Before the War
This worldwide economic crisis in the 1930s made many countries unstable.
What was the Great Depression?
World War II began when Germany invaded this country in 1939.
What was Poland?
Many Americans wanted the United States to stay out of the war and remain this.
What was neutral?
This system required men to register for military service.
What was the draft (Selective Service)?
After Pearl Harbor, Japan quickly captured many islands in this ocean.
What was the Pacific Ocean?
This Soviet city stopped the German advance in the winter of 1942–43.
What was Stalingrad?
These dictators ruled Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union before WWII.
Who were Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin?
These two countries declared war on Germany after Poland was invaded.
Who were Great Britain and France?
This law allowed countries to buy goods from the U.S. if they paid cash and transported them themselves.
What was the cash-and-carry law?
The act of preparing and organizing a nation for war is called this.
What is mobilization?
This U.S. general led the defense of the Philippines and promised, “I shall return.”
Who was Douglas MacArthur?
The Allies fought German submarines called these in the Atlantic Ocean.
What were U-boats?
This Asian country became increasingly militaristic and invaded Manchuria in 1931.
What was Japan?
This aggressive style of warfare used by Germany was called “lightning war.”
What was blitzkrieg?
Germany, Italy, and Japan formed this alliance.
What were the Axis Powers?
These two leaders agreed to focus on defeating Hitler first.
Who were Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill?
This naval battle in May 1942 was the first where ships never saw each other.
What was the Battle of the Coral Sea?
These ships launched aircraft that helped detect and destroy submarines.
What were aircraft carriers?
This Chinese Nationalist leader fought against Communists led by Mao Zedong.
Who was Chiang Kai-shek?
These three small European countries were attacked by Germany in 1940.
What were Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands?
Roosevelt tried to stop Japan by cutting off supplies like oil through this action.
What was an embargo?
Countries fighting against the Axis Powers were called this.
What were the Allies?
Japan hoped to capture this island to help them attack Hawaii.
What was Midway?
This battle was considered the turning point in the Pacific War.
What was the Battle of Midway?
This policy meant giving in to an aggressor’s demands to try to keep peace.
What was appeasement?
This European country surrendered to Germany in June 1940.
What was France?
This U.S. naval base was attacked by Japan on December 7, 1941.
What was Pearl Harbor?
Daily Double!!!!!
The Allies first attacked Axis forces in this region of Africa.
What was North Africa?
The American admiral who commanded U.S. forces at Midway.
Who was Chester Nimitz?
This canal in Egypt was important for trade routes and oil supplies.
What was the Suez Canal?
Germany placed troops in this region along France’s border in 1936.
What was the Rhineland?
After the fall of France, this nation stood alone against Hitler in Western Europe.
What was Great Britain?
The Japanese general and prime minister who supported the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Who was Hideki Tojo?
This German general commanded Axis forces in North Africa.
Who was Erwin Rommel?
The U.S. victory here destroyed four Japanese aircraft carriers and turned the tide of the war.
What was the Battle of Midway?
The Allies invaded this Italian island before moving into mainland Italy.
What was Sicily?
This region of Czechoslovakia was demanded by Hitler because many Germans lived there.
What was the Sudetenland?
Hitler made a secret agreement with this Soviet dictator to divide Poland.
Who was Joseph Stalin?
After Pearl Harbor, Congress declared war on Japan on this date.
What was December 8, 1941?
American generals who helped defeat Axis forces in North Africa.
Who were Dwight Eisenhower and George Patton?
This island in the Solomon Islands became the first major Allied offensive against Japan.
What was Guadalcanal?
After their defeat at Stalingrad, German forces were slowly pushed out of this country.
What was the Soviet Union (USSR)?