Europe before 1941
German technique of lightning warfare.
What is Blitzkrieg?
The first attack by Japan against the United States. Occurred December 7th, 1941.
What is Pearl Harbor?
The main American tank during WW2, it was highly successful because it was easy to produce.
What is the M4 Sherman?
The event that killed 11 million people, over 6 million of them Jewish.
What is the Holocaust?
The United States adopted a strategy to attack weaker islands in the Pacific, this is known as the _____________.
The German tank used for quick lightning warfare.
What is the Panzer?
Three of these types of ships were missed during Pearl Harbor because they were out on patrol.
What are Aircraft Carriers?
The German Air Force name.
What is the Luftwaffe?
Hitler's last major offensive.
What is the Battle of the Bulge?
The process of putting Japanese citizens in detention centers during WW2 even though they had committed no crimes.
What is Japanese Internment?
The name of the British Air Force.
What is the RAF or Royal Air Force?
Japan developed special _______ to attack the ships in the shallow waters of Pearl Harbor.
What are Torpedoes?
Hitler modelled his Fascist Regime after this Italian Dictator.
Who is Benito Mussolini?
Churchill convinced FDR to send troops to this region instead of mainland Europe to get the Americans experience fighting.
What is North Africa?
This city was firebombed during WW2 with incendiary bombs, leading to the death of over 100,000 citizens.
What is Tokyo?
The nation Hitler annexed without firing a single shot, they are south of Germany.
What is Austria?
By reaching these islands the United States was now in range of the Japanese mainland.
What are the Mariana Islands?
The famous American General famous for expertise with Tank warfare during WW2.
Who is General George Patton?
This campaign used the mafia to help them land safely.
What is the Sicilian campaign?
The name of the two atomic bombs were _________.
Little Boy and Fat Man.
The region of Czechoslovakia Hitler takes over before he invades Poland. This is the last part of British and French Appeasement before they declare war.
What is the Sudetenlands?
The two main general's during the island hopping campaign were ______ and ________.
Chester Nimitz and Douglas MacArthur.
The operational name for the evacuation at Dunkirk.
Daily Double
The largest Battle of WW2 was fought here.
The name of the B-29 bomber that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima?
What is the Enola Gay?