The Road to War
Who were the Allies?
US, Britain, France, USSR, and China
What was the name of the German air force?
The Luftwaffe
Who did Roosevelt appoint as Allied Commander in Europe?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
What were "kamikazes?"
Japanese suicide planes
How many people died in the second world war?
60 million
Who were the Axis Powers?
Germany, Japan, and Italy
Hitler's "Operation Sea-Lion" was a plan to conquer which country?
Great Britain
What prevented vital war materials from getting to Europe during 1942?
German submarines
Where is Pearl Harbor?
The Hawaiian island of Oahu
Germany (and the city of Berlin)
What was Germany unable to pay off after the Treaty of Versailles?
The war debt
Who became Prime Minister of Britain when Neville Chamberlain resigned in 1940?
Winston Churchill
What happened on September 18, 1943, that impacted the Axis Powers?
Italy surrendered
What happened to Japanese Americans living in the US after the attack on Pearl Harbor?
They were relocated to detention camps
Who were the "Big Three?"
Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin
What did Vladimir Lenin rename the country of Russia?
USSR or The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Who seized power in Italy in 1922?
Benito Mussolini
What were the two "allies" that prevented Hitler from capturing the city of Moscow?
General Mud and General Winter
What two Japanese cities were stuck by atomic bombs in 1945?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What organization was chartered on June 26, 1945 to oversea international issues?
The United Nations
What do we call the system of grouping small farms into large farms managed by the state?
Collectivism
Hitler created an army in violation of the Treaty of Versailles and marched into which European city in 1938?
Vienna, Austria
When was V-E Day and what does V-E stand for?
May 8, 1945 - Victory in Europe
What battle turned the tide in the Pacific conflict?
Midway - the Japanese carrier fleet was destroyed
What is the conflict between Communist Russia and the Democratic allies that came about after World War II?
The Cold War