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100
British Prime Minister declared his nation would never give up
Who is Winston Churchill
100
This Battle turned the tide of war in the Pacific against the Japanese.
What is Battle of Midway
100
means "lightning war"
What is Blitzkrieg
100
German invasion of this country unleashed WWII in Europe
What is Poland
100
The number of Europeans that died in WWII
What is close to 40 million
200
Fled to London during WWII; organized the Free French military forces
Who is Charles De Gaulle
200
This Battle took place on December 16, 1944, when the Germans pushed through the Allied lines in the Ardennes.
What is the Battle of the Bulge
200
Japanese suicide pilot
What is a kamikaze
200
This country fell to the Germans in 1940 and was ruled by the Nazis
What is France
200
From 1941 to 1946, the U.S. imprisoned some 31,275 people it considered "enemy aliens". Name these prisoners.
What are the Japanese immigrants
300
Argued that the American fleet in Hawaii was "a dagger pointed at our throat"
Who is Isoroku Yamamoto
300
This battle took place on December 7, 1941 when Americans were attacked by the Japanese.
What is Pearl Harbor
300
"Night of the Broken Glass"
What is Kristallnacht
300
This country occupied Japan at the end of the war.
What is the United States
300
General who took control of British forces in North Africa in 1942
Who is Bernard Montgomery
400
General that took control of British forces in North Africa in 1942.
Who is Dwight Eisenhower
400
This battle is known as the greatest land and sea attack in history.
What is D-Day
400
Segregated Jewish area
What are the Ghettos
400
More than one million people died in this city in the winter of 1941, yet the city refused to fall
What is Leningrad
400
Name 2 reasons why misery continued in Europe for years after the war
What is agriculture disrupted, transportation destroyed, famine and disease
500
President at the end of WWII
Who is Harry Truman
500
This Battle had two secret weapons, radar and code breaking machine devices
What is the Battle of Britain
500
Term Hitler used for his genocide against the Jews
What is The Final Solution
500
These two cities were destroyed by nuclear bombs
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki
500
considered one of the most heroic acts of the war when Germans trapped the Allied forces near northern French city of Lille on May 26, 1940.
What is Dunkirk Evacuation
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