World Leaders
This U.S. president led the country through most of WWII.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
These three countries were the main Allied Powers.
What are the United States, Soviet Union, and Great Britain?
This invasion of this country in 1939 officially started WWII.
What is Poland?
The year WWII began.
What is 1939?
This treaty punished Germany after WWI and helped cause WWII.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This dictator led Germany during WWII.
Who is Adolf Hitler?
These three countries were the main Axis Powers.
What are Germany, Italy, and Japan?
This surprise attack brought the U.S. into WWII.
What is Attack on Pearl Harbor?
Between the remaining two Axis members left in 1945 (Germany and Japan), they were the first to surrender
What is Germany
This worldwide economic crisis helped unstable governments rise.
What is the Great Depression?
This leader ruled the Soviet Union during WWII.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
This side wanted to expand territory and gain power.
Who are the Axis Powers?
This turning point battle in Russia stopped Germany’s advance.
What is the Battle of Stalingrad?
This location was the site of D-Day landings.
What is Normandy?
This policy allowed Hitler to take land without punishment at first.
What is appeasement?
This British prime minister inspired his country during the war.
Who is Emperor Hirohito?
This side worked together to stop aggression and restore peace.
Who are the Allied Powers?
This 1944 invasion opened a second front in Europe when the Allies landed on the beaches of Normandy, France.
What is D-Day?
What is 1941?
The rise of these types of leaders who held total control over their countries in Germany and Italy contributed to the outbreak of war.
What are dictators?
This Japanese emperor was the symbolic leader of Japan.
Who is Emperor Hirohito?
This country switched sides from Axis to Allied during the war.
What is Italy?
This battle was Germany’s last major attack in the West, taking place in the Ardennes forests in Belgium.
What is the Battle of the Bulge?
The nicknames given to the days that Germany and Japan surrendered.
What are VE Day (Victory Europe) and VJ Day (Victory Japan)?
True or False: During World War II, Germany occupied significant parts of Europe, including Poland, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Norway, Yugoslavia, Greece, and vast areas of the Soviet Union.
True