WWII People
What country signed a non-aggression pact with Germany?
Soviet Union
What is the mass murder of European Jews druing WWII called?
Holocaust
What country did Germany invade which began WWII?
Poland
What countries are part of the Allies?
Great Britain, US, Soviet Union
Who was leader of the Soviet Union?
Joseph Stalin
Hitler wanted to create a race that would be a pure race and superior to other people. What was it called?
Aryan
What is appeasement?
Giving in to a demand to keep the peace
The cities that the US dropped atomic bombs on.
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
What organization was created in response to NATO?
Warsaw Pact
Who was the dictator of Italy?
Benito Mussolini
Code name for the American effort to develop the first atomic bomb.
Manhattan Project
What was the name of the allied invasion of France to free Europe?
D-Day/Operation Overload
Who was the American president when the US was attacked?
FDR
What area did Japan invade to upset the League of Nations?
Manchuria
A battle that allowed the US access to Japan's mainland.
Battle of Midway
Name the two main powers that fought during WWII?
Allies and Axis Powers
Who was the dictator of Japan?
Hirohito
Where were Jews taken before the concentration camps
Ghettos
What is the name of the machine which decoded German's secret messages?
Enigma
What battle did the Soviets defeat Germany? (hint: it was the deadliest battle)
Stalingrad
What is the name of the Japanese pilots who refused to give up and crashed their planes against American boats?
Kamikaze