Leaders
German fascist leader whose invasion of Poland kicked off World War II in Europe
Who is Adolf Hitler
Three countries who were part of the Axis Powers
Who are Italy, Germany, and Japan
These acts were meant to prevent the United States from joining future wars by prohibiting arms sales or loans to countries in conflict.
What are the Neutrality Acts
The Allied invasion of France where the Allies gained a toehold from which to attack Germany and liberate France, Belgium, and Luxembourg.
What is D-Day
A naval victory for the Allies that used intelligence to surprise and inflict heavy casualties on the Japanese navy. Became a turning point in the war in the Pacific.
What is the Battle of Midway
This U.S president during the war worked with Churchill and Stalin to create the Allies
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Three countries who were part of the Allies
Who are Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union
Under this policy nations could buy U.S. arms as long as they paid cash and used their own ships to transport the supplies.
What is the Cash and Carry policy
This battle protected American and British shipping and allowed food and war materials to reach Europe.
What is the Battle of the Atlantic
DAILY DOUBLE
Allied strategy that used a powerful combination of land, sea, and air forces to capture and secure islands while avoiding the heaviest concentrations of enemy forces
Fascist dictator of Italy who wanted to make Italy a great world power
Who is Benito Mussolini
Fascist political philosophy of Germany based on extreme nationalism
What is Nazism
DAILY DOUBLE
Provided arms and other supplies to Great Britain and the Soviet Union because their defense was vital to the United States.
The site of America’s first entrance into the war in Europe, but was not in Europe.
What is North Africa
After the fall of the Philippines, where thousands of American and Filipino soldiers died.
What is the Bataan Death March
The communist dictator of the Soviet Union who resented the loss of territory after World War I.
Who is Joseph Stalin
The country invaded by Germany in 1939 that began World War II in Europe
What is Poland
Site of a surprise Japanese attack on the American Pacific fleet, causing the United States to enter World War II.
What is Pearl Harbor
During this campaign, the quick fall of Sicily led Benito Mussolini to resign his power and Italy was freed from Axis control
What is the Italian Campaign
Devastating battle that offered a chilling forecast of what the cost of an invasion of mainland Japan would be.
What is the Battle for Okinawa
The militarist prime minister of Japan who was one of the architects of Japan’s expansionary policies in Asia.
Who is Hideki Tojo
The area of China invaded by Japan in 1931 that caused Japan to withdraw from the League of Nations and was the first step toward World War II.
What is Manchuria
Which two countries declared war on the United States after the U.S. declared war on Japan?
Who are Italy and Germany
The last major German offensive, after which Germany could not mount an effective defense.
Battle of the Bulge
Along with parts of China and and the Pacific Islands, Japan invaded this part of French controlled mainland Asia
What is French Indochina