Battles
This battle was fought on an island from February-March 1945, and was one of the bloodiest battles in Marine Corps history.
What was Iwo Jima?
The new weapon that was introduced at the end of the war, and actually helped end World War II.
What was the atomic bomb?
Leader of Germany who created the Holocaust and began WW2.
What was Adolf Hitler?
When was June 6, 1944? (D-Day).
Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
The largest amphibious invasion. Bonus points if you say where it happened.
What was D-Day? Where is Normandy, France?
This new addition to flight allowed planes to go faster.
What is a jet engine?
Leader of Italy during the war.
Who was Benito Mussolini?
The date America was forced into the war.
When was December 7, 1941? (Pearl Harbor Day).
Who was Japan, Germany, and Italy?
A surprise attack on America by the Japanese.
What was the Bombing of Pearl Harbor?
This let Allied forces detect enemy ships and planes before they reached their own boats.
What is radar?
Who was Joseph Stalin?
Germany invades Poland, beginning WW2
When was September 1, 1939?
The Allied powers.
Who was Russia, America, and Great Britian?
Fought from July 1942 to February 1943, and was the turning point in WW2.
What was the Battle of Stalingrad?
This is an antibiotic to prevent infection.
What is penicillin?
Created the "V for Victory" symbol by doing a peace sign with his hand.
Who was Winston Churchill?
Name one of the days that the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima or Nagasaki, Japan.
When was August 6 or August 9, 1945?
The date WW2 officially ended in Europe.
When was May 8, 1945? (V-E Day).
The battle that was the turning point of Pacific War.
What was the Battle of Midway?
This new type of medical improvement, let doctors and nurses on the battlefield give blood to wounded soldiers, no matter the blood type.
What is a blood plasma transfusion?
The American President who ordered the atomic bomb to be dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, Japan.
Who was Harry S. Truman?
When was September 2, 1945?
The name of the secret project that created the atomic bombs in WW2.
What was the Manhattan Project?