African American unit, the 99th Pursuit Squadron, that played an important role during the Battle of Anzio

nickname for American soldiers because of their clothing

Which is true of the Liberty ship

Newspapers encouraged African Americans to join the war to achieve a double victory over Hitler's racism and racism at home in a campaign called

Which US industry was uniquely suited to the mass production of military equipment?

Although women were barred from combat, they were able to enlist in this branch of the military for the first time

The Reconstruction Finance Corporation was developed to give loans to

cargo ships traveling in groups that were escorted by navy warships

turning point in the war that put Germany on the defensive

commanded the "Afrika Korps"

when 78,000 prisoners of war were forced to walk 65 miles to a Japanese prison camp

The American invasion of North Africa began under the command of General

In June 1942, decoded Japanese messages alerted the US to the planned attack on

created to stabilize both wages and prices

a symbol of the campaign to hire women during WWII

Secretary of War Henry Stimson declared most of the West Coast a military zone and ordered all people of Japanese ancestry to relocate to

when Japanese pilots would deliberately crash their planes into American ships, killing themselves and inflicting severe damage

Churchill's name for Italy

the invasion of Nazi-occupied France was known as

where the International Military Tribunal tried German leaders suspected of committing war crimes

code-name for the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima

code name for the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki

the day after the unconditional surrender by Germany on May 7, 1945

The Germans' goal for the Battle of the Bulge was to cut off Allied supplies coming through the port of

Where did the American military planners choose to invade in order to stockpile supplies and build of troops for an invasion of Japan?

the day the Japanese emperor ordered his government to surrender

commander of the US Navy in the Pacific

in overall command of the invasion of France

leader of the American team of engineers and scientists building the atomic bomb

highly respected physicist who signed a letter to President Roosevelt, warning that uranium could be used to construct powerful bombs

unpatriotic clothing worn by teenagers

Bombs were filled with this in order to cause massive fires in the city of Tokyo

What system sped up war production by providing larger profits for companies that worked quickly and produced greater amounts of product

Why did Americans purchase over $150 billion worth of bonds?

Where did the Bataan Death March happen?

Italy's king arrested Mussolini after

What did the Double V Campaign mean?

In 1942, Roosevelt and Churchill agreed to attack the edges of the German empire because they believed that

America's secret program to build an atomic bomb was called the

Who helped the allies regain islands in the Pacific by coding messages that the Japanese could not break?

The enormous B-24 bomber used in WWII was

A new industrial region that developed across southern California and cities in the deep South during WWII

Where did the Allies land in their invasion of France?

Who said, "I felt like the moon, the stars, and all the planets had fallen on me."?

rescued the American troops at the Battle of the Bulge from Hitler's Army

commanded the mission to bomb Tokyo

changed from construction to shipbuilding during WWII. Built 30% of American ships during the war

Operation Overlord was the code name for

Kasserine Pass

bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb

where did the Japanese use kamikaze attacks for the first time