WW2 study guide
WWII STUDY GUIDE
CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN HISTORY
1. What countries would make up the Axis Powers?
2. What countries would make up the Allied Powers?
3. What event did A. Phillip Randolph organize in Washington on 7/1/1941? Why? A march to march under a banner that said “WeLoyal Colored Americans Demand the Right to Work and Fight for Our Country”
4. Why was the Battle of the Bulge a significant battle? What did it represent? Why was it called Battle of the Bulge? Who was the aggressor in this battle? It is Hitler’s last Oveinsive a major turning point in the war German troops bulged the Allied line over 60 miles and The Germans
5. The Allies would invade Nazi-occupied Europe. What was its code name? D day
6. What happened on V-E Day (5/8/1945)? Victory in Europe
7. What famous American General would vow to return to Philippines to take back from Japan? Douglas MacArthur
8. What 2 things was Truman trying to accomplish in deciding to drop atomic bombs? When and Where
9. What were the U.S. and Germany’s goals in the Battle of the Atlantic? U.S. To get supplies to Britain Germany to cut Britain's lifeline
10. What role did Dwight D. Eisenhower play in WWII, particularly relating to D-Day and his status with Allied troops? Eisenhower lead the Allies from England
11. What contributed to the Soviet victory in the Battle of Stalingrad? (list 3 items) A second Winter, Time to bring in fresh tanks, and Cut German supply lines
12. Why did FDR decide to place Japanese Americans in internment camps? US citizens didn't trust them
13. Who commanded Allied forces in the Philippines and would be in charge of the Pacific Theatre during WWII? Douglas MacArthur
14. What role did the Manhattan Project play in WWII? Making the Atomic Bomb
15. Who was the victor, who was the loser in the Battle of Midway? The Allies Japan
16. Atomic bombs were dropped on what 2 Japanese cities? Hiroshima and Nagasaki
17. What Allied leaders attended the Yalta Conference?
CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN HISTORY
1. What countries would make up the Axis Powers?
2. What countries would make up the Allied Powers?
3. What event did A. Phillip Randolph organize in Washington on 7/1/1941? Why? A march to march under a banner that said “WeLoyal Colored Americans Demand the Right to Work and Fight for Our Country”
4. Why was the Battle of the Bulge a significant battle? What did it represent? Why was it called Battle of the Bulge? Who was the aggressor in this battle? It is Hitler’s last Oveinsive a major turning point in the war German troops bulged the Allied line over 60 miles and The Germans
5. The Allies would invade Nazi-occupied Europe. What was its code name? D day
6. What happened on V-E Day (5/8/1945)? Victory in Europe
7. What famous American General would vow to return to Philippines to take back from Japan? Douglas MacArthur
8. What 2 things was Truman trying to accomplish in deciding to drop atomic bombs? When and Where
9. What were the U.S. and Germany’s goals in the Battle of the Atlantic? U.S. To get supplies to Britain Germany to cut Britain's lifeline
10. What role did Dwight D. Eisenhower play in WWII, particularly relating to D-Day and his status with Allied troops? Eisenhower lead the Allies from England
11. What contributed to the Soviet victory in the Battle of Stalingrad? (list 3 items) A second Winter, Time to bring in fresh tanks, and Cut German supply lines
12. Why did FDR decide to place Japanese Americans in internment camps? US citizens didn't trust them
13. Who commanded Allied forces in the Philippines and would be in charge of the Pacific Theatre during WWII? Douglas MacArthur
14. What role did the Manhattan Project play in WWII? Making the Atomic Bomb
15. Who was the victor, who was the loser in the Battle of Midway? The Allies Japan
16. Atomic bombs were dropped on what 2 Japanese cities? Hiroshima and Nagasaki
17. What Allied leaders attended the Yalta Conference?