Important Figures
The U.S. leader going into WWII
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Event credited with starting WWII
Germany invades Poland
Where WWII largely took place
Europe
The longest continuous battle of WWII
The Battle of the Atlantic
The start of WWII
1939
Germany's leader going into WWII
Adolf Hitler
Event that caused the U.S. to enter WWII
Attack on Pearl Harbor
First country invaded in WWII
Poland
WWII battle with the largest casualties
Battle of Stalingrad
U.S. entry into WWII
1941
Britain's leader going into WWII
Winston Churchill
Event that caused the U.S.S.R. to enter WWII
Germany's invasion of the U.S.S.R.
Countries included in the Allied Powers
Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, the United States, and China
The most important naval battle of WWII
The Battle of Midway
The end of WWII
1945
The U.S.S.R. leader going into WWII
Joseph Stalin
Event that caused Japans surrender in WWII
The dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States
Countries included in the Axis Powers
Germany, Japan, and Italy
Allied invasion of Western Europe
The Battle of Normandy
U.S.S.R. entry into WWII
1939
Japans leader going into WWII
Emperor Hirohito
Event that officially ended WWII
The unconditional surrender of Japan
Continents involved in WWII
Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America
The last real German offensive of WWII
Battle of the Bulge
Japans surrender in WWII
1945