WW2 Flashcards
1
Q
When did WW2 begin
A
1939
2
Q
What year did the U.S. join?
A
1941
3
Q
What were the axis powers?
A
Germany, Italy, Japan
4
Q
Leader of the soviet union?
A
Stalin
5
Q
Treaty that ended WW1 but started WW2
A
Versailles
6
Q
What caused the U.S. to enter the war?
A
Pearl Harbor
7
Q
D-day invasion?
A
Eisenhower
8
Q
What were the tugsee airmen?
A
African american pilots
9
Q
What was the purpose for rationing?
A
Repurposes for the military
10
Q
What was the Matthau project?
A
atomic weapons
11
Q
What kept the U.S. from getting involved?
A
isolationism
12
Q
Who thought “peace for our time”?
A
Chamberlin
13
Q
What was the nonaggression pact?
A
It gave Hitler the freedom to attack poland
14
Q
What was the lightning war?
A
Blitzkrieg
15
Q
What was Luftwaffe
A
German air force
