European War (mostly)
What battle is considered the turning point in the European War?
Stalingrad
In what way was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor incomplete?
The American aircraft carriers were not there so they were not destroyed.
Who was the leader of Fascist Spain.
Fransisco Franco
What agreement allowed Hitler to ,initially, avoid a two-front war?
Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact
What was the date of the attack on Pearl Harbor?
December 7, 1941
In what town did the 101st Airborne Division hold out against the German Army in the Battle of the Bulge?
Bastogne
What was the name for the Chinese nationalist forces/government?
Kuomintang
Name 4 leaders who at one time or another were a part of the "Big Three".
Churchill
FDR
Stalin
Truman
What did the US do that the Japanese felt made war inevitable?
What were the three main meetings of the Allied leaders, that we covered, during the war.
Teheran
Yalta
Potsdam
What are the dates for:
Start of the War
V-E Day (Victory in Europe)
V-J Day (Victotry over Japan)
Start of war: September 1, 1939
V-E Day: May 8, 1945
V-J Day: September 2, 1945
What 2 battles were a major factor into the decision to use the atomic bomb to end the war, rather than an invasion of Japan?
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
What was the name of the project to create the atomic bomb and who were the two leaders (civilian and military) of the project?
Manhattan Project
Dr. Robert Oppenheimer
Gen. Leslie R. Groves
What did Hitler say that the German people needed and what is the German word for it?
Living space or the resources of the east (food, oil, etc.)
Lebensraum
What gave France a false sense of security going into WWII?
The Maginot Line
Name 4 locations where the Allied Powers conducted amphibious invasions against Axis forces in the European theater of Operations.
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
Normandy/France
What was the name of the two B29 bombers to drop atomic bombs on Japan?
Enola Gay
Bock's Car
Name the 4 leaders and their countries, who signed the Munich pact.
Hitler - Germany
Mussolini - Italy
Chamberlain - UK/England
Deladier - France
What was the name of the country that Germany annexed, what was this act called and in what year did this occur?
Austria
Anschluss
1938
What were the names of US aid programs to countries in Europe and what were they designed to do?
Truman Doctrine: US would provided economic and military aid to nations in danger of communist overthrow.
Marshall Plan (European Recovery Act): The US would provide economic and humanitarian aid to nations damaged by WWII.
Give the codenames for 6 military operations or actions during the war that we covered this unit.
Avalanche
Barbarossa
Fortitude
Husky
Overlord
Seas Lion
Torch
Name 7 battles in the Pacific during WWII that we covered this unit.
Bataan Coral Sea
Guadalcanal Iwo Jima
Leyte Gulf Midway
Okinawa Pearl Harbor
Tarawa
Name 5 dictators that we covered this unit.
Chiang Kai Shek
Franco
Hitler
Mussolini
Stalin
Tojo
In regard to the Munich Pact, name the territory that Hitler demanded, the nation that owned it and the year in which the agreement was signed.
Sudetenland
Czechoslovakia
1938
Name 3 pieces of legislation or acts, in chronological order, that the US used to aid the Allies before US entry into WWII. And how did each work?
Cash and Carry: Allies could pay for supplies in cash and carry them on their own ships.
Destroyers for Bases: The US gave Britain 50 WWI destroyers in exchange for leases on British bases close to the US.
Lend Lease: The US would supply the Allies with anything they needed and would be paid back after the war.