The invasion of which European country led to the official start of the Second World War? What year?
What is Poland in 1939
100
What event led to US involvement in the war? Bonus points for the correct date
What is The bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941
100
Which 3 countries made up the Axis Powers
What is Germany, Italy, Japan
100
Which countries were part of the Allied Nations? list at least 3 countries
What is United States, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, China, France
200
Who was the British Prime Minister during much of World War II?
Who is Winston Churchill
200
When did Britain and France declare war on Germany?
September 3, 1939
200
Where did the US focus its war efforts?
What is the European and North African theaters
200
What political ideology are the Axis Powers said to follow?
Facism
200
List three of the Minor Allied Nations
Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, and South Africa
300
Who was the French Prime Minister during WWII?
Who is Édouard Daladier
300
What treaty, signed after WWI, forced Germany to pay reparations?
Treaty of Versailles
300
When did the US begin to require all males to register for the draft?
September 16, 1940
300
List two of the Minor Axis Powers
Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Thailand, Yugoslavia
300
When was the Declaration of the United Nations
January 1, 1942
400
Which US president ordered the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan?
Who is Harry S. Truman
400
The start of the Second World War in the pacific is marked by which event? What year?
A. The start of the Second Sino-Japanese War on 7 July 1937
B. The Japanese invasion of Manchuria on 19 September 1931
Both!
400
How many men registered for the draft? How many were called to serve in the military?
50 million men between eighteen and forty-five had registered for the draft and 10 million had been inducted in the military
400
There were four countries that it is still controversial as to whether or not they were part of the Axis Powers. Name one of them.
Denmark, Soviet Union, Vichy France, and Spain
400
What was the Manhattan Project?
It was the development of the atomic bombs dropped on Japan by the US
500
Who were the Leaders of the Axis Powers?
Adolf Hitler (Germany), Benito Mussolini (Italy), Hideki Tojo (Japan)
500
Which country provided aid to the Germans during the invasion of Poland?
Hint: this country would later become part of the Allied Nations
Soviet Union
500
What is the operation known as D-Day?
Operation Overlord
500
What two events mark the turning point in which the Axis Powers began to lose the war?
D-Day and The battle at Stalingrad
500
What were the names of the bombs?
Bonus for the name of the bomb that used plutonium