T/F During World War II Vladimir Lenin was the dictator of the Soviet Union
F it was Joseph Stalin
T/F When Japan became a militarist government, General Tojo became more powerful than the emperor
T
T/F Many Jewish people and others were killed at concentration camps during the Holocaust
T
T/F The Axis powers included France, Great Britain, the United States, and Canada
F Allied
T/F Most of the fighting in World War II took place in Europe, Africa, and Asia
T
T/F On the day Pearl Harbor was bombed, the USS Missouri sank with over 1,000 men onboard.
F USS Arizona
T/F The United States declared war on Germany on December 8, 1941, as a result of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
F Japan
T/F The womens branch of the Navy was known as the WAVES
T
T/F The Battle of Britain began when Hitler ordered planes to bomb the city of Paris.
F London
T/F When Germany attacked Russia, Stalin switched sides and joined the Allies for the rest of World War II
T
T/F Victory gardens were used to purchase items in a limited quantity to allow soldiers to receive more food.
F Ration Books
T/F The defeat of Hitler was known as V-J Day
F V-E Day
Communism is based on the ideas of whom?
Karl Marx.
Who was the fascist dictator of Italy?
Benito Mussolini
During what event did many English people sleep in bomb shelters?
air raids
Rather than surrender to the Allies.____ kamikaze pilots chose to die for the emperor by crashing their planes
Japanese
Who was president of the United States at the end of World War II?
Harry S. Truman .
In what year did World War II begin?
1939.
During which battle was the famous photo of U.S. marines raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi taken?
Battle of Iwo Jima.
__were used to gather metal materials needed for the war effort
Scrap drives
Which two countries joined the Allied powers after the attack on Pearl Harbor?
United States and Canada
Sequence: Poland is invaded and World War II begins
The Soviet Union joins the Allies
Poland is invaded and World War II begins
The Soviet Union joins the Allies
Sequence: England’s Royal Air Force fights back against the Germans in the Battle of Britain
Pearl Harbor is bomber by Japan.
England’s Royal Air Force fights back against the Germans in the Battle of Britain.
Pearl Harbor is bomber by Japan.
Sequence: Victory in Europe, or V-E Day, is celebrated
Victory in Japan, or V-J Day, is celebrated.
Victory in Europe, or V-E Day, is celebrated.
Victory in Japan, or V-J Day, is celebrated.
