world war ii review chapters 23/24. review a few things: read, think, & remember!!

WORLD WAR II

ReviewChapters 23/24

REVIEW A FEW THINGS:

•READ, THINK, & REMEMBER!!

ALSO REMEMBER THAT AFTER WWI:

• Germany IS reduced IN size• League of Nations is organized, the U.S. never

joined • U.S. Is isolationist

Rise of Hitler

• Nazi Party organized, 1920s• Nazi party largest in Germany, 1932

• Hitler voted as chancellor, 1933• New parliament created

• 450, 000 members• Larger than German army

• Stalin and the Soviet Union, 1939, sign a Non Aggression Pact. It was supposed to last 10 years. But, Hitler attacked the U.S.S.R. in 1941.

Pearl HarborDec. 7, 1941

Scenes from Pearl Harbor Attack

Allies United:U.S.S.R, England and The U.S.Stalin, FDR, & Churchill

D-Day, JUNE 6, 1944Landing on Normandy Beach

IDENTIFY THE LEADER:

I AM THE JAPANESE EMPEROR DURING WWII.

THE ANSWER IS:

HIROHITO

IDENTIFY THE LEADER:

I AM THE LEADER OF NAZI GERMANY.

THE ANSWER IS:

HITLER

IDENTIFY THE LEADER:

I AM THE LEADER OF FASCIST ITALY.

THE ANSWER IS:

MUSSOLINI

IDENTIFY THE LEADER:

I AM THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER WHO APPEASED HITLER.

THE ANSWER IS:

NEVILLECHAMBERLAIN

IDENTIFY THE LEADER:

I AM THE LEADER OF THE U.S.S.R.

THE ANSWER IS:

STALIN

IDENTIFY THE LEADER:

I AM THE U.S. PRESIDENT THAT GAVE THE ORDERS TO DROP THE ATOMIC BOMBS ON JAPAN.

THE ANSWER IS:

HARRYTRUMAN

IDENTIFY THE LEADER:

I AM THE U.S. PRESIDENT DURING THE MAJORITY OF WORLD WAR II.

THE ANSWER IS:

FRANKLIN D.ROOSEVELT

IDENTIFY THE LEADER:

I AM THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER DURING THE MAJORITY OF WORLD WAR II.

THE ANSWER IS:

WINSTON CHURCHILL

Short answer:

WHEN IS V-E DAY?

THE ANSWER IS:

•MAY 8, 1945 IS V-E DAY! • THIS is WHEN GERMANY

SURRENDERED.

Short answer:

WHEN IS V-J DAY?

THE ANSWER IS:

•V-J DAY IS AUGUST 15, 1945.

Short answer:

WHICH AXIS POWER DID THE ALLIES PLAN TO CONQUER FIRST?

THE ANSWER IS:

•THE ALLIES PLANNED ON CONQUERING GERMANY FIRST.

Short answer:

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE WOMAN THAT REPRESENTED ALL WOMEN WORKING IN THE WAR FACTORIES?

THE ANSWER IS:

•ROSIE THE RIvetER!!!

Short answer:

WHAT IS THE TERM FOR LIGHTNING WAR?

THE ANSWER IS:

•THE TERM FOR LIGHTNING WAR IS:

BLITZKREIG

Short answer:

WHAT TYPE OF GOVERNMENT CONTROLS EVERY ASPECT OF THEIR PEOPLE’S LIVES?

THE ANSWER IS:

•A TOTALITARIAN GOVERNMENT

Short answer:

WHICH AXIS LEADER IS CALLED IL DUCE?

THE ANSWER IS:

•MUSSOLINI IS IL DUCE!!

Short answer:

WHEN IS PEARL HARBOR BOMBED BY THE JAPANESE?

THE ANSWER IS:

•DECEMBER 7, 1941 IS WHEN PEARL HARBOR WAS BOMBED BY THE JAPANESE!

Short answer:

WHICH AXIS LEADER CALLED HIMSELF DER FUHRER?

THE ANSWER IS:

•HITLER IS DER FUHRER!

Short answer:

WHAT IS THE TERM FOR GIVING IN TO SOMEONE’S DEMANDS IN ORDER TO KEEP THE PEACE?

THE ANSWER IS:

•APPEASEMENT

Short answer:

WHO WROTE THE BOOK MEIN KAMPF?

THE ANSWER IS:

•HITLER WROTE MEIN KAMPF

Short answer:

WHICH ORGANIZATION WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE PREVENTED WWII FROM HAPPENING?

THE ANSWER IS:

•THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS!!

Short answer:

HOW DID THE U.S. FINANCE WWII?

THE ANSWER IS:

THEY FINANCED IT WITH INCOME TAXES, SELLING WAR BONDS, AND CORPORATE TAXES.

Short answer:

IN THE NAVAL BASE DESTROYER DEAL, WHAT DID THE BRITISH GIVE THE U.S. IN RETURN FOR THE 50 DESTROYERS?

THE ANSWER IS:

THE U.S. GOT NAVAL BASES!!

Short answer:

WHAT ITEMS DID THE U.S. PLACE AN EMBARGO ON AND WOULD NO LONGER LET JAPAN BUY?

THE ANSWER IS:

OIL, IRON, STEEL, GAS.

Short answer:

IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET THEM TO SURRENDER, WHICH AXIS POWER BOMBED GREAT BRITAIN DAILY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS?

THE ANSWER IS:

GERMANY BOMBED GREAT BRITAIN, THIS IS CALLED THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN.

Short answer:

WHO WAS THE LEADER OF VICHY FRANCE?

THE ANSWER IS:

.THE LEADER IS HENRI PETAIN.

Short answer:

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE PLANE THAT DROPPED THE BOMB ON HIROSHIMA?

THE ANSWER IS:

.THE NAME OF THE PLANE IS THE ENOLA GAY, THE NAME OF THE PILOT IS TIBBETS.

Short answer:

WHO WAS THE LEADER OF THE FRENCH RESISTANCE?

THE ANSWER IS:

.THE LEADER IS CHARLES DEGAULLE.

Short answer:

DURING WHICH BATTLE OF WWII DID THE U.S. TROOPS ACCIDENTALLY BECOME INTEGRATED?

THE ANSWER IS:

THIS HAPPENED DURING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE.

Short answer:

•AT THE MUNICH CONFERENCE, WHAT WAS GIVEN TO HITLER TO APPEASE HIM?

THE ANSWER IS:

•THEY GAVE HIM THE SUDETENLAND

Short answer:

•WHEN WWII STARTED IN EUROPE, WHAT POLICY WAS THE U.S. FOLLOWING?

THE ANSWER IS:

•THE U.S. FOLLOWED A POLICY OF ISOLATIONISM.

Short answer:

•IN 1935, WHICH FUTURE AXIS POWER ATTACKED ETHIOPIA?

THE ANSWER IS:

•ITALY ATTACKED ETHIOPIA.

Short answer:

• IN MARCH, 1936, WHAT AREA DID THE GERMANS TAKE?

THE ANSWER IS:

•THEY TOOK THE RHINELAND.

Short answer:

• IN 1931, WHAT AREA DID THE JAPANESE TAKE FROM CHINA?

THE ANSWER IS:

•THEY TOOK MANCHURIA.

MULTIPLE CHOICE:

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WERE THE “CODE TALKERS”?

A.NAVAJOSB.JAPANESE AMERICANSC.ROSIE THE RIVETERD.MEXICAN AMERICANS

THE ANSWER IS:

•A. THE NAVAJOS

MULTIPLE CHOICE:

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE WERE PUT IN GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMPS?

A.GYPSIESB.JEWSC.HOMOSEXUALSD.ALL OF THE ABOVE

THE ANSWER IS:

•D. ALL OF THE ABOVE

MULTIPLE CHOICE:

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WERE NOT RATIONED DURING WWII?

A.SUGARB.EGGSC.MEATD.WATER

THE ANSWER IS:

•D. WATER

MULTIPLE CHOICE:

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MEN WERE IN CHARGE OF THE D-DAY INVASION?

A.MACARTHURB.PATTONC.EISENHOWERD.PERSHING

THE ANSWER IS:

EISENHOWER

MULTIPLE CHOICE:

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WWII BATTLES WAS THE LAST GERMAN OFFENSIVE?

A.STALINGRADB.BATTLE OF THE BULGEC.MIDWAYD.GUADALCANAL

THE ANSWER IS:

•THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE

MULTIPLE CHOICE:

AT THE END OF WWII, WHICH ALLIED POWER REACHED BERLIN FIRST?

A.GREAT BRITAINB.U.S.A.C.U.S.S.R.D.FRANCE

THE ANSWER IS:

•C. U.S.S.R

MULTIPLE CHOICE:

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TERMS MEANS HATRED AND/OR HOSTILITY TOWARD JEWS?

A.TOTALITARIANISMB.ANTI-SEMITISMC.ARYANIZED.KRISTALLNACHT

THE ANSWER IS:

•THE TERM IS ANTI-SEMITISM

MULTIPLE CHOICE:WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS THE CONFERENCE HELD AFTER THE GERMAN SURRENDER FOR THE PURPOSE OF PLANNING THE POST WAR WORLD?

A.ATLANTIC CHARTERB.YALTA CONFERENCEC.TEHERAND.MUNICH CONFERENCE

THE ANSWER IS:

•B. YALTA•CONFERENCE

MULTIPLE CHOICE:

WHICH MAN SAID “I SHALL RETURN?”

A. PRES. F.D. ROOSEVELTB.GEN. MACARTHURC.WINSTON CHURCHILLD.GEN. EISENHOWER

THE ANSWER IS:

GENERAL MACARTHUR

MULTIPLE CHOICE:

ON WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CITIES DID THE ALLIES DROP THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB?

A.BERLINB.NAGASAKIC.HIROSHIMAD.TOKYO

THE ANSWER IS:

C. HIROSHIMA

MULTIPLE CHOICE:

IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BATTLES DID THE JAPANESE FIRST USE KAMIKAZE PILOTS?

A.CORAL SEAB.GUADALCANALC.LEYTE GULFD.OKINAWA

THE ANSWER IS:

C. LEYTE GULF

MULTIPLE CHOICE:

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MEN WAS THE SCIENTIST IN CHARGE OF THE MANHATTAN PROJECT?

A.ALBERT EINSTEINB.ENRICO FERMIC.ROBERT OPPENHEIMER

THE ANSWER IS:

C. ROBERTOPPENHEIMER

TRUE OR FALSE

GENERAL ROMMEL IS THE BRITISH GENERAL IN CHARGE OF OPERATION TORCH.

THE ANSWER IS:

FALSE, GEN. ROMMEL IS A GERMAN SOLDIER.

TRUE OR FALSE

THE ALLIES WON THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE.

THE ANSWER IS:

TRUE, THE ALLIED WON THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE.

TRUE OR FALSE

THE JAPANESE LOST CONTROL OF THE PACIFIC IN THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY.

THE ANSWER IS:TRUE, THE JAPANESE LOST CONTROL OF THE PACIFIC AT THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY.

TRUE OR FALSE

ALLOTMENT ANNIE REPRESENTS ALL OF THE WOMEN WORKING IN THE WAR FACTORIES.

THE ANSWER IS:

FALSE, THAT WAS ROSIE THE RIVETER!!

TRUE OR FALSE

OPERATION OVERLORD IS THE CODE NAME FOR THE D-DAY INVASION.

THE ANSWER IS:

TRUE

TRUE OR FALSE

GEN. EISENHOWER ACCEPTED THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE ON SEPT. 2, 1945.

THE ANSWER IS:

FALSE, THAT WAS GEN. MACARTHUR

TRUE OR FALSE

DURING WWII, THE SOLDIERS WERE GIVEN A NEW CANDY, M&Ms.

THE ANSWER IS:

TRUE, THEY GAVE THEM M&M CANDY.

TRUE OR FALSE

LEND LEASE IS THE U.S. PROGRAM OF LOANING OR RENTING MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO THE ALLIED FORCES DURING WWII.

THE ANSWER IS:

THAT IS TRUE.

TRUE OR FALSE

OPERATION TORCH IS THE CODE NAME FOR THE INVASION OF NORTH AFRICA.

THE ANSWER IS:

TRUE, ABSOLUTELY, TRUE!

TRUE OR FALSE

THE U.S. ENTERED WWII WHEN POLAND WAS ATTACKED BY GERMANY.

THE ANSWER IS:FALSE, THE U.S. ENTERED WWII WHEN PEARL HARBOR WAS ATTACKED!!

TRUE OR FALSE

HIDEKI TOJO LED JAPAN DURING WWII AND WAS EXECUTED FOR WAR CRIMES AT THE END OF WWII.

THE ANSWER IS:

TRUE, TRUE, TRUE.

TRUE OR FALSE

DURING THE GLOOMY DAYS OF 1942, JAMES H. DOOLITTLE LED A DARING DAYLIGHT RAID OVER TOKYO.

THE ANSWER IS:

TRUE, ABSOLUTELY, TRUE!

TRUE OR FALSE

MUSSOLINI IS HANGED AT THE NUREMBERG WAR TRIALS.

THE ANSWER IS:

FALSE, MUSSOLINI IS DEAD BEFORE THE TRIALS.

TRUE OR FALSE

ONE RESULT OF THE ALLIED SUCCESSES OF THE D-DAY INVASION IS THAT FDR IS REELECTED FOR THE 4TH TIME!!

THE ANSWER IS:

TRUE, ABSOLUTELY TRUE!

TRUE OR FALSE

THE ALLIES CONQUERED JAPAN BEFORE THEY CONQUERED GERMANY.

THE ANSWER IS:

FALSE, THE ALLIES CONQUERED GERMANY FIRST.

TRUE OR FALSE

HITLER COMMITTED SUICIDE BEFORE HE COULD BE CAPTURED.

THE ANSWER IS:

TRUE, HE CERTAINLY DID.

TRUE OR FALSE

AFTER CAPTURING FRANCE, GERMANY ESTABLISHED A PUPPET GOVERNMENT.

THE ANSWER IS:

TRUE, TRUE, TRUE!

TRUE OR FALSE

IN 1933, THE USA REESTABLISHED DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THE SOVIET UNION.

THE ANSWER IS:

THAT IS TRUE!

TRUE OR FALSE

THE NUREMBERG LAWS TOOK CITIZENSHIP AWAY FROM ALL JEWS.

THE ANSWER IS:

TRUE, POSITIVELY TRUE!

TRUE OR FALSE

JEWS WERE THE ONLY PEOPLE THE GERMANS PUT IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS.

THE ANSWER IS:

FALSE, THEY PUT OTHER IN THE CAMPS, TOO.

TRUE OR FALSE

THE USA NEVER JOINED THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

THE ANSWER IS:

TRUE, THE U.S. NEVER JOINED THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

TRUE OR FALSE

THE USA NEVER JOINED THE UNITED NATIONS.

THE ANSWER IS:FALSE, THE U.S. JOINED AND STILL IS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED NATIONS.

TRUE OR FALSE

AFTER PRESIDENT F.D. ROOSEVELT DIES, VICE PRESIDENT EISENHOWER BECOMES PRESIDENT.

THE ANSWER IS:

FALSE, TRUMAN WAS THE VICE PRESIDENT THAT TOOK OVER.

TRUE OR FALSE

THE CODE TALKERS SPOKE LATIN OVER THEIR RADIOS.

THE ANSWER IS:

FALSE, THE CODE TALKERS SPOKE IN NAVAJO.

TRUE OR FALSE

THE SOVIETS ALLOWED THE RUSSIAN WINTER TO HELP THEM DEFEAT THE NAZIS.

THE ANSWER IS:

THAT WOULD BE TRUE

TRUE OR FALSE

ROBERT OPPENHEIMER IS THE SCIENTIST THAT HEADED THE PROGRAM THAT MADE THE ATOMIC BOMB.

THE ANSWER IS:

TRUE, HE WAS THE LEADER OF THE PROGRAM.

TRUE OR FALSE

AFTER THE PHILIPPINES WAS CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE, GEN. MACARTHUR NEVER RETURNED TO ISLAND.

THE ANSWER IS:

FALSE, HE RETURNED AND SAID, “I HAVE RETURNED.”

TRUE OR FALSE

THE BATTLES OF IWO JIMA AND OKINAWA WERE AMONG THE WORST OF THE WAR.

THE ANSWER IS:

TRUE, TRUE, SO TRUE.

TRUE OR FALSE

GERMAN AMERICANS, ITALIAN AMERICANS, AND JAPANESE AMERICANS CITIZENS SPENT WWII IN RELOCATION CAMPS.

THE ANSWER IS:FALSE, ONLY THE JAPANESE AMERICANS WERE PUT IN THE RELOCATION CAMPS.

TRUE OR FALSE

THE MANHATTAN PROJECT IS THE NAME OF THE U.S. PROGRAM THAT BUILT THE ATOMIC BOMBS.

THE ANSWER IS:

TRUE!!!

LET’S REVIEW A FEW MORE THINGS!!!

•THINK•READ•LEARN•REMEMBER

The US Drifts Toward War

• The Neutrality Acts (1935-37)The Neutrality Acts (1935-37)• ““Cash and CarryCash and Carry””• First peacetime draft (1940) First peacetime draft (1940)

All men 21 to 35 had to All men 21 to 35 had to register for one yearregister for one year’’s s military service military service

• Lend-Lease Act (1941)Lend-Lease Act (1941)

The US Drifts Toward War

• British Prime British Prime Minister Minister Winston S. Winston S. Churchill Churchill (1874-1965)(1874-1965)

The US Drifts Toward War

• USS Augusta off the coast of Newfoundland

• Atlantic Charter (August 14, 1941)

The US Drifts Toward War

• Roosevelt imposed an Roosevelt imposed an embargo on exports of embargo on exports of strategic resources, such as strategic resources, such as oil and metal, to Japan oil and metal, to Japan (September 1941)(September 1941)

Japan Brings the US into the War

• Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor • December 7, December 7,

19411941• Battleship Battleship

Row Row —— USS USS Arizona Arizona and and Oklahoma Oklahoma destroyeddestroyed

Japan Brings the US into the War

• 2,403 2,403 Americans Americans killed; 1,178 killed; 1,178 woundedwounded

• The Japanese The Japanese made serious made serious mistakes in the mistakes in the Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor attack:attack:

Japan Brings the US into the War

Japan Brings the US into the War

• Fuel dumps Fuel dumps were not were not bombedbombed

• Repair Repair facilities facilities untoucheduntouched

AFTER THE PEARL HARBOR ATTACK

• USS USS West VirginiaWest Virginia and and California California refloated and refloated and repairedrepaired

• USS USS MarylandMaryland, , PennsylvaniaPennsylvania, , TennesseeTennessee, , and and NevadaNevada repaired repaired

• No aircraft No aircraft carriers were carriers were present, present, specifically specifically USS USS LexingtonLexington, , SaratogaSaratoga, and , and EnterpriseEnterprise

• US declared US declared war on the war on the Empire of Empire of Japan Japan (December 8, (December 8, 1941) 1941)

• Nazi Germany declared war Nazi Germany declared war on the US (December 11, on the US (December 11, 1941)1941)

• Japanese attacked multiple Japanese attacked multiple targets:targets:

• Philippines attacked by airPhilippines attacked by air

World War II in the Pacific

• Guam (10 Guam (10 December)December)

• Wake IslandWake Island• Philippines Philippines

fell (8 April fell (8 April 1942)1942)

World War II in the Pacific

• General General Douglas Douglas MacArthur MacArthur (1880-1964)(1880-1964)

• HE SAID HE SAID ““I I SHALL SHALL RETURN,RETURN,””

World War II in the Pacific

• The Doolittle The Doolittle RaidRaid

• LTC Jimmy LTC Jimmy Doolittle Doolittle (1896-1993)(1896-1993)

World War II in the Pacific

• Why the Doolittle Raid?Why the Doolittle Raid?• Psychological for Japan and Psychological for Japan and

the USthe US• Japan protected by the Japan protected by the

kamikaze kamikaze (divine wind)(divine wind)

World War II in the Pacific

• 16 B-25 16 B-25 Bombers Bombers brought into brought into striking striking distance of distance of Japan by the Japan by the carrier USS carrier USS LexingtonLexington

World War II in the Pacific

• Doolittle Raid Doolittle Raid bombed pre-bombed pre-assigned assigned targets in targets in Tokyo-Tokyo-Yokohama, Yokohama, Nagoya, and Nagoya, and Osaka-Kobe Osaka-Kobe areas (April areas (April 18, 1942)18, 1942)

World War II in the Pacific

• Doolittle Doolittle received a received a herohero’’s s welcome in welcome in the US and a the US and a promotion to promotion to Brigadier Brigadier GeneralGeneral

World War II in the Pacific

• Coral Sea (7-8 May 1942)Coral Sea (7-8 May 1942)

Japanese Carrier HIJMS Japanese Carrier HIJMS ShohoShoho after torpedo hit after torpedo hit

World War II in the Pacific

• Midway (4-5 Midway (4-5 June 1942)June 1942)

• Among other Among other ships, Japan ships, Japan lost 4 lost 4 carriers carriers

World War II in the Pacific

• US lost carrier US lost carrier USS USS YorktownYorktown (after the (after the battle ended)battle ended)

US Strategy in the Pacific

• General General Douglas Douglas MacArthurMacArthur

• Southwest Southwest Pacific Pacific

US Strategy in the Pacific

• Admiral Admiral Chester W. Chester W. Nimitz (1885-Nimitz (1885-1966)1966)

• Central Central PacificPacific

• Island Island hoppinghopping

US Strategy in the Pacific

• Leyte GulfLeyte Gulf——Japanese Japanese introduced introduced kamikazekamikaze pilotspilots

• Battleship USS Battleship USS MissouriMissouri under attackunder attack

Death of Franklin Roosevelt

• FDR died in FDR died in April 1945April 1945

• Harry S Harry S Truman Truman (1945-1953)(1945-1953)

The Atomic Bomb

• Trinity test, Trinity test, the first the first nuclear nuclear explosion explosion (Alamogordo, (Alamogordo, New Mexico New Mexico July 16, July 16, 1945)1945)

The Atomic Bomb

• B-29 Super B-29 Super Fortress Fortress Enola GayEnola Gay dropped dropped ““Little BoyLittle Boy”” on Hiroshima on Hiroshima ON August ON August 6, 1945.6, 1945.

The Atomic Bomb

• 71,000 killed71,000 killed• Four-square Four-square

miles miles destroyeddestroyed

The Atomic Bomb

• THE PLANE,Bock’s Car, dropped “Fat Man” on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945.

The Atomic Bomb

• Japan surrenders

• V-J DAY IS• AUGUST 15,

1945

Japanese Surrender

• Official Official surrender surrender aboard USS aboard USS MissouriMissouri anchored in anchored in Tokyo Harbor Tokyo Harbor September 2, September 2, 1945. WORLD 1945. WORLD WAR II IS WAR II IS OVER!!!OVER!!!