WWII People
WWII Places
WWII Vocabulary
WWII Events
WWII
100
Who was the dictator of Italy?
Benito Mussolini
100
What country signed a non-aggression pact with Germany?
Soviet Union
100
policy of giving into an aggressor's demands in order to keep the peace
appeasement
100
The German invasion of this country marked the official beginning of WWII
Poland
100
V-E stands for what in regards to WWII
Victory in Europe Day
200
List the 3 major Allied Powers
Great Britain, The US, USSR
200
Hitler had Jewish and other "undesirables" placed in these camps.
concentration camps
death camps
200
Germany attacked in all directions...Fast victory - lightning war
blitzkrieg
200
The defense of this Russian city marked a major turning point on the Eastern Front of World War II.
What is the Battle of Stalingrad
200
List the 3 main Axis powers
Germany, Italy, Japan
300
Who was the Prime Minister that led Great Britain through the worst years of WWII?
Winston Churchill
300
What was the name of Hitler's form of government which denied individual freedoms took complete power of the Germany?
fascism
300
What was Hitler's "final solution?"
It was his plan for the Nazis to murder every Jew they could find
300
Iwo Jima
300
Name one reason why Truman decided to drop the Atomic Bomb
1. Japan refused to surrender
2. A land war would have been costly for US lives
400
Who was the US President who made the decision to use the atomic bomb?
Truman
400
Where was the American fleet anchored on December 7, 1941, when the Japanese attacked?
Pearl Harbor
400
act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1941 that allowed the president (FDR) to sell or lend war supplies to any country whose defense was considered vital to the United States
Lend-Lease Act
400
Pacific military strategy of conquering one location to serve as a base then moving to the next
island-hopping
400
Who was the US military Commander in the Pacific?
MacArthur
500
US Commander who carried out Operation Overlord
Eisenhower
500
The name of beach in France where troops landed on D-Day
Normandy
500
This Conference took place before Germany’s surrender, so the Allies discussed final strategy for the war. Stalin agreed to give countries free elections.
the Yalta Conference
500
The cities that the US dropped atomic bombs on.
1- Hiroshima
2-Nagasaki
500
a series of acts passed by the U.S. Congress from 1935 to 1939 that aimed to keep the U.S. from becoming involved in WWII
Neutrality Acts