Causes of WW2
These three countries were called the Axis powers during WW2 and history remembers them as the bad guys.
Who were Germany, Italy, and Japan
The person with a funny mustache who was the fascist dictator of Germany during WW2
Who is Adolf Hitler
The US tried to stay out of World War 2 but this event dragged them into the war.
What is the bombing of Pearl Harbor
This Captiol City of Germany is where the Russian and American/British forces were fighting through Europe to reach
What is Berlin
Had this aspiring painter been accepted into art school in Vienna instead of rejected, history might’ve taken a different brushstroke—less war, more landscapes.
Who is Hitler
These 4 countries were considered the Allied powers during WW2 and history considers them the good guys.
Who were America, Britain, France, and Russia
This leader was in charge of Russia's Totalitarian Communist regime during WW2
Who is Josef Stalin
The U.S took this name for their Pacific strategy of focusing only attacking important islands from the behavior of a frog.
What is leapfrogging.
The attack of Pearl Harbor happened in this sunny U.S territory that didn't become a state until 1959
What is Hawaii
What is Mr. Smith
The Treaty of Versailles ended WW1 by harshly punishing this European Country who had nothing to do with starting the war.
Who was Germany
This little bald man who called himself El Duce was the Fascist leader of Italy during WW2
Who is Benito Mussolini
These two bloody battles on important islands were the last two Islands to attack in the U.S's leapfrogging strategy
What are Iwo Jima and Okinawa
The Allied forces stormed the Normandy Beaches on the northern coast of this European Country on D-Day
What is France
Known for its brutal winters, this country turned subzero temperatures into an unexpected ally, helping to halt one of history’s largest invasions in its tracks—because apparently, frostbite is an excellent defense strategy.
What is Russia
Hitler invaded this eastern European country causing France and Britian to delcare war offically starting WW2
What is Poland
Even though he wasn't the Emperor of Japan this person is considered the leader of the country during WW2
Who is Hideki Tojo
Operation Overlord, the massive amphibous mission to invade Normandy and turn the tide in European Theatre of WW2 is known by this nickname
What is D-Day
To give the German people "Lebensraum" the Nazis invaded Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and this giant communist country in Eastern Europe
What is Russia
During WW2 American car manufactures produced over 650,000 of these General All Purpose Vehicles that you can still buy today, although they kinda suck now!
What is a Jeep
The League of Nations adopted this strategy with Hitler hoping that it would make him happy and he would stop invading European Countries, it didn't work.
What is appeasement
This American president who took over after the death of FDR was the person who gave the go head to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Who was Harry Truman
Before Pearl Harbor the United States goal was to stay out WW2 but FDR was able to provide the Allies with military equipment thanks to this piece of legislation
What is the Lend-Lease Act
To give the Russians and British time to recoup and rebuild their forces the United States decided to focus their first battles of the European Theatre on this continent.
What is Africa
Which of the 4 Evil European Dictators survived World War 2
Who is Stalin