WWII Begins
Battles/Fighting
Words to Know
Leaders
Weapons/Holocaust
100
Which event officially started WWII?
What is Germany invaded Poland?
100
Why did Britain and France declare war on Germany?
What is Germany invaded Poland after Britain and France warned Hitler not to?
100
What were internment camps?
What is a place where Japanese Americans were kept imprisoned against their will because some people feared they could cause harm to the U.S.?
100
Who was the leader of Germany during WWII?
What is Adolf Hitler?
100
About how many Jews were murdered during the Holocaust?
What is 6 million?
200
Who were the Axis powers during WWII?
What is Germany, Italy, and Japan?
200
After which battle was Germany forced to retreat from the Soviet Union?
What is the Battle of Stalingrad?
200
What were concentration camps?
What is places in Germany where Jews and others were imprisoned and murdered?
200
Who was the leader of the U.S. for a majority of WWII?
What is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
200
What was the Manhattan Project?
What is the top secret effort by the U.S. to build an atomic bomb?
300
Who were the major Allied Powers during WWII?
What is U.S., Great Britain, France, and Soviet Union?
300
After which battle did Japan's navy become too weak to continue capturing islands in the Pacific?
What is the Battle of Midway?
300
What is a dictator?
What is a leader who gains complete control of a country's government?
300
Who was the military leader of Japan during WWII?
What is Hideki Tojo?
300
How did women help during WWII?
What is women were pilots, made weapons in factories, and were mechanics?
400
Most Americans did not want to get involved in the problems of Europe because they were...
What is Isolationists?
400
Where did the largest land to water invasion in world history take place (D-Day)?
What is Normandy, France?
400
What is fascism?
What is a form of government in which individual freedoms are denied?
400
Who became the president of the U.S. after Roosevelt passed away suddenly?
What is Harry S. Truman?
400
Who told Roosevelt that the Axis powers were building an atomic bomb?
What is Albert Einstein?
500
Why did the U.S. enter WWII?
What is Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii?
500
What role did women NOT have in the military?
What is being soldiers and fighting?
500
What is lend-lease?
What is a policy through which the U.S. let Britain borrow military supplies that they needed?
500
President Harry S. Truman ordered two atomic bombs to be dropped on Japan. Knowing how terrible the bombing would be, why did he send the atomic bomb?
What is Harry S. Truman knew he would have to risk almost a million American lives by trying to invade Japan and still might not force Japan to surrender? Truman decided to send the atomic bomb because he felt that it would cause Japan to surrender.
500
Who were the Navajo Code Talkers?
What is Native Americans from the Navajo tribe that spoke in their native language to send messages between the Allied Powers?
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