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Adolf Hitler & the Nazis
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Leaders
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What are victory gardens?
Home gardens that civilians were encouraged to plant so that more food could be sent to soldiers.
100
The U.S. Marines raised a flag on Mt. Suribachi after victory against the Japanese on this Pacific Island.
Iwo Jima
100
What form of government did Hitler believe in?
Facism
100
Who were the three main Axis powers?
Germany, Japan, and Italy
100
Who was the leader of Italy?
Benito Mussolini
200
What were the three most common things that factories were being used for?
Making bombs, guns, and tanks.
200
What was the code name for D-Day?
Operation Overlord
200
Adolf Hitler seized control of what political party to become the Fuhrer of Germany?
The German Worker's Party
200
Who were the main Allied powers?
Great Britain, France, Soviet Union, and the U.S.
200
This leader of Great Britain moved his headquarters underground to avoid air raids from German bombers.
Winston Churchill
300
Who was Rosie the Riveter?
A woman who encouraged other women to work in the factories.
300
Admiral Nimitz and the U.S. Navy handed Japan their first naval defeat of WWII at this battle.
The Battle of Midway
300
Hitler and the Nazis dreamed of ruling the world and having all countries become part of this empire.
The Third Reich
300
This modern peace-keeping organization was originally founded by the Allied powers.
The United Nations
300
This U.S. President said before Congress after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, "All we have to fear, is fear itself."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
400
What ways did African Americans contribute to the war effort?
They worked in factories and farms, served in the military, and most famously, as the Tuskegee Airmen.
400
The U.S. suffered the most casualties during this European battle against Germany.
The Battle of the Bulge
400
Hitler and the Nazis used concentration camps as part of their evil plan to destroy this race of people.
The Jews
400
This plane carried the first atomic bomb that was dropped on the Axis power of Japan.
Enola Gay
400
This U.S. President reluctantly ordered the bombing of the Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Harry S. Truman
500
Many scientists came together at Los Alamos to develop the atomic bomb. What was this secret project called?
The Manhatten Project
500
This battle was considered the turning point of WWII in Europe. German forces were completely depleted and were forced to retreat.
The Battle of Stalingrad
500
Many of Hitler's dreams and philosophies were detailed in his first book called this.
Mein Kampf
500
Allied forces were led by this U.S. General at the Battle of Normandy.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
500
These suicide airmen were ordered to attack U.S. ships by Emperor Hirohito.
Kamikaze (Divine Wind)
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