WWII Final Test Review

What event liberated Europe from Hitler

Answer explanation

Invasion of Normandy in France

What victory in the Pacific ended the Japanese threat to Hawaii, and encouraged island hoping

Answer explanation

Battle of Midway

Truman's reason's to drop the atomic bomb on Japan

Answer explanation

~fear that an invasion of Japan would mean death for thousands of American soldiers

~refusal of Japan to surrender in spite of their losses

~thousands of American lives already lost in the war

What was the Manhattan Project?

Answer explanation

the plan to develop the atomic bomb

Name locations the United States drop the atomic bomb?

Answer explanation

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Allied invasion of what geographic territory was given the code name Overlord.

Answer explanation

Nazi-occupied Europe

Truman's goal in deciding to drop the atomic bomb was to do what?

Answer explanation

end the war and save American lives

On what island in the Pacific did the last major battle take place?

Answer explanation

Okinawa

Name the battle in North Africa that the allied defeated Nazi General Rommel.

Answer explanation

El Alamein

What is a kamikaze?

Answer explanation

A Japanese aircraft loaded with explosives to make a deliberate suicidal crash on enemy targets is