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Home FrontDates
The day, month, date, and year Pearl Harbor was bombed
When was Sunday, December 7, 1941?
This country was invaded September 1, 1939 and war was declared in Europe
What was Poland?
The Allied invasion of Normandy
When was June 6, 1944?
August 14, 1945
What is “Victory in Japan” Day?
August 6, 1945 this Japanese city was
bombed
What is Hiroshima?
This führer used persuasion and intimidation to
accomplish his goals
Who is Adolf Hitler?
This “Il Duce” modernized his country but was
eventually hung in the town square
Who is Benito Mussolini?
This powerful emperor of Japan
expanded his country into SE Asia and the
Pacific
Who was Emperor Hirohito?
This Soviet leader was originally an ally
of the U.S.; the friendship ended
after WWII
Who was Josef Stalin?
U.S. President who ordered atomic
bombs dropped on Japanese cities
Who is Harry S. Truman?
This battleship is still the final resting place
for many of its sailors
What is the U.S.S. Arizona?
This piece of artillery stands as a memorial to WWII veterans in Cheney’s Memorial
Park
What is a howitzer?
The military supplies necessary for WWII
brought an end to this in the U.S.
What is the Great Depression?
American icon seen here who
encouraged women to work
outside the home during
WWII
Who is Rosie the Riveter?
Government hoped to control the supply,
demand, and distribution of goods
(like sugar, butter, gas, and meat) by using this
What is a rationing system?
The large land, sea, and air invasion of France by
the Allied Powers to liberate Europe from the
Germans has become known as this
What is D-Day?
Hitler violated this when he rebuilt the German military
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
Hitler’s secret police were called this
What is gestapo (or the SS)?
Hitler signed a non-aggression pact with
this country
What is the Soviet Union?
When Hitler’s troops approached this
country’s capital, the nation simply surrendered
What is France?
The need for this was the reason for Japan’s aggression
in Asia
What is raw materials/resources?
This was the first region (in China) Japan set out to
conquer in the early 1930s
What is Manchuria?
These pilots considered themselves a “divine
wind” and were willing to give up their lives
for their country
Who are kamikaze pilots?
This U.S. strategy against Japan called for taking strategic
locations in the Pacific
What is island-hopping?
When congratulated on the attacks at Pearl Harbor, the Japanese
Admiral responded, “I fear we have awakened
[this].”
What is a sleeping giant?
Make your wager
This was the initial policy towards Hitler in Europe; they gave
an inch, he took a mile
What is appeasement?