World War II Flashcards
(40 cards)
WW II: Leader of 1942 air raid on Tokyo
Jimmy Doolittle
WW II: Name for Nagasaki bomb
Fat Man
WW II: Code name for D-Day invasion
Operation Overlord
WW II: Agreement by the U.S. to aid Britain with war materials
Lend/Lease
WW II: Nazi doctor known as the “Angel of Death”
Josef Mengele
WW II: Nazi air force reichsmarschall
Herman Goering
WW II: Allied Supreme Commander
Dwight Eisenhower
WW II: Country invaded by Germany in 1939
Poland
WW II: American general of the 12th Army Group in Europe
Omar Bradely
WW II: Plan to rebuild Europe after the war
Marshall Plan
WW II: Man who headed the Manhattan project
Robert Openheimer
WW II: Nazi SS Chief
Heinrich Himmler
WW II: D-Day beach with the most casualties
Omaha
WW II: Island site of first major U.S. offensive against the Japanese
Guadalcanal
WW II: V-J Day
September 2nd 1945
WW II: U.S. Pacific fleet commander
Chester Nimitz
WW II: Cooperation agreement signed by FDR and Churchill
Atlantic Charter
WW II: French port where 337K soldiers were evacuated in 1940
Dunkirk
WW II: American general of the 3rd Army in Europe
George S. Patton
WW II: Most decorated U.S. soldier
Audie Murphy
WW II: D-Day date
June 6th 1944
WW II: Nazi captured in Argentina and hanged in1962
Adolf Eichmann
WW II: Naval battle in Central pacific - 1942
Battle of Midway
WW II: Battleship where Japanese signed surrender
Missouri