Major Battles
This Pacific Theater battle in 1942 was the turning point in the war against Japan.
Midway
Name any three Allied powers.
Great Britain, France, Russia, the US, China (and Italy)
This was the name of the German dictator during World War II.
Adolf Hitler
This group of people was forced to move to concentration camps within the United States.
Japanese Americans
The Germans were so angry and humiliated after the First World War because of conditions imposed by this.
The Treaty of Versailles
This battle began the invasion of France and was the beginning of the end for Germany.
Normandy
What nations made up the Axis powers?
Germany, Italy, Japan
This man was president of the United States during World War II.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
This was America's greatest challenge at the beginning of World War II.
Industrial buildup
The Germans blamed their loss in World War I and many of their economic problems on this group of people.
Jews
This was the last major German offensive of World War II.
The Battle of the Bulge
What was the difference between the Axis and Allies in terms of government?
The Allies were mostly democratic and the Axis were mostly dictatorships.
Who was Britain's prime minister during World War II?
Winston Churchill
This system devised by FDR guaranteed any American factory a profit if it made products for the war effort.
The Cost-Plus System
This was the policy of the Allied nations that allowed Hitler to gain so much strength and territory prior to the outbreak of hostilities.
Appeasement
This was the strategy used by the United States in its advance toward mainland Japan.
Island Hopping
Racism
This was the cruel dictator of the Soviet Union who changed it into a industrial and military powerhouse during World War II.
US soldiers were known by this nickname during the Second World War
GIs
This was used expertly by the Germans to manipulate the mind of the public.
Propaganda
This was the last major battle of the war where the Americans captured the island from which they would launch their invasion of Japan.
Okinawa
During the First World War, the European Axis nations were known by this name, based on their geography.
The Central Powers
This was the fascist Italian dictator who was overthrown and put in jail but rescued by the Germans in 1945.
Benito Mussolini
Most of the money to pay for World War II was raised by the sale of these, which is basically a loan to the government.
War Bonds
Hitler made a pact with the Soviet Union that permitted him to invade this Eastern European nation, essentially beginning World War II.
Poland