During the war what was the first country to fall to Germany and the Soviet Union?
Poland
100
What was Macarthur's and US' strategy for capturing islands in the pacific?
island hopping campaign
100
What is a genocide?
the killing of an entire race or group of people.
100
What was one of the major causes of the German loss in Stalingrad?
The winter, the shear size of the Soviet Union's army, Hitler would not let them withdraw, and the lack of resupply.
100
This German official committed suicide before the Numerburg trials began.
Adolf Hitler
200
How did Germany and the Soviets resolve who got Poland?
They split it in half; Germany got the east and the Soviets got the west
200
What was the cause of Japan and the US declaring war on each other?
When Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
200
The German's hoped that by putting the Jewish in these places that they would starve to death or die by disease?
Ghettos
200
This invasion was the largest land and sea based attack in history. Known as operation overlord.
The D-Day invasion in Normandy
200
The allied powers did this to Japan's military as a punishment to the Japanese .
the allies demilitarized them
300
who said, "we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets... we shall never surrender."?
Winston Churchill
300
After what land/sea battle loss in the pacific did the Japanese call it the "Island of death" after they lost 2/3 of their army?
the battle of Guadalcanal
300
What does Kristallnacht mean?
the Night of broken glass
300
What German/Russian battle changed the war in favor of the allies were the Russians defeated the Germans?
The battle of Stalingrad
300
The only German official to express remorse at his trial.
Hans Frank
400
What was the Blitzcreig?
The blitzcreig was Hitler's battle tactic using multiple rounds of airplane bombings and then sent in massive infantry/armored divisions to finish the job.
400
What war in the pacific turned the tides in favor of the Allies?
The Battle of Midway
400
How were the Jews killed in concentration camps if they were considered weak?
The Germans would tell them to take their clothes off to take a shower but when they went into the shower room and locked the doors, they would drop cyanide gas that would kill them.
400
What were kamekazis?
Japanese suicide bombers
400
This many people were to be tried at the Numerburg trials
22
500
What was operation Barbarossa?
Hitler's plan to invade the soviet union
500
Who called for the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
Isoroku Yamamoto
500
This extermination camp was the largest of it's kind?
Auschwitz
500
What was the cause of the Japanese surrender?
The dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima on August 6 and on Nagasaki on August 9 1945
500
These was the place were Nazis were tried for war of aggression.