WW 2

This battle surprised the USA and angered us enough to enter the war.

• D-day

• Midway

• Pearl Harbor

This battle proved to the United States that we could defeat Japan.

• D-day

• Battle of Midway

• Pearl Harbor

This battle took place in France over 5 beaches. It was costly but effective for the Allies.

• D-day

• Battle of Midway

• Pearl Harbor

This group won over 150 Distinguished Flying Crosses.

• Big Red One

• Code Talkers

• Tuskegee Airmen

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True or False:

In the military if you could prove your bravery race or ethnicity did not matter.

• True

• False

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A group of Native Americans who created a code never broken by the enemies.

• Big Red One

• Tuskgee Airmen

• Navajo Code Talkers.

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The military inisisted on keeping the Navajo Code talkers a secret because

• they did not think it was important enough to share

• they did not respect the code talkers

• they felt it was a matter of security

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V-E day came before V-J day it is known as

• Victory -Eventually will happen

• Victory in Europe the Germans surrender

• VIctory in Japan

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Why did some American not want to get involved in the war at first?

• Europe was not our problem

• Hitler was no real threat to us

• They just did not know about it

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Which event marked the official end of World War II?

• V-J Day

• V-E Day

• D-Day