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The failed painter and former soldier that became leader of the National Socialist Party
Who is Adolf Hitler
100
The home base of the American Pacific Fleet, which was attacked by Japan on December 7, 1941
What is Pearl Harbor
100
Detroit-based automobile manufacturer that built tanks and airplanes during WWII; also built the Model T
What is Ford
100
Annexed by Germany in 1938, called "Anschluss" in German
What is Austria
100
The only ship sunk at Pearl Harbor that is still underwater today as a memorial
What is the USS Arizona
200
The cousin to a former President also held the office (for almost four terms!), but could not walk
Who is Franklin D Roosevelt
200
The coastal region of northern France that was invaded by Allied armies on June 6, 1944
What is Normandy
200
Executive Order 9066 said that American citizens of this ethnicity were to be arrested and held in internment camps during WWII
What is Japanese-American
200
City in Russia that was important to the Soviets and the Germans for the nearby oil fields it controlled
What is Stalingrad
200
The leader of Free France during WWII; wrote the book on tank warfare that was more popular in Germany than France
Who is Charles de Gaulle
300
The only British general that escaped capture in North Africa?
Who is Bernard Montgomery
300
The largest of the Solomon Islands where 36,000 Japanese soldiers fought 60,000 Allied soldiers; island-hopping debuted here
What is Guadalcanal
300
This was done to limit the resources used by citizens to better supply the military
What is rationing
300
Region in Czechoslovakia that was given to Germany to pacify Hitler
What is the Sudetenland
300
The battle that turned the tide in the Pacific where Japan lost all four of its aircraft carriers
What is Midway
400
The only national leader that joined the Axis Powers and survived World War II, dying of old age in 1989?
Who is Emperor Hirohito
400
The largest death camp in Poland, where Soviet troops liberated the first survivors of the Holocaust
What is Auschwitz
400
Men rejected from the military for mental illness, illiteracy, lack of half their teeth, or their ethnicity were given this rating after an exam
What is 4-F
400
Suicidal Japanese pilots that flew into Allied warships to destroy them on impact
What are kamikazes
400
The surprise attack on Tokyo made by an American aircraft carrier on April 18 1942
What is the Doolittle Raid
500
The first African-American to be awarded the Navy Cross, for his actions in the attack on Pearl Harbor?
Who is Doris Miller
500
The historic boundary of Japan's empire; the bloodiest battle of WWII, 27 Medals of Honor were awarded after it
What is Iwo Jima
500
Government organization made by Hoover but used by FDR to pay factories to convert to wartime production
What is the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)
500
The first German concentration camp built to re-educate political prisoners
What is Dachau
500
The French defenses built along the German border but not on the border with Belgium
What is the Maginot Line