Early War
After Poland fell, Hitler and another leader secretly agreed to divide Poland between them. Name the leader or country.
What is The Soviet Union (USSR) or Joseph Stalin
The air battle where the German Luftwaffe tried to gain control of the skies over Britain in 1940.
What is the Battle of Britain
In June 1941 Hitler launched this massive invasion of Russia, opening the Eastern Front.
What is Operation Barbarossa
The Ally forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, and liberated the city of Caen.
What is Operation Overlord, or D-Day?
The term for the long struggle for control of shipping lanes between German U-boats and Allied navies.
What is The Battle of the Atlantic?
This aggressive German tactic, called "lightning war," used fast-moving tanks and planes to break enemy lines.
What is Blitzkrieg
The British technology that helped the RAF detect incoming German planes and was crucial in defending Britain.
What is Radar?
The German attack aimed at this major Soviet city, an industrial center, beginning November 1942.
What is Stalingrad
The surprise Japanese attack on this US naval base on December 7, 1941, led the United States to enter WWII.
What is Pearl Harbor?
Admiral Carl Dönitz led German U-boats during a period called this, when they sank massive amounts of British shipping
What is the First Happy Time
The country Germany invaded in September 1939 that officially started WWII in Europe.
What is Poland
Winston Churchill said, "we shall never surrender" in famous speeches during this battle; name the country he led.
Name one reason invading Russia was especially difficult for German forces.
What is Harsh Winter, cold weather, supply lines cut off
After Pearl Harbor, Germany and Italy declared war on the United States on the same day the US declared war on Japan. Name the pact linking Germany, Italy, and Japan.
Give one reason listed for why U-boats were so successful early in the Battle of the Atlantic.
What is Inadequate convoy systems / ineffective sonar / night attacks
This French defensive fortification along the German border failed to stop Germany because they attacked through Belgium.
The Battle of Britain ended, forcing Hitler to postpone invasion plans. He then turned his focus to invade what country?
What is the Soviet Union, USSR, or Russia
True or False: Operation Barbarossa went very well for Hitler and the Nazis in the beginning.
What is True?
This Supreme Allied Commander in Europe was responsible for planning the D-Day invasion.
What is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
What Allied convoy systems were intended to do during the Battle of the Atlantic.
Convoy systems grouped merchant ships with naval escorts to protect them from U-boat attacks.
The evacuation at this French port rescued over 300,000 Allied soldiers and civilians when German forces trapped them.
The Germans changed tactics and started bombing British Cities and this battle was given what name?
The German Sixth Army surrendered at this battle, a turning point on the Eastern Front.
What is the Battle of Stalingrad?
President of the United States at the beginning of WWII.
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt
This U.S. program later allowed aid to Allied nations before America entered the war fully (it followed cash-and-carry).
What is the Lend-Lease Program?