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This once-powerful country quickly fell to a German invasion in May 1940.
What is France?
The day the "Great Crusade" for the liberation of France began.
What was June 6, 1944 (D-Day)?
Its destruction brought the US into WWII.
What is the US Navy base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii?
This elected leader had to tackle both the Depression and WWII.
Who was FDR?
These were sold to citizens to raise money for the US war effort.
What are War Bonds?
This country's pre-war Prime Minister thought he had gotten "peace in our time" by letting Hitler take part of Czechoslovakia.
What is Great Britain?
The "turning point" in the Eastern Front was the months-long battle for this city.
What was Stalingrad?
The US victory in this battle was the "turning point" in the Pacific Theater.
What was the Battle of Midway Island?
This leader took power only after serving jail time for a failed coup attempt.
Who was Adolf Hitler?
Known as "Rosie the Riveters," these Americans began working in factories in ever-greater numbers during WWII.
Who were American women?
This country was shocked when its former "friend" Germany invaded it in 1941.
What was the Soviet Union (USSR)?
This British victory was the "end of the beginning" of the fighting against Germany.
What was the Battle of El Alamein?
What is "island-hopping"?
This leader was a dictator who had a major city named after himself.
Who was Joseph Stalin?
These Americans became some of the most famous fighter pilots in WWII, even though they had to serve in segregated units.
Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?
After 1941, these three countries were known as the "Allies."
What are the US, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union (USSR)?
This seaborne invasion in 1942 served as "practice" for the later D-Day invasion of France.
What was Operation Torch in North Africa?
The most famous photo of WWII was taken during the Marines' costly victory on this island.
What is Iwo Jima?
This leader went from seeking to rebuild an ancient empire to dangling dead in public.
Who was Benito Mussolini?
The US stopped making these during WWII, in order to focus on making tanks and airplanes.
What are cars?
These three countries were known as the "Axis."
What are Germany, Italy, and Japan?
This battlefield invention helped the US Army break out of the "hedgerow country" in northern France.
What was the "Rhino Tank"?
Dropping just one bomb on this city ended WWII.
What is Nagasaki?
This leader's warnings were ignored for most of the 1930s, but he came to power after his people realized his concerns about Hitler were justified.
Who was Winston Churchill?
Tens of thousands of these Americans served in the US Army in WWII, even though their relatives had been forced to live in US government internment camps.
Who were Japanese-Americans?