People
Who was emperor of Japan during WW2?
What was the first country Japan attacked?
China
What American naval base did Japan bomb?
What US state was it in?
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
How many days did it take for France to be conquered by Germany?
42
Date of the Pearl Harbor bombing
December 7th, 1941
Who was the Prime Minister of England who led the other countries in appeasing Hitler?
Neville Chamberlain
What 3 countries made up the Axis Powers?
Germany, Italy, and Japan
How did Hitler attack Britain?
What stopped Hitler from overtaking Russia?
A severe winter
Date for when Hitler invaded Poland and officially started WW2
September 1st, 1939
After Chamberlain resigned, who became the new Prime Minister of England? Was this good or bad for Britain?
It was good.
Where did D-Day occur?
Normandy, France
In Europe, which beach did Germany push the Allies to, that trapped them between the German troops and the English Channel?
Dunkirk
How did the bombing of Pearl Harbor affect the US?
It killed 2,000 ships, destroyed most of the aircraft stationed at the Harbor, and sank several ships.
It also made the US join the Allied side instead of it remaining neutral.
Date for V-E (Victory in Europe) Day
May 8th, 1945
Which American general had to leave the Philippines, but promised to return?
Douglas MacArthur
Why was this truly a world war?
What was Hitler's first big mistake?
Why did he attack this country?
Invading Russia
He wanted to overrun/control it, and it had a lot of natural resources he wanted to use.
What is appeasement?
Giving someone something to make them happy and leave you alone
Date for V-J (Victory Over Japan) Day
Which American General led troops into Northern Africa and then into Italy?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
What was the first country Mussolini conquered?
Ethiopia
What two major naval battles stopped Japanese expansion and began to let the Allies win key victories?
Battle of the Coral Sea
Battle of Midway
What was the name of the conference where Hitler and the British and French leaders met to talk about Czechoslovakia?
What was the outcome of that meeting?
Munich Conference
The British and French leaders (without consulting the Czech leaders) decided to give Hitler the land.
Date for D-Day
June 6th, 1944