WWII inventions and weapons
What is a Tank?
This group was the followers of Germany's leader and committed atrocities to several different groups during WWII. Members of this group would often wear Swastikas.
These were long tunnels dug in the ground and were hundreds of miles. Men would sit in these tunnels and shoot their enemies by sitting and laying on the tops of these tunnels.
What are trenches?
This was the leader of Germany during World War 2
Who is Adolf Hitler?
The capital of Germany and the place that held one of the last battles of WWII
Where is Berlin?
This invention allows passengers to pass undetected through water. This invention also has the ability to send a ammunition through great depths.
What is a Submarine?
This is the reason that Germany invaded Poland. Germany wanted crops and land for their people.
Name the German word used to describe this.
what is Lebensraum?
The murder of this royal led to the start of WW1.
Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This was the leader of the Soviet Union (Russia) during WWII. Hint (one of the battles we discussed took place in a city named after him).
Who is Josef Stalin?
The place where 1 million Soviets died and yet still beat Germany.
Where is Stalingrad?
This weapon was used to get Japan to surrender during the Pacific campaign of WWII. This invention was dropped from the sky and caused thousands of deaths.
What is the Atomic Bomb(s)?
This was the main strategy used by the Germans during WWII.
What is the Blitzkrieg?
these two countries had the most casualties and were the ones with the most damage.
Who are Germany and France?
This was the American general who led the D-Day invasion. Hint: he becomes a president later.
Germany Invades Poland on this date.
When is September 1st, 1939?
This invention helped the British during a particular battle on their Homefront. This invention allowed them to find German planes and shoot them down during nightly bomb raids.
What is RADAR?
This means Living Space in German
What is Lebensraum?
This infectious disease would be one of the biggest killers of WWI
What is the Spanish flu?
This man was one of the Big Three. He was the President of the United States and was the one who presented a speech to congress claiming that the day Japan attacked the U.S. would live as a day in infamy.
Who is President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
This event had 850 British ships save soldiers from German invasion when they came over the Maginot Line into France.
Hint: it's a "Miracle"
What is the Miracle at Dunkirk?
This invention allowed the British to decipher codes sent by the Germans. This code-breaking invention allowed the British to pin-point when and where the Germans were going to strike.
What is the Enigma Machine?
This means lightning war in German
What is Blitzkrieg?
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This was the Prime minister of Britain. He shares a nickname with a type of animal.
Who is Prime Minister Winston Churchill?
Germany surrenders to the allied powers on this date.
When is May 7th, 1945?