History Questions

Hitler rose to power in Germany because he obeyed the restrictions impse

[Said of the RAF] "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."

What word describes the "lightening war" generated by the German forces early in the war?

What was the code name of the project to build an atomic bomb?

What German political party grew around Hitler's leadership?

[In an address to Congress] "Yesterday, December 7, 1941- a date which will live in infamy..."

The first major activity involving American troops in the war against Germany occurred in the invasion of North Africa

Although the American industries were able to produce large quantities of war supplies, the were unable to avoid a shortage of some desired goods on the home front

"I regard the bomb as a military weapon and never had any doubt that it should be used."

Great Britain eventually fell to Germany during WW II

When WWII began, the Soviet Union was an ally of Nazi Germany

Americans generally retained an isolationist attitude towards foreign affairs

The Japanese did not surrender easily

After the Normandy invasion, American forces raced eastward through Europe and captured the German capital, Berlin

The atomic bomb allowed the US to avoid the heavy casualties that an invasion of Japan would have caused

Vice President for FDR and became president upon Roosevelt's death in 1945, responsible for dropping the atomic bombs on Japan

General during the D-Day invasion, later went on to become President following WWII

President during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Bay of Pigs invasion. His main contribution to the Cold War was the increase in funding and attention to the space program.

The President who increased the involvement of the US in Vietnam. The Gulf of Tonkin incident meant that Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution that gave this president a "blank check" for expanded war powers.

Republican senator during Cold War, led "witch hunt" for Soviet spies within the US government