Before the War
This area was demilitarized after WW1 - In 1936, Germany invaded it anyway.
What is the Rhineland?
German troops invaded this country on September 1, 1939
What is Poland?
The location of Midway Atoll
What is midway between Japan and the United States?
The reason why the U.S. decided it was time to start working on an atomic bomb
What is...they found out that Hitler was planning to build one? (Einstein wrote a letter)
The significance of the Pearl Harbor attack
What is... It brought the U.S. into WW2?
In 1935, Italy invaded ____ for revenge of two previous defeats.
What is Ethiopia?
This country invaded Poland on September 17, 1939.
What is the U.S.S.R?
The reason why Japan attacked the island of Midway
What is...the U.S. had a new naval base there?
The number of scientists involved
What is...approximately 500,000?
The U.S. stopped shipping this product to Japan in 1941.
What is oil?
In 1937, Japan invaded ___ in search of valuable resources. Name the city & country.
What is Manchuria, China?
This country signed a non-aggression pact with Hitler
What is the Soviet Union?
Japan's plan to divert the U.S. Navy's attention from the island of Midway Atoll - and why the plan failed
What is...Japan sent a small fleet to attack the Aleutian Islands near Alaska - code breakers decoded the plan?
The location of the Manhattan Project's test launch - bonus if you include the name of the test launch
Where is the desert of New Mexico? Bonus - Trinity
Name the exact date of the Pearl Harbor attack.
What is December 7, 1941?
This military agreement was an alliance between Hitler and Mussolini.
What is the Pact of Steel?
Name the country that started as an Axis Power and changed to an Allied Power during the war. Why did the country change sides?
What is the U.S.S.R? Because Germany invaded.
Lt. Commander’s critical decision during the Battle of Midway
What is...he sent his bombers back toward the Japanese fleet even though they were low on fuel?
Name the two cities that were bombed by the U.S.
What are...Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Name the president who declared war on Japan.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Name the significance of the Munich Conference.
What is...French and British leaders appeased Hitler by allowing him to invade the Sudetenland?
The three countries involved in the Manhattan Project
What is the U.S., Great Britain, and Canada?
Name two things that surprised the leader of the Japanese Navy.
U.S. aircraft attacked his fleet & they should not have had time to get there
An American submarine appeared behind his fleet
A Japanese pilot spotted a fleet of 10 American ships
The purpose of the Potsdam Declaration and the Allied Powers' quote
What is...to persuade Japan to surrender and "prompt and utter destruction?"
The reason why Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
What is...to disable the U.S. Pacific fleet and force the U.S. into a peace talk so that Japan could attack East Asia with no consequences?