Major Battles & Bombings
Allies vs. Axis
Leaders
Holocaust
Causes
100
What was the first battle for the USA of World War II?
Pearl Harbor December 7,1941
100
Name three of the major Allied powers.
Great Britain, France, Russia, the US, or China
100
Who was the German dictator?
Adolf Hitler
100
"The prisoners who were still alive were so starved they looked like living ____________" (from the textbook)
Skeletons
100
What was the German excuse for the start of WWII, in their opinion?
The harshness of the Treaty of Versailles
200
If President Truman had invaded Japan, he feared how many men would have lost their lives?
1 million
200
Name the three Axis powers?
Germany, Italy, and Japan.
200
Who was Britain's prime minister?
Winston Churchill
200
What does the word Holocaust mean?
"The destruction of something by fire."
200
A major cause of WWII was this political philosophy in which total power is given to a dictator and individual freedoms are denied.
Fascism
300
What two cities were destroyed by the USA with the atomic bomb on August 6 and August 9th of 1945
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
300
Which Axis power lost the most men?
Germany
300
What American president led the Allied forces in WWII?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
300
How many Jews were murdered during the Holocaust?
6 million.
300
What caused political instability and economic devastation in Europe, which was a major cause of WWII?
WWI
400
How long was the Bombing of Britain/ The Battle of Britain/ The Bombing of the Blitiz?
July 10-October 31, 1940 (more than 3 months)
400
Which Allied power lost the most men?
USSR (Soviet Union)
400
Who was the cruel dictator of the Soviet Union, who changed it into a industrial and military powerhouse?
Joseph Stalin
400
What is the term "Final Solution"?
Germany's plan to exterminate all Jews in Europe
400
What was the propaganda in Germany used for?
To get public support for the hatred of Jews.
500
What battle in WWII is known as D-Day?
The Battle of Normandy
500
What was the major difference of the Allies and Axis in the form of government?
The Allies were mostly Democratic and the Axis were Fascist.
500
What Italian leader was overthrown and put in jail but rescued by the Germans in 1945?
Benito Mussolini
500
Why were Jewish people singled out?
They thought the Jews were planning world domination.
500
Which countries invasion led to France and Great Britain declaring war on Germany?
Poland
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