Countries & Continents
The three continents where most of the fighting in World War II took place.
What are Europe, Africa, and Asia?
This general was more powerful than the emperor of Japan.
Who is General Tojo?
Thousands of Allied troops landed on the shores of Normandy, France.
What is D-Day?
Russia switched sides and joined the Allies after this event.
What is when Germany attacked Russia?
Communism is based on the ideas of this man.
Who is Karl Marx?
The ______ powers included France, Great Britain, the United States, and Canada.
What is Allied?
The American general who led the Allied forces in the Pacific.
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
One of the greatest battles of World War II.
What is the Battle of the Bulge?
The Allied commander in Europe.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
At the end of World War II, this was the president of the United States.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
These two countries joined the war after Pearl Harbor was attacked.
What are the United States and Canada?
The American general who led the Allied invasion of Italy.
Who is George S. Patton?
The first battle that was fought between aircraft carriers.
What is the Battle of Coral Sea?
The Battle of Britain began when Hitler ordered planes to bomb this city.
What is London?
Rather than surrender to the Allies, the ______ kamikaze pilots chose to die for the emperor by crashing their planes.
This country left the Axis Powers and joined the Allied Powers.
What is the Soviet Union?
The American colonel who led the famous Tokyo raid of B-25 bombers.
Who is Jimmy Doolittle?
The battle in which U.S. forces sank five Japanese ships.
What is the Battle of Midway?
World War II began in this year.
What is 1939?
The second/final atomic bomb was dropped on this city.
What is Nagasaki?
The United States declared war on _______ on December 8, 1941, as a result of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
What is Japan?
The emperor of Japan.
Who is Hirohito?
The famous photo of United States Marines raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi was taken during this battle.
What is the Battle of Iwo Jima?
This ship was sunk with over 1,000 men on board when Pearl Harbor was bombed.
What is the USS Arizona?
In a communist country, the government controls these things.
What is property? What is there is no freedom of speech, no freedom of the press, and no freedom of religion?