Beginning of the War in Europe
World War II began when Germany invaded ______.
Poland
Approximately how many Jews were killed in the Holocaust?
6 million
Which country lost by far the most soldiers and civilians in World War II, but also killed the most German soldiers?
the Soviet Union
The United States entered World War II after the Japanese surprise attack at _________.
Pearl Harbor
The U.S. strategy of attacking some Japanese-held islands in the Pacific Ocean while skipping over others was known as _______.
island-hopping
The German war strategy of using planes, tanks, and infantry to quickly surround and destroy their enemies was called ________.
blitzkrieg
The segregated, walled neighborhoods in cities where the Nazis forced Jews to live were called ________.
ghettos
The Battle of Normandy, the largest amphibious attack in history, is also known as ______.
D-Day
Which country did Japan invade in 1937, two years before the start of World War II in Europe?
China
The Japanese suicide pilots who attacked U.S. ships were called _________.
kamikaze
Before the war began, Germany signed a non-aggression pact with _________.
the Soviet Union
The murder of millions of Jews in extermination camps was Hitler's "______ _________ to the Jewish question."
final solution
The turning point of the war in Europe, and the deadliest battle in world history, was the Battle of ________.
Stalingrad
The turning point of the war in the Pacific, where U.S. planes sank four Japanese aircraft carriers, was the Battle of ______.
Midway
The first Japanese city to be hit by an atomic bomb was _________.
Hiroshima
What technological advantage did the British have that helped them win the Battle of Britain?
radar
The German surprise attack on the Soviet Union in 1941 was called ________.
Operation Barbarossa
The final battle of the war in Europe, which ended after Hitler shot himself in his underground bunker, was the Battle of _______.
Berlin
Japanese soldiers were indoctrinated with a version of the medieval samurai code of ______, which stressed absolute loyalty to the emperor.
bushido
The top-secret American program to develop nuclear weapons during World War II was the _________.
Manhattan Project
The (failed) French defenses along their border with Germany were called the _________.
Maginot Line
Hitler wanted to kill or remove all the people of Eastern Europe (not just the Jews) in order to create _______, or "living space," for the German people.
Which country was liberated from the Nazis two months after D-Day and was able to rejoin the Allies for the end of the war against Germany?
France
The Japanese committed many war crimes against Chinese civilians, including killing over 100,000 people in __________.
Nanjing (or the Nanjing Massacre)
The last major battle in the U.S. island-hopping campaign before the planned invasion of Japan itself was for the island of _________.
Okinawa