WWI-conflict begins
WWI-the fighting
WWII-conflict begins
WWII-war in Europe
WWII-war in Asia
100
Leader assassinated in 1914 (sparking World War I)
Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
100
New oceangoing weapon used in World War I
What was the submarine?
100
Hitler's attack on this country started World War II
What was Poland?
100
Term for Hitler's war against the Jews
What was the Holocaust?
100
Large ships that were seagoing air bases
What were aircraft carriers?
200
Event that brought Great Britain into World War I
What was the invasion of Belgium?
200
Soldiers protected themselves from machine gun fire and artillery in these
What were trenches?
200
English statesman elected to replace Chamberlain
Who was Winston Churchill?
200
Term for the day of the Allied landings in France
What was D-day (June 6, 1944)?
200
Terrifying new weapon first used on August 6, 1945
What was the atomic bomb?
300
Members of the Triple Alliance
What were Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy?
300
Secret message that outraged Americans
What was the Zimmerman Telegram?
300
Hitler's tactic of "lightning war"
What was Blitzkrieg?
300
Official policy of the U.S. toward the war until 1941
What was neutrality?
300
Allied strategy of capturing some islands and skipping others
What was island-hopping?
400
Members of the Triple Entente
What were France, Russia, and Great Britain?
400
Why the U.S. entered the war, according to Woodrow Wilson
What was "to make the world safe for democracy"?
400
Germany signed a nonaggression treaty with this country in 1939
What was the Soviet Union?
400
Germany's final counterattack against the Allies in Europe
What was the Battle of the Bulge?
400
The day Japan signed surrender documents
What was V-J Day (September 2, 1945)?
500
Desire to unite all people with a common language, race, and culture under a single government
What was nationalism?
500
Event that caused Russia to drop out of World War I
What was the Russian Revolution?
500
Two Scandinavian countries invaded by Hitler in April 1940
What were Denmark and Norway?
500
Hitler committed suicide during the battle for this city
What was Berlin?
500
Crucial battle near Hawaii that turned back the Japanese
What was the Battle of Midway?
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