A state of conflict between nations that does not involve direct military action but is pursued primarily through economic and political actions, propaganda, acts of espionage or proxy wars waged by surrogates
100
What date was D-Day?
June 6th, 1944
100
What were the pilots that would fly into American Air Craft Carriers?
Kamikazi
100
Name the Soviet leader during WWII.
Joseph Stalin
200
Hitler's plan for the German people was to (2 items):
1. Create the opportunity for a pure race
2. Eliminate problems (Jews, Blacks, homosexuals, minorities, etc.)
200
What was the "Iron Curtain"?
A metaphorical line dividing democratic and communistic countries.
200
What region did D-Day take place in?
Normandy, France
200
Name the country that the Bataan Death March took place in.
The Philippines
200
Name the general in charge of D-Day
Omar Bradley
300
American's disliked the effects of WWI. This created an attitude of:
Isolationism.
300
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!
Reg: What was the USSR's goal during the Cold War?
Extra: What was the United States goal in the Cold War?
1. Spreading Communism
2. Containment of Communism
300
In Dec. 1944, Hitler made one last push west toward France. This battle is called ___________
The Battle of the Bulge.
300
Name both cities and bombs that were dropped on Japan.
Hiroshima: Little Boy
Nagasaki: Fat Man
300
Name Hitler's book. Where was he when he wrote it?
Mein Kampf / prison
400
The Lend-Lease Act was way to ensure that the U.S. would be the "great arsenal of __________________".
Democracy
400
What was the Marshall Plan?
America's plan to help Europe after WWII, sooner than the USSR could implement communism.
400
The most famous concentration camp was ____________?
Auschwitz
400
What was American strategy for taking the South Pacific?
Island hopping
400
Who was responsible for creating a plan for rebuilding Europe?
George C. Marshall
500
Name three reasons for the U.S. to enter the war:
1. Retaliation for Pearl Harbor
2. Support for Democracy (Lend-Lease Act)
3. Embargo for Japan