Battles
What was the name of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France?
D-Day
What character became a symbol for women in the workforce?
Rosie the Rivoter
Which was the largest death camp?
Auschwitz
Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain?
Churchill
Japan
What was the bombing of Britain called?
The Blitz
What were Americans issued to be sure they didn’t get more food than they needed?
Ration books
Besides Jews, name another group targeted by the Nazis
Communists, Roma, Poles, homosexuals, minorities, disabled
Who was the fascist dictator of Italy?
Mussollini
United States
Allied
What was the first battle for the U.S.?
Pearl Harbor
What was the name of the secret project for the development of the atomic bomb?
The Manhattan Project
What is the term for the extermination of an entire race of people?
genocide
Who was nicknamed Desert Fox?
Erwin Rommel
Italy
Axis
What was the turning point of the war in North Africa?
El Alamein
What was the significance of the group of men who served in the 761st Tankers and the Tuskegee Airmen?
First African Americans to serve in combat
On which night were Jewish shops and homes vandalized and the beginnings of Jewish arrests began?
Kristallnacht
Which American General was awarded the Medal of Honor for his leadership in defense of the Philippines?
Douglas MacArthur
Soviet Union
Allied
What does the term Blitzkrieg mean?
Lightning War
Which law allowed the U.S. to send the Allies goods?
Lend-Lease Act
What does the word Holocaust mean?
it once meant a burnt offering but it now refers to the mass killing of an ethnic group by the government
Who was the leader of the Free French?
Charles de Gaulle
Out of the Allied Powers, who lost the most men?
USSR