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US History WWII Test Part 3

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This deck covers key events, battles, and figures from World War II, focusing on operations, battles, and outcomes involving the United States and its allies.

what law established the rules of war?; outlawed gas + outlined civilian treatment

Geneva Convention (1920)
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what law established the rules of war?; outlawed gas + outlined civilian treatment
Geneva Convention (1920)
3 joint operations with US and Great Britain in the European/African theater to take pressure off of the Soviet Union
1) Operation Torch - allies take N. Africa from the Germans (Gen. Dwight Eisenhower + Bernard Montgomery against Erwin Rommel the 'desert fox'); 2) Op...
what was the key allied victory in the North African Campaign (operation torch)
Battle of EL Alamein
key allied victory in the Italian campaign (operation underbelly)
Battle of Anzio
key allied victory in the Fortress Europe Campaign (operation overlord)
Battle of Normandy - largest amphibious attack in history; 3 month battle (June to August 1944); D-day (Deliverance Day)
what was Hitler's last offensive move of the war?
Battle of the Bulge - brought an end to the the war in Europe sooner!; Germany's resources exhausted; bloodiest battle in European theater; small Amer...

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TermDefinition
what law established the rules of war?; outlawed gas + outlined civilian treatment
Geneva Convention (1920)
3 joint operations with US and Great Britain in the European/African theater to take pressure off of the Soviet Union
1) Operation Torch - allies take N. Africa from the Germans (Gen. Dwight Eisenhower + Bernard Montgomery against Erwin Rommel the 'desert fox'); 2) Operation Underbelly - allies liberate Italy! (Mussolini executed); 3) Operation Overlord - conquer Germany! (allied liberation of W. Europe from the Nazis)
what was the key allied victory in the North African Campaign (operation torch)
Battle of EL Alamein
key allied victory in the Italian campaign (operation underbelly)
Battle of Anzio
key allied victory in the Fortress Europe Campaign (operation overlord)
Battle of Normandy - largest amphibious attack in history; 3 month battle (June to August 1944); D-day (Deliverance Day)
what was Hitler's last offensive move of the war?
Battle of the Bulge - brought an end to the the war in Europe sooner!; Germany's resources exhausted; bloodiest battle in European theater; small American unit (101st Airborne) at Bastogne heroically held their ground (14,000 against Hitler's 200,000)
what was the Race to Berlin and what battle ensued?
The Russians pushed Germans to Berlin from the east and the British/Americans from the west; brought the Battle of Berlin - Germany surrenders (V-E Day: May 8 1945, victory in Europe)
in what battle is the Japanese navy destroyed and the Philippines are liberated (MacArthur returns to save his men)
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Japanese suicide planes used in desperation
Kamikazes
code in which Japanese warriors fight to the death or commit suicide
Bushido Code
secret Native American US code; never broken
Navaho
battle of Iwo Jima
5 men raise the US flag on Mt. Suribachi
battle of Okinawa
longest/bloodiest battle of the Pacific; last major battle of the war
SDA medic who saves over 75 men from death; wins Congressional medal, 2 Bronze Stars, and 3 Purple Hearts; refused to carry a gun
Desmond Doss
USA's secret atomic bomb program; led by chief scientist Robert Oppenheimer; developed 3 bombs, one used in testing (Alamogordo, New Mexico)
the Manhattan Project
what new president after FDR decides to use the atomic bombs (realizing it will actually save lives)
Harry Truman
B-29 bomber that drops the first atomic bomb ('Little Boy') on the Japanese city of Hirashima
Enola Gray piloted by Col. Paul Tibbets Jr.
second atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki
'Fat Man'
when does WWII officially end?
Japan surrenders September 2, 1945; V-J Day
the two war crime trials
1) The Nuremberg Trial 2) the Tokyo War Crimes Trials 1945-1948