Major Battles and Bombings
Allies vs. Axis
Miscellaneous
Holocaust
Bonus +x2 or -x2
100
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

100
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

What were the first two western European countries that Germany invaded?

Norway and Denmark

200

What happened at Papua New Guinea between 21 July – 16 November 1942? 

The Kokoda Track campaign 

200
What were the Axis powers?
Germany, Italy, and Japan.
200

When did WWII start and finish?

Started: 1939

Finished: 1945

200
When and what was the first concentration camp established?
Dachau on March 22, 1933
200

Why did Britain declare war on Germany?

Germany invaded Poland

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

Why did the Japanese want control of Port Moresby?

To isolate Australia from the US

300
How many Jews were murdered during the Holocaust?
6 million.
300
What two countries aloud Germany to gain so much power?
Britain and France
400

How many casualties did Australia have in the Darwin bombings?

236 Australians were killed 

400
Who lost the most men out of the Allies
USSR (Soviet Union)
400

List two positives and two negatives of using chemical warfare. 

Answers will vary. 

400
What is the term "Final Solution"?
Germany's plan to exterminate all Jews in Europe
400
What was the propaganda in German used for?
To get public support for the hatred of Jews.
500
What battle in WWII is known as D-Day?
The Battle of Normandy
500
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

Which two countries were the first to declare war on Germany?

Britain and France

500
Why were Jewish people singled out?
They thought the Jews were planning world domination.
500

Why were soldiers in Kokoda called 'chocolate soldiers'?

They would melt under pressure in war