This was the president for the majority of WWII as well as the years prior, serving four terms.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
100
The city within the Soviet Union that was a hard bloody battle with extensive fighting for 6 months by both Germans and Russians until the Soviets won.
Stalingrad
100
The Axis powers were? (three of them)
Germany, Italy, Japan
100
The extermination of the Jewish people by the Germans is referred to as:
The Holocaust
100
The German Air force is also referred to as the:
Luftwaffe
200
This president made the final decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan to end WWII.
President Harry Truman
200
It was on the beaches of Normandy that Allied forces landed to regain control of France from the Germans, nicknamed ________________, on June 6, 1944.
D-Day
200
The allied powers were? (four of them)
USA, Britain, France, Soviet Union
200
This style of German military action that led to successive quick attacks and bombings against Britain, often referred to as a "lightning war."
Blitzkrieg
200
Where primarily US forces won a decisive naval victory against Japan at this battle, changing the tide of war in the Pacific.
Battle of Midway
300
This was the Supreme Allied Commander during WWII, who fought against General Rommel in Africa, and led the invasion of Normandy on the Eastern Front.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
300
The German death camp responsible for more than a million deaths of the Jewish people during WWII.
Auschwitz
300
This organization formed after WWII, its precursor the League of Nations, an international corporation designed to promote international cooperation and peace where nations can communicate and interact with each other in a global symposium.
United Nations
300
A non-aggression policy where Britain and France gave in to German demands while also easing restrictions to make them happy.
Appeasement
300
The period of uneasy tensions between The Soviet Union's communism and the United States democracy and liberalism across the world.
COLD WAR
400
This "desert fox" of a leader was beloved by his soldiers and considered one of the greatest German military minds for his wins in North Africa. He eventually committed suicide.
General Erwin Rommel
400
The region of Czechoslovakia where Germany invaded and absorbed into their Third Reich empire is known as:
Sudentenland
400
Describe the causes and effects of President Harry Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan.
Cause - Truman had to rationalize the cost of American lives if they kept pushing through island-hopping to invade Japan.
Effect - the impact of a new weapon led to a power shift in world power and a new generational arms race.
400
The meeting where Stalin , Churchill, and Roosevelt all met up to discuss the post-war affairs after Germany would soon be defeated.
Yalta Conference
400
The name of BOTH bombs AND BOTH planes that dropped the Atomic Bombs on two Japanese cities at the end of WWII.
Hiroshima - Enola Gay - Little Boy
Nagasaki - Bockscar - Fat Man
500
This Five-Star General and Commander of the Far East led the Pacific Front against Japan. He officially accepted Japanese surrender during WWII and many years later was removed from office by President Truman after the North Korean incident.
General Douglas MacArthur
500
This battle in the Pacific where the US Marines attacked a Japanese held island and although there were lots of lives lost on both sides, they won the battle in the end. Often associated with the image of Marines raising an American flag.
Iwo Jima
500
This is considered the primary cause of WWII, and led to the reunification of Germany and gave Hitler a platform to rise.
Reparations on Germany
500
This US policy of containment based off a specific president's decision that America would battle to contain communism wherever it was in the world.
Truman Doctrine
500
These criminal trials were conducted within Germany that led many high officials within the Third Reich labeled as war criminals and tried for genocide. Later helped establish the International Criminal Court.