WWII Begins
What was the date of the German invasion of Poland, the event that started WWII?
Sept 1, 1939
What event happened on Dec. 7, 1941?
Pearl Harbor
What program did Hitler install in his "Final Solution", which was the systematic killing of all Jewish people?
genocide
North Africa
How did Hitler and Stalin become aligned at the beginning of the war?
10 year Non Agression Pact
Also known as "lightening war", what new tactic by Germany involved fast-moving airplanes and tanks, follwed by a massive infantry?
blitzkrieg
What was the first major battle in the Pacific Theater of War?
Battle of the Coral Sea
What was the mass slaughter of civilians, especially Jews, by German Nazis during WWII?
Holocaust
What was the Allied invasion of German controlled Europe on the beaches of Normandy, France called?
D-Day
What strategy did the Soviet Union use against the invading German army?
Scorched-Earth Policy
Who was the prime minister of England during WWII?
Winston Churchill
Why was the Battle of Midway significant?
Turning point in the Pacific theater of WWII.
What were the slave-labor prisons called that Jews were sent to?
Concentration Camps
What was the end WWII in the European Theater of war called?
V-E Day
Why did Germany and Italy think that taking Egypt was key to their war effort?
Suez canal was key to the oil fields of the Middle East.
After Hitler took France, what battle did he turn to next?
Battle of Britain
MacArthur
What were the Nuremberg Laws?
Took away all rights of Jews in Germany
What was Germany's last offensive called?
Battle of the Bulge
Who led the Allied forces in the European Theater of war?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
During WWII, who were the Axis Powers?
Germany
Italy
Japan
What was America's response to Japan's invasion of China and other Asian nations?
What was the German word that translated to "Night of Broken Glass", which started the violence against the Jewish community in Germany?
Kristallnacht
What two citis were bombed to force the Japanese surrencer?
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
What the new tactic by the Japanese called, meaning "Divine Wind"?
Kamikaze