Questions
What tiny island between North America and Asia was the location of a battle that was the turning point of the war in the Pacific?
Midway
Which president asked the US Congress to declare war on Japan?
Roosevelt
to limit on the amount of an item each person could buy
ration
Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek both claimed to be leaders of where?
China
Which country did Great Britain and France warn Hitler that he must not attack?
general and prime minister of Japan who ran the country
Tojo Hideki
group of people Hitler murdered during the Holocaust
Jews
Fascist prime minister of Italy
Benito Mussolini
Where did the Japanese naval and air forces attack the United States in 1941?
Pearl Habour
man who led the non-Communist Chinese fighters to defend their country
Chiang Kia-Chek
What was the German air force called?
Luftwaffe
Civilians with aircraft who often flew along the Atlantic Coast to guard the borders of America
Civil Air Patrol
What was the air attack on Japan called?
The Dolittle Raid
Who was made the supreme Allied commander in Europe?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
person who does damage to hurt war production
saboteur
Which countries entered a three-way alliance against the Allies?
Germany, Italy, and Japan
What was the name of the the fast-moving attack against Poland?
blitzkrieg
Who were the three European dictators?
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Joseph Stalin
day that began the Allied liberation of France
D-day
Which countries were called the Allies?
Great Britain, the United States, and other nations fighting the Axis Powers