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100

In 1939 Germany invaded this neighbor nation to the east

What is Poland

100

By 1941 all of this northern continent had been ceased by Italy with German help.

What is Africa

100

Air defense system created by England designed to locate enemy planes

what is radar

100

This epic victory by Russia over Germany in 1943 occurred at this large city

What is Stalingrad

100

American tanks called this were much smaller, lighter and faster then any other tank during the WWII.

What are Shermans

200

Italy in southern Europe invaded this smaller European nation to the east.

What is Albania

200

This island consisting of four total was the home of an American naval base in the Pacific

What is Hawaii

200

"....Dec. 7th, 1941....the day that lives in infamy" refers to this disaster

What is Pearl Harbor

200

Throughout the war this British capital was constantly attacked by German planes.

what is London

200

These German tanks were much larger, shot larger cannons and had thicker walls making them nearly impossible to destroy

What are panzers

300

This academic vocabulary word meaning cease a foreign land for it's natural resources is the real reason WWII began

What is imperialism

300

England, an island, is separated from the main land Europe by just this many miles.

What is 13.

300

Of the enemies of the United States, this nation was considered the weakest and defeated first.

What is Italy

300

This American company made over 8 thousand planes for the war during WWII

What is Ford

300

This pride in one's nation is a huge reason why America and its allies won the war.

What is nationalism

400

By 1939 Germany's hopes to relocate European Jews to this African island was scratched and a "final decision" made.

What is Madegascar


400

Italy is a peninsula in southern Europe.....shaped like a football it kicks this small island shaped like a football.

What is Sicily

400

This massive nation allied with England and France during the war has very similar qualities as the United States including a huge population.

What is Russia

400

This German capital was captured and destroyed by early May 1945

What is Berlin

400

While some volunteered, over 7 million American men were _______ into WWII.

What is drafted

500
This natural resource was the reason Japan invaded and ceased Manchuria in 1939.

What is iron ore

500

This dense forest and mountain area created a boarder between France, Germany and Belgium was believed to be impossible to navigate.

What is the Arden Forest

500

German Uboats during WWII patrolled the Grand Banks, the coast of Greenland and the English Channel all found in the this ocean

What is the Atlantic

500

Early June, 1944 these beaches of coastal France was invaded by thousands of American troops 

what is Normanday

500

Du Furer was the phrase used identifying this person of WWII

Who is Adolf Hitler