Pacific War
War in Europe
Manhattan Project
Nazis and Fascists
Miscellaneous
100
The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on this date.
What is December 7, 1941?
100
D-Day happened on this date.
What is June 6, 1944.
100
This equation is at the heart of the theory that made nuclear weapons possible.
What is e=mc2? [Squared, not "c2"]
100
He first took power in Italy in 1922.
Who is Benito Mussolini?
100
The name for the pact between Germany, Italy, and Japan.
What is the Tripartite Pact?
200
This was the primary need that led the Japanese to invade the Pacific region.
What is the need for resources?
200
The Allies first invaded this island south of Italy, before invading Italy itself.
What is Sicily?
200
The nickname for the first nuclear test, in the New Mexico desert.
What is Trinity?
200
This is the term for absolute governmental control of society.
What is totalitarianism?
200
This is the term for information designed to convince the audience of a particular point of view - whether true or not.
What is propaganda?
300
This battle was a resounding victory for the Americans, turning the tide of the war, and sinking four Japanese carriers.
What is Midway?
300
He was the Supreme Allied Commander on D-Day.
Who is Eisenhower?
300
This man was in charge of the project at Los Alamos.
Who is J. Robert Oppenheimer?
300
Leni Riefenstahl made this film about the 1934 Nazi Convention in Nuremberg.
What is The Triumph of the Will?
300
The percentage of Japanese-Americans interred during WWII who were American citizens.
What is 60% (62%)?
400
This was the first battle of aircraft carriers in history - a strategic victory for the Americans, even though the Japanese sank more ships.
What is the Battle of the Coral Sea?
400
This country was responsible for attacking Juno Beach on D-Day.
What is Canada?
400
The overall headquarters of the Manhattan Project was in this town.
What is Oak Ridge, Tennessee?
400
This was the agreement at the end of WWI that blamed Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
400
This was an incident in which American servicemen attacked Latinos and African-Americans in Los Angeles.
What are the Zoot Suit Riots?
500
He was the Japanese admiral who planned Pearl Harbor, but also believed the Americans would win the war.
Who is Yamamoto?
500
This Germany city was bombed in February of 1945, killing at least 25,000 people, mostly civilians.
What is Dresden?
500
This was Oppenheimer's quote after the first atomic test.
What is "I am become death, destroyer of worlds."
500
The name of the town in which Mussolini was restored to "power" after the Nazis rescued him from prison.
What is Salo?
500
This book, which was hoax, claimed to be the agenda of the Jewish elders who wanted to take over the world.
What is The Protocols of the Elders of Zion?
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