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World War II began when Germany invaded ______.
Poland
Approximately how many Jews were killed in the Holocaust?
6 million
Which country lost by far the most soldiers and civilians in World War II, but also killed the most German soldiers?
the Soviet Union
The United States entered World War II after the Japanese surprise attack at _________.
Pearl Harbor
The U.S. strategy of attacking some Japanese-held islands in the Pacific Ocean while skipping over others was known as _______.
island-hopping
The German war strategy of using planes, tanks, and infantry to quickly surround and destroy their enemies was called ________.
blitzkrieg
The segregated, walled neighborhoods in cities where the Nazis forced Jews to live were called ________.
ghettos
The Battle of Normandy, the largest amphibious attack in history, is also known as ______.
D-Day
Which country did Japan invade in 1937, two years before the start of World War II in Europe?
China/Manchuria
The Japanese suicide pilots who attacked U.S. ships were called _________.
kamikaze
Before the war began, Germany signed a non-aggression pact with _________.
the Soviet Union
The murder of millions of Jews in extermination camps was Hitler's "______ _________ to the Jewish question."
final solution
The turning point of the war in Europe, and the deadliest battle in world history, was the Battle of ________.
Stalingrad
The turning point of the war in the Pacific, where U.S. planes sank four Japanese aircraft carriers, was the Battle of ______.
Midway
FDR loaned armaments to Britain.
Lend-Lease Act
What technological advantage did the British have that helped them win the Battle of Britain?
radar
The second city that the atomic bomb was dropped.
Nagasaki
The final battle of the war in Europe, which ended after Hitler shot himself in his underground bunker, was the Battle of _______.
Berlin
Night of Broken Glass
Kristallnacht
The top-secret American program to develop nuclear weapons during World War II was the _________.
Manhattan Project
The (failed) French defenses along their border with Germany were called the _________.
Maginot Line
The practice of giving in to aggression to avoid war.
Appeasement
Which country was liberated from the Nazis two months after D-Day and was able to rejoin the Allies for the end of the war against Germany?
France
Japanese Admiral during World War II
Yamamoto
Name the three Presidents during and after World War II
Roosevelt, Truman, and Eisenhower