Political leaders
Who was the Führer of Germany
Adolf Hitler
What was the treaty signed at the end of WW1 that crippled the German economy and had them take the war guilt.
The Treaty of Versailles.
What country was the center piece of the Axis powers?
Germany
Who was the head of the Allies before the war?
United Kingdom
They were one of the first groups of African American pilots and airmen.
Who was the President of the United States?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What is appeasement?
Britain had tried to give German the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia to avoid war.
What countries signed the Tripartite pact?
Italy, Japan, and Germany
List 3 of the United Kingdoms puppets or satellite states.
British Raj, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.
What concentration camp was discovered by American forces and revealed the horrors to the American people.
Dachau concentration camp.
Who was the prime minister of Britain from 1940 to 1945?
Winston Churchill
What was the failed group that was supposed to maintain peace in the world?
The League of Nations.
What country was formed after France capitulated?
Vichy France
Who was known as the sleeping giant at the start of the war?
The United States
What country did MacArthur vow to liberate after being overrun.
The Philippines.
Who was the Premier of the Soviet Union?
Joseph Stalin
What German demilitarized zone was militarized and ignored before the start of the war?
The Rhineland.
What pact did Germany and Japan agree to concerning the Soviet Union?
The Anti-Comintern Pact.
Who landed at Sword Beach during D-day?
Canada
Name at least three beaches the Allies landed at during D Day.
Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, Sword.
Who created the ____ party and was the Dictator of Italy?
Benito Mussolini
What country invaded China and Korea and faced no major repercussions prior to the war?
Japan.
Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Finland.
Nagasaki and Hiroshima
What was the Battle of the Bulge known for?
It was the last major German offensive, the Germans tried to punch through the Ardennes again to push back the Allies.