Major Battles and Bombings
Allies vs. Axis
Leaders
Holocaust
Causes
100
What was the first battle for the USA of World War II?
Pearl Harbor December 7,1941
100
Name three of the major Allied powers.
Great Britain, France, Russia, the US, or China
100
Who was the German dictator?
Hitler
100

How did the Germans visually SEE who was Jewish during the war?

Yellow Star of David on their clothes

100
What was the German excuse for the start of WWII, in their opinion?
The harshness of the Treaty of Versailles
200

One of the Bloodiest Battles in the history of war - was fought between the Germans and the Russians

Battle of Leningrad

200
What were the Axis powers?
Germany, Italy, and Japan.
200
Who was Britain's prime minister?
Churchill
200

Why were the death camps located in Poland?

Kept out of Germany and away from German population so they didnt see what was happening. 

200
Did the Allies and the normal citizens know about events happening in Europe?
Yes they were put through the press and announced to the public, but as time went on, communication got more and more cut off.
300
What two cities were destroyed by the USA with the atomic bomb on August 6 and August 9th of 1945
Heroshima and Nagasaki
300

Out of the Axis powers, who began the War in Asia?

Japan

300

What American president led the Allied forces in WWII

Franklin D. Roosevelt

300
How many Jews were murdered during the Holocaust?
6 million.
300

What two countries appeased Germany at the start of the war allowing Germany to gain so much power?

Britain and France

400

The First Major WIN for the Americans against the Japanese in the Pacific Ocean

Battle of Midway

400

Who lost the most men out of the Allies? Over 17 million soldiers...

USSR (Soviet Union)

400
Who was the cruel dictator of the Soviet Union who changed it into a industrial and military powerhouse?
Joseph Stalin
400
What is the term "Final Solution"?
Germany's plan to exterminate all Jews in Europe
400

This Battle Tactic known as 'Lightening War" was used by the Germans as they invaded Poland to officially begin WWII in Europe.

What is Blitzkrieg

500
Known as D-Day - This battle and invasion was the 'beginning of the end of the Germans" as the Canadians, English and Americans landed in France. 
Battle/Invasion of Normandy France June 6, 1944.
500

This man was the American General who commanded the forces in the Pacific during the war and was assigned to oversee the military occupation of Japan after the war ended. 

Who is General Douglas MacArthur

500
What Italian leader was overthrown and put in jail but rescued by the Germans in 1945?
Benito Mussolini
500

Why were Jewish people singled out?

1. They thought the Jews were planning world domination and

2. Hitler wanted to remove all of the weak people from the population. 

500

This was used as the justification for the Japanese to attach Pearl Harbor. The US had stopped selling THIS specific item to Japan. 

What is Fuel, Gasoline, crude oil....

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