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Major Battles and Bombings
Allies vs. Axis
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What was the first battle for the USA of World War II?
Pearl Harbor December 7,1941
100
Name three of the major Allied powers.
Great Britain, France, Russia, the US, or China
100
Who was the German dictator?
Hitler
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How did the Germans single out who was Jewish?
They had 3 or less Jewish grandparents, married a Jew, or were from decent of a Jewish family.
100

The policy of giving in to the demands of a nation to avoid a conflict.

Appeasement

200

What battle in WWII is known as D-Day?

Battle of Normandy

200

What were the Axis powers?

Germany, Italy, and Japan.

200
Who was Britain's prime minister?
Churchill
200

What was the chief difference between concentration camps and extermination camps?

Prison vs Killing Site

200

Tens of millions of people were killed in this conflict between the Allies and the Axis powers.

World War II

300
What two cities were destroyed by the USA with the atomic bomb on August 6 and August 9th of 1945
Heroshima and Nagasaki
300
Out of the Axis powers, who lost the most men?
Germany
300
What American president led the Allied forces in WWII
Eisenhower
300
How many Jews were murdered during the Holocaust?
6 million.
300

A camp in which people are detained or confined, usually under harsh conditions

Concentration Camp

400

Why was the Battle of Britain important for the allies?

It gave them hope that the war was not lost. Britain was the last country in Eastern Europe left.

400
Who lost the most men out of the Allies
USSR (Soviet Union)
400
Who was the cruel dictator of the Soviet Union who changed it into a industrial and military powerhouse?
Joseph Stalin
400
What is the term "Final Solution"?
Germany's plan to exterminate all Jews in Europe
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The systematic extermination of a group of people because of their ethnic, national, racial, political, or cultural makeup.

Genocide

500

What is the name of the battle that was the last German offensive attack?

The Battle of the Bulge

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What was the major difference of the Allies and Axis in the form of government?
The Allies were mostly Democratic and the Axis were Facist.
500
What Italian leader was overthrown and put in jail but rescued by the Germans in 1945?
Benito Mussolini
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The race that Adolf Hitler said was superior to all other races.

Aryan Race

500

 A series of military trials held by the Allied powers after World War II.

Nuremberg Trials