Major Battles and Bombings
Allies vs. Axis
Leaders
Holocaust
Facts
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

Why did the Holocaust happen?

Hitler was racist and wanted to create the perfect race, the Aryan Race

100

World War II began when Germany invaded what country?

Poland

200

What was the Manhattan Project?

the code name for the research and development of the Atomic bombs

200
What were the Axis powers?
Germany, Italy, and Japan.
200
Who was Britain's prime minister?
Churchill
200

What year did they start sending Jews to concentration camps?

1933

200

What was the main goal of the Marshall Plan?

To rebuild European economies after 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 dropped the atomic bombs on Japan?

President Truman

300
How many Jews were murdered during the Holocaust?
6 million.
300

Which law allowed the U.S. to supply weapons to Allied nations without directly joining the war?

Lend-Lease Act

400

What was D-Day?

When the Allies pushed the Germans out of France

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

Where did the Holocaust take place?

Germany and Eastern Europe

400

What event caused the United States to enter World War II?

The attack on Pearl Harbor

500
What battle in WWII is known as D-Day?
The Battle of Normandy
500

Which group was previously called the central powers?

The Axis powers

500
What Italian leader was overthrown and put in jail but rescued by the Germans in 1945?
Benito Mussolini
500

What is the term "Final Solution"?

Germany's plan to exterminate all Jews in Europe

500

Which political ideology did Adolf Hitler follow?

Fascism and the belief in German superiority