Axis Powers
Allied Powers
ETO
PTO
Wild Card
100

What were the Axis powers?

Germany, Italy & Japan

100

What were the Allied Powers?

USA, Britain, Russia, Free French

100

What does ETO stand for?

European Theater Operation

100
What does PTO stand for?
Pacific Theater Operation
100

What was the date of Pearl Harbor?

December 7, 1941

200

What event caused WWII to begin?

Adolf Hitler's invasion of Poland
200

Who took over for FDR after he passed?

Harry Truman

200

What was the purpose of the Italian Campaign? What was the invasion of Sicily called?

Take Italy out of the war and isolate Germany. 

Operation Husky

200

What was the purpose of Doolittle's Raid?

To strike back at Japan for attack Pearl Harbor.

200

Who was in charge of the Manhattan Project?

Robert Oppenheimer 

300

Who were the leaders of the Axis powers at this time?

Adolf Hitler

Hideki Tojo

Benito Mussolini 

300

Who were the three leaders of the Allied Powers at the time?

FDR

Winston Churchill

Joseph Stalin

Charles De Gaulle

300

What was the significance of D-Day in the war?

They wanted to open up another front to begin to liberate France. 

300

What battle helped the USA stop Japan from being able to bomb Pearl Harbor again?

Battle of Midway

300

What was E.O 9066?

FDR sent all Japanese Americans and Japanese descendants to live in camps. 

400

What was the Holocaust? What was the name of the camp that was in Poland?

The extermination of millions of Jews

Auschwitz 

400

What was the name of the general who led the Free French Fighters?

Charles De Gaulle

400

What were some of the obstacles that they needed to overcome in the battle of Normandy? (Give me 3 examples)

Sea, Drowning, Weight, Belgian gates, Teller mines, Ramps, Hedgehogs, Barbed Wire, Machine Guns, and Snippers. 

400

What was the strategy used by the American military to gain control of islands in the Pacific? Why did they choose to do this?

Leap Frogging or Island Hopping.

They wanted to have fewer casualties in war. 

400

What were the four main roles of Propaganda during World War II?

1. To encourage women to work

2. To save waste and recycle

3. To keep the nation safe

4. Recruitment

500

Which of the Axis powers surrendered first in World War II? 

Italy

500

What was the name of the fictional character that was used to teach the American military the responsibilities of war? What did it stand for?

Private SNAFU

Situation Normal All Fouled Up

500

Where did these Battles or Operations take place?

Battle of Stalingrad

Operation Torch

Operation Overload

Operation Husky

Russia

Africa

France

Italy

500

What caused the end of the war? What were the names given to the items that ended the war?

The atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima & Nagasaki. Little boy & Fat man.

500

What was the role of the Homefront during World War II?

Getting females to work, Victory Gardens, Bond Drives, & Propaganda