A set of political beliefs associated with the leading party of Germany. It was created by Hitler and the Third Reich. It is the German Brand of Facism.
What is Nazism?
100
The President of the United States who was responsible for the dropping of the atomic bombs?
Who is President Harry Truman?
100
The approximate number of Jews that were killed by the German Holocaust in World War II.
What is 6 million?
100
The date when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and brought the U.S. into WWII.
What is December 7th, 1941?
100
A naval and air battle fought in World War II in which planes from American aircraft carriers defeated the Japanese navy. It was the turning point in the Pacific War.
What is Battle of Midway?
200
A system of government that looks to have complete equality but ends up as a dictatorship. The form of government in which the Soviet Union is controlled under during WWII and the Cold War.
What is Communism?
200
The commander in the Pacific War who led the Allies by using a strategy known as Island Hopping?
Who is General Douglas MacArthur?
200
The name of the African American squadron who was vital to the success of the Allied victory in Italy.
What is the Tuskegee Airmen?
200
A form of warfare used by German forces in World War II. Combination of troops in vehicles, such as tanks, made quick surprise strikes with support from airplanes.
What is blitzkrieg?
200
An air battle fought between the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the German Air Force (Luftwaffe). Germany was defeated which led to Hitler calling off an invasion of England.
What is Battle of Britain?
300
Laws passed in the late 1930's by Congress to limit U.S. involvement in future wars. Followed the concept of the U.S. remaining isolated and neutral during WWII. They were based on the widespread disillusionment with World War I and the belief that the United States had been drawn into the war through loans and trade with the Allies.
What are the Neutrality Acts?
300
The Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII. He responded to Hitler's aggressive acts through the process of appeasement.
Who is Neville Chamberlain?
300
The name of the American military's secret mission to build atomic bombs.
What is the "Manhattan Project?"
300
Two examples of how people in America contributed to the war at home.
What is the rationing, buying war bonds, working in factories, etc.?"
300
A battle fought between Germany and the Allied forces towards the end of the war. It was Germany's last offensive in an attempt to split U.S. and British forces.
What is Battle of the Bulge?
400
Passed in March 1941, and signed by FDR this established the principal means for the U.S. to provide military aid to foreign nations during World War II. It would further lead to U.S. involvement in the war.
What is the Lend-Lease Act?
400
The Fascist leader of Italy during WWII.
Who is Benito Mussolini?
400
The mission that became the first time the Americans bombed the Japanese after Pearl Harbor.
What is the "Doolittle Raid?"
400
A law passed in 1944 that provided educational and other benefits for people who had served in the armed forces in World War II. Benefits are still available to persons honorably discharged from the armed forces.
What is the GI Bill of Rights?
400
It was the largest amphibious landing in the Pacific theater of World War II. It also resulted in the largest casualties with over 100,000 Japanese casualties and 50,000 casualties for the Allies.
What is Battle of Okinawa?
500
A radical form of government that incorporates extreme nationalism in order to be in power. It was created by Mussolini and adopted by Germany just before the start of WWII.
What is facism?
500
The U.S. President who implemented the Lend-Lease Act to help the Allies during the early part of WWII.
Who is President Franklin D. Roosevelt?
500
The Japanese city that was destroyed because of the dropping of the atomic bomb "Little Boy" killing 80,000 people instantly.
What is Hiroshima?
500
The agreement that Hitler went against when he invaded the Soviet Union. Was possibly his biggest "mistake" of the war.
What is Non-Aggression Pact?
500
Coined by Winston Churchill it was the longest continuous military campaign during WWII between German U-boats and Ally military and supply ships.