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American general who fought in the Philippines and was in overall command of the troops in the Pacific
Who is Douglas MacArthur
100
Battle in North Africa that finally turned the war against the Germans
What is El Alamein
100
The attempted genocide or mass slaughter of all Jews in Europe by Germany
What is the Holocaust
100
In 1942 President Roosevelt created this to increase military production
What is the War Production Board
100
U.S. Army chief of staff who led the D-Day planning
Who is George C. Marshall
200
American commander in charge of the D-Day operations
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower
200
Major battle in the Soviet Union where Germany lost in the largest battle of the war
What is Stalingrad
200
Name given for the operation to land U.S. troops in Northern France
What is Overlord
200
Conference where Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met to decide what the post-war world would look like
What is Yalta
200
U.S. General who was instrumental in conquering Sicily
Who is George S. Patton
300
Commander of the German Afrika Korps
Who is Erwin Rommel
300
Battle in the Pacific that ended with the destruction of the Japanese fleet
What is the Battle of Leyte Gulf
300
Final German offensive in the war launched in 1944 against American and British armies in France
What is the Battle of the Bulge
300
Term to describe the U.S. policy of only targeting Japanese held islands that were of strategic importance
What is Island- hopping
300
Considered the bloodiest battle of the Pacific war
What is the Battle of Okinawa
400
President of the United States who authorized dropping the first atomic bomb
Who is Harry S Truman
400
Island battle where an iconic photograph became symbolic of the Marine Corps and their efforts in World War II
What is Iwo Jima
400
Series of riots started when young Mexicans were targeted by Marines in Los Angeles
What are the Zoot Suit Riots
400
Federal agency that served to coordinate all government agencies involved in the war effort
What is the Office of War Mobilization
400
Two states who had more than 10,000 Japanese Americans in 1940
What are Washington and California
500
Physicist who developed the Theory of General Relativity and also worked on the Manhattan Project
Who is Albert Einstein
500
Japanese city where the first atomic bomb was dropped
What is Hiroshima
500
The passing of this act allowed for the first peacetime draft in U.S. history
What is the Selective Training and Service Act
500
Japanese pilots who used suicide attacks on U.S. ships during the latter part of the war
What is kamikazi
500
Holocaust survivor and author of the book "Night"
Whos is Elie Wiesel
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