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Why did Hitler sign a non-aggression pact with Stalin?
To avoid a 2-front war (like what happened in WWI)
What was the Sudetenland?
German-speaking areas of Czechoslovakia
“Operation Overlord,” the greatest land, sea, and air operation in history.
D-Day Invasion
How did the Americans win the Battle of Midway?
They intercepted Japanese code of a surprise attack & planned their own surprise attack
What 2 Japanese cities were bombed
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What five main countries up the Allied Powers (not including their colonies)?
France, Britain, US, Russia, & China
What was the name of the agreement to give Hitler the Sudetenland?
The Munich Pact
What is the English translation of "blitzkrieg"?
Lightning war
American military strategy, coined by General Douglas MacArthur
Island hopping
The bombs were developed during a secret U.S. project known as?
The Manhattan Project
This international peacekeeping body did not take any action to stop the aggression of the Axis powers in the 1930s
The League of Nations
Name three countries that declared war on Germany shortly after the invasion of Poland. (Hint: one should be a colony)
Britain & France
Plus Australia, New Zealand, India, Tonga, and South Africa, Canada, Morocco, Tunisia
How long did the Battle of France take and who won?
The Germans took France in just six weeks
What was the final island conquered in Pacific Theater prior to the dropping of the bombs?
Okinawa
What were the nicknames for the bombs?
Little Boy and Fat Man
Final German offensive on the Western front
Battle of the Bulge
Hitler claimed that Germany needed "living space" in order to grow, what is the German word for this?
Lebensraum
What was the first defeat (non-win) the Germans experienced in WWII?
The Battle of Britain
First offensive win for the Allies in the Pac theater
Guadalcanal
After the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, many people who were not injured in the blast still died later due to exposure to this?
Radiation
What was the name's of Winston Churchill's speech during the Blitz that kept British morale high?
"Their Finest Hour"
What was the name of the event where Germany annexed Austria?
Anschluss
May 8, 1945 is also known as...
V-E Day (Victory in Europe)
Japanese forced American and Filipino POWs to march 65 miles in extreme heat & humidity with little food or water resulting in thousands of deaths
Bataan Death March
Who were the two main leaders of Japan during WWII?
Emperor Hirohito & Prime Minister Hideki Tojo