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Road to War
War in Europe
War in the Pacific
Victory
Causes
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The name for the alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan.
The Axis Powers
100
Who was the prime minister of Great Britain during WWII?
Winston Churchill
100
The strategy used for capturing strategic Pacific locations.
Island Hopping
100
The United States dropped atomic bombs on which two Japanese cities in August 1945?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
100
The Underlying Cause of WWII
The Treaty of Versallies
200
The name for the alliance between England, France, United States
The Allies
200
What was the name of Hitler’s plan to invade the Soviet Union?
Operation Barbarossa
200
Why did Japan attack the American naval base at Pearl Harbor?
U.S. had cut off oil shipments to Japan
200
What happened to Hitler at the end of WWII in Europe?
He committed suicide
200
What is the Term for living space of the German Empire?
Lebensraum
300
What is the name of the German military strategy that involved fast-moving planes and tanks followed by massive infantry forces?
Blitzkrieg
300
What are the names of the two air forces that fought in the Battle of Britain?
Royal Airforce (RAF) and Luftwaffe
300
What best describes the motive for Japan’s expansion in Asia and the Pacific?
To obtain natural resources / raw materials
300
What is the name of Hitler’s last major counterattack against the Allies?
Battle of the Bulge
300
The book Hitler wrote in Prison.
Mein Kamph
400
The League of Nations failed in two parts of the world. Name them:
Ethiopia (Abyssinia) and Manchuria (China)
400
What is the name of the coastal city in France where the German forces trapped the Allies?
Dunkirk
400
Who was the wartime leader of Japan?
Hideki Tojo
400
The military name for the day of the Allied invasion of Normandy.
D-Day
400
A place of worship for the Jewish People.
Synagogue
500
France, Britain, and the United States pursued which policy towards Germany immediately before World War II?
Appeasement
500
The turning point battle on the Eastern Front, ending in Soviet Victory.
Stalingrad
500
The name of the American effort to build an atomic bomb.
Manhattan Project
500
Who became president of the United States after Roosevelt died near the end of WWII?
Harry Truman
500
Take land from China to colonize in order to rebuild their economy.
Japan's plan to regain economic success.