Battles
War at Home
Miscellaneous
War in the Pacific
War in Europe
100
This was the turning point of the war in the Pacific
Battle of Midway
100
What is rationing?
Controlled distribution of scare resources, goods, and services
100
What did Hitler do when he conquered Paris?
Went sightseeing
100
The atomic bombs were dropped on these two cities.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
100
What is a scorched earth policy?
Burn everything as you retreat
200
The largest sea to land assualt in history was the Invasion of
Normandy
200
Name three things rationed during WWII
Metal, clothes, sugar, butter, gasoline, rubber, nylon
200
Name one thing that people at Leningrad ate in order to survive
Shoes, wood, pets, people
200
This was a policy of skipping over fortified islands to attack more strategically placed ones
Island Hopping
200
VE Day stands for
Victory in Europe Day
300
D-Day is also known as
Invasion of Normandy or Operation Overlord
300
These were a sort of loan to the government
Liberty Bonds
300
The name of the plane that dropped the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was
Enola Gay
300
Japanese soldiers forced Filipino and American soldiers to walk 60 miles under brutal conditions during the
Bataan Death March
300
What is an unconditional surrender?
The defeated party has no say in the surrender terms.
400
This was Germany's last ditch effort to push the Allies back
Battle of the Bulge
400
The symbol of female involvement in war production was a woman with a bandana on her head in a strong armed pose
Rosie the Riveter
400
What did women do as a replacement to wearing nylons?
Drew a line on the back of their legs
400
What does VJ Day stand for?
Victory in Japan Day
400
Why did Hitler's invasion of Russia fail?
Attacked in the winter
500
This battle raged for 900 days in a city named for a communist leader
Battle of Leningrad
500
The government encouraged people to provide their own food by growing
Liberty Gardens
500
D-Day stands for
Designated Day
500
Was dropping the bomb the right thing to do? Why or why not?
Your opinion here:
500
Name two reasons Mussolini fell out of power
Attacks on Italy, food shortage, unemployment, failure of the propaganda machine
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