World Leaders
Turning Points
Name that Country
Causes
100
American President who decided to drop two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Who is Harry Truman
100
The first turning point of World War II, this is where the United States defeated the Japanese Navy in June 1942.
What is the Battle of Midway Island
100
Member of the Allies; led by Joseph Stalin
What is the Soviet Union
100
The Treaty of Versailles placed a high war debt on this country following World War I
What is Germany
200
Fascist dictator of Italy
Who is Benito Mussolini
200
The supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe (and the mastermind of D-Day)
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower
200
Member of the Axis; country responsible for the Holocaust
What is Germany
200
The fall in the purchasing power of money
What is inflation
300
Prime minister of the country that surprise attacked the US at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941
Who is Hideki Tojo
300
Operation Winter Storm took place in December 1942 and was an unsuccessful attempt by Germany to break the Soviets at this turning point in the war in Eastern Europe.
What is the Battle of Stalingrad
300
Member of the Axis; The country that attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
What is Japan
300
A lot of Germans were unable to find work following World War II, otherwise known as this.
What is high unemployment
400
Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II
Who is Winston Churchill
400
Took place in June 1944
What is D-Day
400
Member of the Allies; The country led by the Royal Air Force (RAF) at the Battle of Britain in 1940
What is Great Britain
400
The document that officially ended World War I
What is the Treaty of Vesailles
500
This guy was allies with Hitler before Germany double crossed him and invaded his country.
Who is Joseph Stalin
500
This battle began on August 23, 1942 and lasted five months, one week, and three days.
What is the Battle of Stalingrad
500
Member of the Allies; The North American country that declared war on Germany shortly after they invaded Poland in September 1939
What is Canada
500
The rise of this type of authoritative government
What is fascism
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