World War 2 (A)
The three countries originally in the Axis Powers
Germany, Italy, and Japan
Who were the Allied forces? (List 3)
UK, France, USA and Soviet Union
Who was the leader of Italy during World War 2?
Benito Mussolini
Who was the leader of Germany during WWW2?
Adolf Hitler
The red army
What were the two places that the U.S.A dropped bombs on in Japan?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What nation did Germany invade to cause ww2?
Poland
What is the Selective Service Act or the draft?
Men of fighting age are forced to enlist into the armed forces
Conflict was treated as a warm-up for the Axis powers.
Spanish Civil War
What was the Internment of Japanese Americans?
Forced to go to camps during WW2 for fear of being spies or sympathetic to Japan
What country was Joseph Stalin the leader of?
USSR or Russia
How long did World War II last? (19xx-19xx)
1939-1945
Jews
Who was the president of the United States at the end of World War II?
Harry Truman
Major turning point of the war in the Pacific. The Japanese lost 4 of their aircraft carriers
Battle of Midway
What was the United States' strategy to defeat Japan?
Island Hoping
What is propoganda?
False or manipulated information that is spread en masse in order to persuade the public towards particular beliefs or opinions
What was appeasement?
Britain did this to Germany before WW2
Giving in to unjust demands to avoid war
The name of a leader who has complete control over all aspects of government and even citizens lives
Dictator
Who was the fascist leader of Italy during WW@
Benito Mussolini
Important Dates: 7th of December, 1941
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
What was the Manhattan Project?
Secret development of the Atomic Bomb
What was Hitler’s famous quick and nimble strategy for attacking called?
(100 Bonus points if you can define it in English)
Blitzkrieg
(Lightning-War)
The country where D-day took place
France
Hitler sought to give his German people living space. What was the german term for "living space"
Lebensraum