Unit 8: Quiz 3 Flashcards
A swift, sudden attack by tanks, aircraft, and so forth
blitzkrieg
the German dictator, World War II
Hitler
the United States President during World War II
Roosevelt
the British prime minister, World War II
Churchill
the German commander in North Africa
Rommel
led Allied forces at Normandy
Eisenhower
Allied victory in Europe
V-E Day
the Japanese surprise attack on American naval base
Pearl Harbor
In World War II, the suicidal Japanese tactic of ramming ships with a piloted airplane carrying explosives.
kamikaze
The application of force by one nation against another in retaliation for acts committed.
reprisal
While the United States recovered from the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, Japan quickly extended its control throughout the
Pacific Ocean
The general chosen to lead American forces in the war against Japan in the Pacific was
MacArthur
The war in the Pacific was largely fought on
water
Japanese pilots who crashed their planes into American ships in a desperate defense of their homeland were called
kamikaze pilots
Atomic bombs were dropped at
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
A strategic United States victory in the Pacific in World War II was the battle of
Leyte Gulf
Victories in the battles at __________________ brought the Allies closer to the Japanese homeland
Iwo Jima and Okinawa
The act of giving approval or confirmation.
ratification
United States president during most of World War II
Roosevelt
British prime minister during World War II
Churchill
Russian premier during World War II
Stalin
document stating British and American goals for World War II
Atlantic Charter
organization for world peace settlements following World War II
United Nations
new nation formed from occupation zones of the democratic nations
Federal Republic of Germany
