Generals
This future US president was made supreme allied commander in Europe.
Who is Eisenhower?
This marked the start of the liberation of Europe.
What is the Invasion of Normandy?
This fast paced tactic comes from the German word for lightning.
What is Blitzkrieg?
These armored vehicles were dominant during terrestrial battles.
What are tanks?
This war followed as a result of the fallout between two allied nations.
What is the Cold War?
This aggressive general's ferocious military thrusts earned him admiration and respect from all participants in the war.
Who is Patton?
This naval battle was a devastating blow to the Empire of Japan.
What is Midway?
This tactic involved flying planes into ships.
What is Kamikaze?
These ships featured large flat decks.
What are aircraft carriers?
This international organization replaced the League of Nations to try and keep the peace.
What is the United Nations?
Though typically linked to the assassination of Hitler, he probably did not take part in the July 20 plot as he did not want future generations to think that the Axis lost the war due to backstabbing. Nevertheless, he had to commit suicide, lest he face a mock-trial which would have surely ended in the death of him, his family and his aides.
Who is Rommel?
This battle came as the Nazis fell.
What is the Battle of Berlin?
This type of warfare was used for the first and only time at the end of WWII
What is nuclear warfare?
This rifle was standard issue for the American infantry.
What is the M1 Garand?
What is India?
He was the highest ranking official in the Japanese Army.
Who is Hideki Tojo?
Thousands of Germans were captured under siege in this battle for a Soviet city.
What is Stalingrad?
These agreements between nations were a defining characteristic of the war.
What are alliances?
What is the V2 rocket?
This was the agreement between the allied nations on the occupation of Europe.
What is the Postdam Agreement?
This man defied Vichy France by vowing to continue fighting after the French surrender. He headed with de Tassigny the Free French Forces, who assisted the Allies in the liberation of France in 1944.
Who is Charles de Gaulle?
This battle is considered by many to be the largest in naval history.
What is Leyte Gulf?
This method of bombing used in WWII is named after a kind of floor covering.
What is carpet bombing?
The name of the first of the two nuclear weapons used on Japan.
What is Little Boy?
This speech given by Emperor Hirohito of Japan at the request of the allies, in which he stated that the emperor was not a living god.
What is the Humanity Declaration?