This decorated WWII general was eventually elected the 34th President of the United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
100
Zahnfleish- "tooth flesh"
Gums
100
He grew up in Brookline, attended Harvard University, liked to sail, and his father was a wartime ambassador to the United Kingdom.
John F. Kennedy
100
This town was originally a pirates cove and was discovered by the Vikings before the Pilgrims.
Provincetown
100
this is the name of Helveia today
What is Switzerland?
200
This spice was not widespread in the United States until after WWII, largely due to the American soldiers' exposure to it after the Invasion of Italy in 1943.
Oregano
200
Heimweh - "home pain"
Homesickness.
200
He was the first communist leader in China. He took power in 1949.
Chairman Mao Zedong.
200
This town's original name was Billingsgate, after the major London fish market
Wellfleet
200
this island was home to the Cyclopes.
What is Sicily?
300
Nearly 25,000 people were killed when Allied forces firebombed this city in 1945. Kurt Vonnegut wrote a bestselling novel about his experiences there.
Dresden.
300
Glühbirne - glowing pears
Lightbulbs
300
She was the United Kingdom's first female prime minister and died last year at the age of 87.
Margaret Thatcher.
300
This town has one of the largest elderly populations in the state, and the highest on Cape Cod.
Orleans
300
Alexandria was the capital of this ancient land.
What is Egypt?
400
Their invasion of this country was known by the Nazis as "Operation Barbarossa."
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
400
Schildkröte - Shield toad
Turtle
400
aka the Sun King, he ruled France for 72 years.
Louis XIV
400
This Pilgrims stole a bushel of corn in this town. Its original name was Dangerfield.
Truro
400
The Romans used this term for the Mediterranean.
What is Mare Nostrum?
500
The establishment of this Middle Eastern nation in 1948 was a direct result of the sufferings of its people during WWII.
Israel
500
Geisterfahrer - "Ghost driver"
One who is driving on the wrong side of the road.
500
He spent the years of 1962-1990 in prison before coming to power.
Nelson Mandela
500
This town is also its own county.
Nantucket.
500
This little kindgom was bequeathed to the Romans by King Attalaus in 133 BCE