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Dictator of Germany during World War II?
Adolf Hitler
Where did Japan attack the United States on December 7, 1941?
Pearl Harbor
What was the official position of the United States leading up to World War II?
Neutrality
A system of government where one person controls every aspect of citizen life.
Totalitarianism
Which country did Germany invade on September 1, 1939?
Poland
Dictator of the Soviet Union during World War II.
Where did the United States, Britain, and Canada open the second front in Europe on June 6, 1944?
Normandy
This created the first peace time draft in US history.
Selective Service Act of 1940
Type of political theory supported by Mussolini and Hitler. It called for a strong military and promised to make their nations great and respected.
Fascism
The day Germany surrendered is known as what?
V-E Day
Dictator of Italy during World War II?
Where did the Soviet Union defeat the Germans and begin to turn them back?
Stalingrad
In which country did the Bataan Death March take place?
The Philippines
The policy of giving into an aggressor to avoid war.
Appeasement
Japanese suicide pilots.
Kamikaze
Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe.
Dwight Eisenhower
Which Japanese city was attacked with the atomic bomb on August 6, 1945?
Hiroshima
The strategy of taking strategic islands, inching closer to Japan.
Island Hopping
This gave President Roosevelt the authority to supply the Allies with weapons and equipment to be paid for at a later date.
Lend-Lease
First US victory against Japan.
Battle of Midway
Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Asia.
General Douglas McArthur
Which Japanese city was attacked with a second atomic bomb on August 9, 1945?
Nagasaki
Who became President of the United States in 1945?
Harry Truman
The code name for the Normandy invasion.
Operation Overlord
Hitler's rebuild of the German army was in violation of what treaty?