Germany Sparks a New War
Fall of France and Battle of Britain
The Mediterranean and the Eastern Front
Japan's Surprise Attack and Victories
The Allies Strike Back and the Allied Offensive
100
An agreement that says two countries will not attack or invade one another
What is the nonaggression pact?
100
This is the heavily wooded area in northern France that Germany moved through to attack France.
What is the Ardennes?
100
This was the first country Mussolini attacked because it would give Italy access to the oil fields of the Middle East.
What is Egypt?
100
This admiral called for an attack on the U.S. fleet in Hawaii.
Who is Isoroku Yamamoto?
100
Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle bombed this city to show Japan was vulnerable to attack.
What is Tokyo?
200
Germany attacked Poland on this date and used this military strategy.
What is September 1, 1939 and blitzkrieg?
200
Right before attacking France, Hitler conquered these three countries.
What are Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg?
200
This German general led troops in North Africa.
Who is Erwin Rommel?
200
This leader stated that this date "will live in infamy."
Who is President Roosevelt and December 7, 1941?
200
This was the first battle where the Allies stopped Japan's southward advance.
What is the Battle of Coral Sea?
300
These two countries declared war on Germany after the attack on Poland.
What are France and Great Britain?
300
This was one of the most heroic acts of the war where Britain helped French soldiers trapped by the Germans.
What is the rescue at Dunkirk?
300
These two Balkan countries resisted Germany but eventually fell in a few weeks?
What are Yugoslavia and Greece?
300
Japan attacked this navy base in Hawaii.
What is Pearl Harbor?
300
This battle was the turning point of the war in the Pacific since Japan lost many planes and all of the aircraft carriers.
What is the Battle of Midway?
400
These countries were annexed by the Soviet Union after the German invasion of Poland.
What are eastern Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Finland?
400
This was the French general who set up a government-in-exile in London and the British prime minister during World War II.
Who are Charles de Gaulle and Winston Churchill?
400
This was the name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union.
What is Operation Barbarossa?
400
Name three islands or countries Japan conquered after attacking the United States.
What are Guam, Wake Island, the Philippines, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Malaya, Singapore, and Burma?
400
This general and commander of the Allied land forces in the Pacific developed this strategy to defeat Japan.
Who is Douglas MacArthur and island hopping?
500
Germany and the Allied soldiers sat by this border line during this break from war.
What are the Maginot Line and the phony war?
500
These two technological devices helped the Royal Air Force turn the tide in the Battle of Britain.
What are Enigma and radar?
500
This was the name of the tactic the Soviet Union used against the Germans.
What is the scorched-earth strategy?
500
This was the name of the march where Japan subjected their captives to terrible cruelties.
What is the Bataan Death March?
500
This was the battle where the United States and Australian troops drove Japanese forces from an island in the Pacific?
What is the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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