What is Dec 7, 1944 or the Bombing of Pearl Harbor
100
To free an area or person
What is liberate?
100
Over six million of these people were killed by Hitler in concentration camps
Who are the Jews?
100
This battle was a major German offense fought mainly in Belgium
What is The Battle of the Bulge?
100
This man became Chancellor of Germany in 1933
Who is Hitler?
200
This is the date when the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan
What is August 6, 1945
200
Discrimination against the Jewish people.
What is Anti-semitism?
200
This group of women were the first women to serve in the US army in a role other than nurses.
What is the WAAC or Women's Army Auxiliary Corps?
200
This battle is considered a turning point in the Pacific war as it stopped the Japanese from continuing across the Pacific
What is the Battle of Midway?
200
When this dictator was overthrown, Italy exited the war.
Who is Mussolini?
300
This is the date when the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan
What is August 9, 1945
300
A Japanse word meaning "divine wind"; refers to suicide attacks in which pilots purposefully crashed their planes, taking their own lives in hope of sinking an enemy vessel.
What is Kamikaze?
300
These were the first African American military pilots to fly and maintain combat aircraft
Who were the Tuskegee air men?
300
This global organization was created after WWII to help achieve world peace
What is the United Nations?
300
Britain, France, The US and the Soviet Union made up this group in WWII
Who are the Allies?
400
The date that Germany invaded Poland, signaling the start of World War II
What is September 1, 1939
400
The planned destruction of an ethnic, political or cultural group.
What is Genocide?
400
These people were mistrusted and forced into internment camps in their own country during WWII
Who are Japanese Americans?
400
This man was President during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
400
These countries made up the Axis powers in WWII
Who are Germany, Japan and Italy?
500
The Japanese surrendered to the US on this day in 1945
What is August 14 or VJ day?
500
A form of government led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and emphasizing aggressive nationalism.
What is Fascism?
500
This group used their own language as a "code" during the war and served as communicators for the US
Who are the Navajo?
500
This group of ordinary, non-military citizens helped prepare Americans for military attack.
What is the Civil Defense?
500
This general was well known for his leadership in the US attacks in the Pacific during WWII. He officially accepted Japan's surrender on Sept 2, 1945.