Beginning of WW2
Battles
Famous WW2 Dudes
U.S. Homefront
Mixed Bag
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What started WW2?
When Hitler invaded Poland
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What was the turning point in the Pacific in which the U.S. took out 4 of Japans largest aircraft carriers and alot of their best pilots?
Midway (after the U.S. had cracked their code)
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Which English Prime Minister practiced Appeasement with Hitler?
Neville Chamberlain
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Who were the African American fighter pilots who had the highest rate of bombers return to base?
Tuskegee Airmen
100
Who is this promoting women in the Workforce?
Rosie the Riveter
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What was the policy of giving into Hitlers demands for more land?
appeasement
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What was the turning point in the Eastern Front of Europe in which the USSR lost over a million people but defeated Germany?
Stalingrad
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Which English Prime Minister was against appeasing Hitler?
Winston Churchill
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Who was put in internment camps on the West Coast of the United States?
Japanese Americans
200
What was the new technology that the British had that kept them from being invaded by the Germans?
Radar
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What type of government is nationalistic, militaristic and its government run by an authoritarian leader?
Facism
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At which Island did Macarthur leave behind U.S. troops and then declared "He shall return"? U.S. troops were marched through jungles by the Japanese, where many died.
Phillipines (Bataan)
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Who was the U.S. president during World War 2?
FDR
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Which Specific group of Native Americans were used to transmit orders over the radio that could not get deciphered?
Navajo
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What did the Supreme Court Case Korematsu v U.S. state?
That the internment of the Japanese was constitutional because it was based on military urgency, not race.
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Where were French and English troops saved from Hitler, by all English ships, in the beginning of World War 2?
Dunkirk
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Which battle opened up a second front in Europe which took pressure off of the USSR?
Normandy (D-Day, operation overlord)
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Which U.S. general defeated the Germans and Italians in North Africa and then arrived earlier than expected at the Battle of the Bulge?
General Patton
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Who were the Japanese Unit, that was the most highly decorated unit in WW2, that fought in Europe?
Nisei Unit
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What reason did Harry Truman give for why he dropped the atomic bomb on Japan?
To save American lives
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When did the Allied Powers realize that Appeasement had failed?
When Hitler made demands for Poland
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Which battle was a turning point in Western Europe because it was the last offensive by Germany?
Battle of the Bulge
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Who led U.S. troops in Europe and was one of the architects of D day?
Eisenhower
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What invited Mexicans to the West coast to harvest crops during World War 2?
Bracero Program
500
What area did Japan invade in China first, to gain strategic resources it needed?
Manchuria