This is the reason why Italy and Germany wanted control of Egypt and the Suez Canal:
What are the oil fields in the Middle East?
100
On June 22, 1941, Germany attacked it's eastern ally in a maneuver named Operation Barbarossa. This was the name of that country:
What is the Soviet Union?
100
This American President led America into the Second World War:
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
100
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked this naval base, effectively bringing the United States into the Second World War.
What is Pearl Harbor?
100
In revenge for attacking Pearl Harbor, Lt. Col. James Doolittle led a bombing raid of what Japanese city?
What is Tokyo?
200
These two bodies of water are connected by the Suez Canal in Egypt:
What are the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea?
200
As German Forces advanced into Russia, the retreating Russian military destroyed their own territory as they retreated, much like they did when Napolean invaded Russia in 1812. This policy was called:
What is scorched-earth?
200
This US act passed in 1941, authorized America to help the Allies with material support by sending ships filled with supplies, equipment, and arms:
What is the Lend-Lease Act?
200
This Japanese admiral was a brilliant strategist and orchestrated the attack on Pearl Harbor as well as other naval assaults in the Pacific.
Who is Isoroku Yamamato?
200
These two nations were the primary Allied forces in the Pacific theater of war.
What are the United States and Australia?
300
German General Erwin Rommel was given this nickname due to his strategic cleverness:
What is "The Desert Fox?"
300
On September 8, 1941, German forces attacked and surrounded this Russian city and cut off all supply routes to it in an attempt to starve its people into surrender.
What is Leningrad?
300
Because American goods were being transported across the Atlantic on British ships, due to the Lend-Lease Act, Hitler used these weapons against the cargo ships in an attempt to cut off the supply line between Britain and America:
What are submarines?
300
By June of 1942, the Japanese had conquered a large portion of Pacific countries and European colonies in Asia. This Japanese military force was most instrumental in that role:
What is the Japanese Imperial Navy?
300
This was the first naval battle in history where neither side's ships ever came within visual range of the other and where attacks were delivered solely through the use of bomber aircraft. It is also the battle which cemented the strategic importance of aircraft carriers.
What is the Battle of Coral Sea?
400
In early 1941, Germany convinced the leadership of Yugoslavia, Romania, and Bulgaria to join the Axis powers. What is the name of the region these countries are located in:
(Hint: It is where World War I began.)
What are the Balkans?
400
This Soviet General was responsible for the Russian counterattack on German forces after they were stalled outside of Moscow:
Who is Georgi Zhukov?
400
This declaration between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill upheld free trade among nations and the right of people to choose their own government and would later serve as the Allies' peace plan following the end of the war.
What is the Atlantic Charter?
400
This notorious act of brutality by the Japanese killed thousands of Filipino and American prisoners of war as they were being moved up the Philippine Peninsula.
What is the Bataan Death March?
400
This major battle of the Pacific Theater caused a large amount of ships from the Japanese fleet to be lost, striking a heavy blow to the Japanese Navy and placing the Allied forces on the offensive.
What is the Battle of Midway?
500
German Forces invaded these two Balkan countries in April 1941 after they refused to join the Axis powers:
What are Greece and Yugoslavia?
500
This major natural element ultimately caused the retreat of German forces from Russia in 1943 as the war on the Eastern Front drew on and caused German troops to lose hope:
What is winter?
500
Although the US did not initially want to get involved in the war, President Roosevelt violated this policy by allowing supplies to be sold to Allied forces in Europe. This policy was called:
What is neutrality?
500
This European nation lost the territories of Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaya to Japanese forces?
What is Great Britain?
500
This American military officer was the Supreme Commander of Allied land forces in the Pacific Theater.