Weapons & Technology
What group were the heroes of the Battle of Britain? (British aviators)
Royal Air Force (RAF)
What was the alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan called?
Axis powers
This man was the Prime Minister after Chamberlain, during WWII.
Winston Churchill
Who was the General for the US in the Pacific? ("I'll be back")
Douglas MacArthur
Like the League of Nations, this was formed after WWII but really lacks the authority to actually intervene in world affairs.
The United Nations
Germany and Italy helped out Francisco Franco and tested out their new weapons in this war:
Spanish Civil War
What is the name given to the widespread, systematic extermination of Jews by Hitler and the Naxis?
Holocaust
Allied soldiers were rescued by all kinds of ships (including civilian ones) from this French coastal city.
Dunkirk
"A date which will live in infamy" - what's the event Roosevelt was referring to? And for 100 bonus points, what specific date was he referring to?
Pearl Harbor bombing, December 7, 1941
What threat has prevented another world war?
the threat of using nuclear weapons/ threat of mutual destruction.
What "lightning war" did Germany successfully use to conquer France?
Blitzkrieg
Hitler invaded this country on September 1, 1939, officially beginning WWII.
Poland
Daily Double - make your wager (up to all your points)
What 1941 act allowed the US to give military supplies and aid to the Allies without officially joining the war?
What were Japanese suicide pilots called?
Kamikaze
Which Operation was the code name for Hitler's planned invasion of Britain?
Operation Sea Lion
What new invention gave Britain an advantage over Germany during the Battle of Britain?
radar
Operation Barbarossa refers to Hitler's invasion of this country: (and for 100 bonus points, WHY did he invade this country? 2 reasons)
The Soviet Union; for more lebensraum and natural resources.
Which army did Britain defeat in Northern Africa?
Italian
Why did Truman authorize the use of the atomic bombs on Japan?
to finish/shorten the war, and save American and Japanese lives that would be lost if the allies had to invade Japan
Daily Double - make your wager, up to all your points.
This policy makes concessions to an aggressor to avoid conflict with that aggressor. We see it in WWII with Neville Chamberlain proclaiming "peace for our time" after giving the Sudetenland to Hitler.
Why didn't Germany surrender right after the D-Day invasion? (3 reasons - 200 points per correct response)
1. Hitler believed the US and Britain would stop their alliance with the Soviets
2. They used propaganda to make the Germans fearful of communism
3. They believed a new miracle weapon was soon to be invented to win for the Germans
What was the last major German offensive of the war?
Battle of the Bulge
Operation Overlord and D-Day (June 6, 1944) both refer to the Allied invasion of which area in France?
Normandy
What were the two cities destroyed by atomic bombs? (half points if you just remember 1)
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The Anti-Comintern pact was between which two countries, aimed at the Soviet Union?
Japan and Germany