Beginning of war
What was the Sudetenland?
German-speaking areas of Czechoslovakia
What 4 main countries made up the Allied Powers?
France, Britain, US, USSR
What is another name for “Operation Overlord,” the greatest land, sea, and air operation in history?
D-Day OR Normandy Campaign
What 2 Japanese cities were bombed
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What is the name of Japanese suicide bombing tactic where pilots would crash their specially made planes directly into Allied ships?
kamikaze-style fighting / Kamikaze Warfare
What was the name of the agreement to give Hitler the Sudetenland?
The Munich Pact/Agreement
What is the English translation of "blitzkrieg"?
Lightning war
What was the first non-win the Germans experienced in WWII?
The Battle of Britain
The bombs were developed during a secret U.S. project known as?
The Manhattan Project
May 8, 1945, the end of the European Theater, is also known as...
V-E Day (Victory in Europe), when Hitler took his life and Germany Surrendered
Name the two countries that declared war on Germany shortly after the invasion of Poland.
Britain & France
Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?
the first African American military aviators in the United States Armed Forces,trained in Tuskegee, Alabama
Name of the event where 338,000 Allied troops were evacuated from the beaches and harbor of German occupied France
Battle of Dunkirk / Dunkirk Evacuation
What were the nicknames for the bombs?
Little Boy and Fat Man
What happened at the battle of Stalingrad?
The Germans were winning, then Winter came and the tides turned because the Germans were ill-prepared. The Germans lost and it was a turning point for the war.
Hitler claimed that Germany needed "living space" in order to grow, what is the German word for this?
Lebensraum
American military strategy for the pacific
Island hopping
Which three countries stormed the beaches of Normandy?
US, UK, Canada
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
The phrase "keep calm and carry on" was coined by which country?
UK
What was the name of the event where Germany annexed Austria?
Anschluss
What is the policy of extending one country’s rule over many lands called?
Imperialism
What was the final island conquered in Pacific Theater prior to the dropping of the bombs?
Okinawa
Who were the two main leaders of Japan during WWII?
Emperor Hirohito & Prime Minister Hideki Tojo
What is the ideology that the citizen should be totally subject to an absolute state authority called?
Totalitarianism