied forces supplied during the war.

• Women

• Children

• Elderly

• Men

The Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces and commander of the European Theater. He was also the mastermind behind the D-Day invasion.

• Dwight Eisenhower

• George Patton

• Winston Churchill

• Douglas MacArthur

This word means giving in to satisfy the demands of a possible enemy. For example, England and France gave the Sudetenland to Hitler to avoid war.

• Compromise

• Appeasement

• Concession

• Negotiation