European Theater
Pacific Theater
People
Diplomacy
The Homefront
100
the opening of a second front by the Allies
What is Operation Overlord or D-Day
100
Event that drew the United States into World War II
What is Pearl Harbor
100
founded the Fascist Party in Italy
Who is Benito Mussolini
100
Giving into to another's demands in order to avoid conflict
What is appeasement
100
the poster child for women in the workforce
Who is Rosie the Riveter
200
Hitler's attempt to take over Great Britain by land invasion
What is Operation Sea Lion
200
Method of Japanese fighting
What is kamikaze
200
wrote Mein Kampf, a plan to bring Germany back to prominence
Who is Adolf Hitler
200
Hitler and Stalin's treaty to divide Poland
What is Nonaggression Pact or Molotov-Ribbentropp Pact
200
America's position prior to the events of December 7, 1941
What is isolationism
300
German defeat after seige that would prevent Hitler from ever attempting to take all of Europe
What is Stalingrad
300
Battle that stopped the Japanese from threatening the continent of Australia
What is the Battle of the Coral Sea
300
Totalitarian ruler of the Soviet Union
Who is Joseph Stalin
300
Agreement between Hitler and Great Britain not to take anymore land
What is the Munich Pact
300
Responsible for overseeing the conversion of peacetime industry to wartime industry
What is War Production Board
400
Hitler's last stand against the Allies
What is the Battle of Bulge
400
Admiral Nimitz sends all naval forces to this island after breaking Japanese code
What is Midway
400
Responsible for overseeing the invasion of Normandy
Who is General Dwight D. Eisenhower
400
Power given to FDR to sell or lease any war goods to the Allies
What is the Lend Lease Act
400
Controlled wages and placed in charge of rationing in the United States
What is the Office of Price Administration
500
Omaha, Juno, Gold, Sword, and Utah
What are the beaches of Normandy
500
Cities on which the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki
500
Responsible for overseeing the development of the atomic bomb
Who is J. Robert Oppenheimer
500
Meeting between Allied powers in Germany after their surrender in which U.S. possession of the atomic bomb was made known
What is Potsdam Conference
500
Controlled war correspondence and manipulated the media to increase war support
What is the Office of War Information
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