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WWII
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Who was the dictator of Italy?

Benito Mussolini

100

What country signed a non-aggression pact with Germany?

Soviet Union

100
What does the appeasement mean?
Doing something to keep the peace
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What was the Allied invasion of France that began on June 6, 1944 called?
D-Day
100
What was one country that had been friendly with Hitler and later joined Allies?
Soviet Union
200
Who led the Nazis?
Adolf Hitler
200

In his quest for a "New Roman Empire," Benito Mussolini invaded...

Ethiopia

200
What does blitzkrieg mean?
Fast victory - lightning war
200
What was one of the early events in the Holocaust called(It mean Night of Broken Glass)?
Kristallnacht - Nov. 9&10 - Jews were attacked in the middle of night, torched homes and synagogues
200
Name the two main powers that fought during WWII?
Axis Power and Allies
300
Who was the Prime Minister that led Great Britain through the worst years of WWII?
Winston Churchill
300

Prior to WWII what country was used by Hitler as a testing ground for his new weapons?
a. Britain

b. Spain

c. France

Spain

300

What was Hitler's "final solution?"

genocide of people the Nazis considered inferior 

300

What battle did the Soviets defeat Germany?

Stalingrad

300
What 3 countries made up the Axis powers?
Italy, Japan and Germany
400
Who was the commander of the Allied Army?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
400
Where was the American fleet anchored on December 7, 1941, when the Japanese attacked?
Pearl Harbor
400

Russia, United States, and Great Britain were all part of the...

Allied Powers

400

What did people do at home to help with the war effort?

Rations, Rosie the Riveter, War Bonds

400

What year did WWII occur? 

1939-1945

500

"We should seek by all means in our power to avoid war, by analyzing possible causes, by trying to remove them, by discussion in a spirit of collaboration and good will." 

a. Hitler

b. Churchill

c. Chamberlain

Neville Chamberlain 

500

What country was invaded first by Germany?

Poland

500

What is the mass murder of European Jews in WWII called?

Holocaust/Genocide

500

The cities that the US dropped atomic bombs on.

1- Hiroshima

2-Nagasaki

500

What was the name given to the African-American fighter pilots?

Tuskegee Airmen

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