Italy before War
Germany before War
Causes of War
Fighting in Europe
Fighting in Japan
100
This man was the fascist leader who came to power in Italy.
Who is Benito Mussolini?
100
This man was the fascist leader who came to power in Germany.
Who is Adolf Hitler?
100
Hitler annexed this country which was where he was born.
What is Austria?
100
Germany and Italy took over most of this continent by 1941.
What is Europe?
100
This was the name of the place Japan attacked which brought the United States into WWII.
What is Pearl Harbor?
200
This word is used to describe a "one man government that controls the public and private lives of their citizens".
What is fascism?
200
Hitler was convinced that these people had "stabbed Germany in the back" and caused them to loose WWI.
Who are the Jewish people?
200
These three countries formed an alliance before WWII. We know them as the Axis Powers.
What are Germany, Italy and Japan?
200
This was the battle that stopped the German advance into Russia. It was also very bloody since both sides were ordered to not give up the city.
What is Stalingrad?
200
This is what VJ means.
What is Victory Japan?
300
Mussolini used these colorfully named men to keep and maintain power.
What are the Black Shirts?
300
These are the colorfully named group that Hitler used to gain and keep power.
What are the brown shirts?
300
This was the country that Germany invaded, with Russia, which finally caused the British and French to declare war on them.
What is Poland?
300
This was the name given to the battle that opened up a second front in France. It was no "day at the beach" for the American troops fighting there!
What is D-Day?
300
This is what the Marines called the type of fighting in the Pacific. They went from one island, to the next.
What is an "island hopping" campaign?
400
Mussolini promised this to the citizens of Italy, which they loved him for.
What is end suffering/restore national pride
400
Hitler gave himself this name which everyone called him.
What is Mein Furhur?
400
Germany and this country sign a "nonaggression pact" which said they would not invade one another. Germany ultimately broke this in 1941.
What is Russia?
400
This battle was the last time Germany was able to go on the offensive (attack the Allies).
What is the Battle of the Bulge?
400
This is what the US dropped on Japan that "ended" WWII.
What is an atomic bomb?
500
This was the name Mussolini gave to himself.
What is Il Duce?
500
This was the book Hitler wrote in jail which laid out how he was going to take over Europe.
What is Mein Kampf?
500
This word means to give in, like the British when Germany took Austria and part of Czechoslovakia.
What is appeasement?
500
This is what VE means.
What is Victory Europe?
500
These are the two cities that were bombed by the US.
What are Nagasaki and Hiroshima?
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