What is the name of the countries that opposed the Axis countries, consisting of Britain, Soviet Union, and the U.S.?
What is the allied powers
100
What plan was led by General Eisenhower invading North Africa when Erwin Rommel, "Desert Fox" was defeated?
What is Operation Torch?
100
What occurred on December 7, 1941?
What is Pearl Harbor?
100
What is the name of the ship that was torpedoed and sunk in 12 minutes?
What is the USS Indianapolis?
200
The U.S. used this strategy to make it easier to target Japan
What is island hopping
200
Who became president after FDR died and approved the use of atomic bombs?
What is Harry Truman
200
What occurred on June 6, 1944, when the Allies invaded Western Europe?
What is D-Day?
200
What is the city where the first atomic bomb was tested?
What is Alamogordo, NM
200
What is the name of the research project to construct a bomb?
What is the Manhattan Project?
300
What was the purpose of the Nuremburg Trials?
What is to hold Germans accountable for their actions for the first time in war history.
300
Who was the five star general that advised Operation Torch?
What is General Dwight Eisenhower
300
When is victory in Europe day?
What is May 8, 1945?
300
What was the name of the bomb dropped on Nagasaki?
What is the Fat Man
300
What city was the Little Boy dropped on?
What is Hiroshima?
400
Who met during the Potsdam Conference and why?
What is Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and Harry Truman. They negotiated terms for the end of the war.
400
Who was the general of the Japanese Imperial Army and the Japanese Prime Minister?
Who is Hideki Tojo?
400
What was the name of the battle when the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union, the first German surrender?
What is the Battle of Stalingrad?
400
What are higgensboats?
What are boats used for amphibious attacks that opened easily and were easy for soldiers to get in and out of?
400
What was the first target for Japanese bombers?
What are the airfields?
500
What is the significance of the Battle of Midway?
What is it was a turning point in the war, and a huge victory for the US. Midway Islands was a very strategic location, it avenged Pearl Harbor.
500
Who was a five star American general who commanded the Southwest Pacific & famously returned to liberate the Philippines after it had fallen to the Japanese during World War II?
Who is General MacArthur?
500
What is known as the Italian campaign, when Hitler is the only enemy left in Europe?
What is the Bloody Anzio?
500
What are the dates of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
What is August 6 & 9, 1945.
500
What was the second wave tactic used during Pearl Harbor?
What is the Japanese send 2 separate forces, having the second planes hit all missed targets