Pre-War Events
Western Theater of Conflict
Eastern front
Pacific Theater
This and that
100
This agreement to end WW I greatly upset many Germans who thought it to be too harsh.
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
100
This continent saw The British, and later the Americans, fight against the Germans and Italians in the Sahara Desert.
What is Africa (North)
100
The invasion of this country, that Hitler divided with Stalin, was the spark that began WW II in Europe.
What is Poland?
100
The Japanese bombing of this naval base on December 7, 1941, brought the United States into the war.
What is Pearl Harbor, Hawaii?
100
This American led our forces to victory in N. Africa
Who was George Patton?
200
This is the term that Hitler used to refer to Germany under his rule.
What is the Third Reich?
200
Hitler simply went around this French defensive structure.
Maginot Line
200
This bloody battle, that lasted from August 1942 to February 1943, was a major turning point in the war. It was named after a leader.
What was Stalingrad?
200
The Japanese invasion of this part of China led to Japan leaving the League of Nations.
What is Manchuria?
200
This piece of technology helped the British during the Battle of Britain.
What is radar?
300
P.M. Chamberlain of Great Britain believed that this practice of giving in to an aggressor's demands would maintain peace.
What is apppeasement?
300
This was the main type of weapon used in the Battle of Britain in 1940-1941.
What is the airplane?
300
The siege of this city in North Russia lasred nearly 900 days
Leningrad
300
The United States developed this "rabbit" like technique to isolate Japanese forces.
What was island hopping?
300
Why did Truman decide to use the atomic bomb?
To end the war and save American lives
400
Other than Ethiopia, what other country did Mussolini conquer in the 1930's
What is Albania?
400
This was Hitler's last big offensive in the West during the winter of 1944-45. It caught the Americans by surprise.
What was the Battle of the Bulge?
400
The capture of this German capital bought an end to Hitler's Third Reich.
What is Berlin?
400
The bombing of these two cities was the first and only time nuclear weapons have been used.
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
400
This ship's final resting place is a national memorial.
What is the U.S.S. Arizona?
500
Hitler headed south to claim this nation for Germany, which happened to be his birthplace
What is Austria?
500
Allied troops landed on the beaches of this area of France on D-Day (June 6, 1944)
What is Normandy?
500
This event forced the Soviet Union to join the Allies
What was The German invasion in 1941 (summer/just like Nappoleon) ?
500
He was Hirohito's military leader.
Who was (Hideki) Tojo?
500
This man became President upon the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR).
What was Harry Truman?
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