Causes of World War II
This policy allowed Adolf Hitler to regain lost territory and expand the German Empire.
Policy of Appeasement
What were the parachute soldiers from the D-Day invasion called?
Airborne or Paratroopers
This event was the turning point for the Allies in 1944.
D-Day
The war in the Pacific was a war of __________. (Hint: it is one where neither side wants to lose.)
Attrition
Who was the leader of Germany during World War II?
Adolf Hitler
The invasion of this place in 1939 was the breaking point and caused the outbreak of World War II.
Poland
What was the name of the top-secret project that helped develop the Nuclear Bomb?
The Manhattan Project.
What were the three nations involved in the D-Day invasion?
Britain, the United States, and Canada
This event officially enters Japan into World War II.
Pearl Harbor.
What was the name of the speech that Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave the day after Pearl Harbor?
"Day of Infamy"
What other nation invaded Poland besides the Germans?
Soviet Union
How did soldiers on D-Day reach the beaches?
Landing Crafts
When did the United States enter the war in Europe?
December 11, 1941
What were the names of the two Japanese cities that the United States dropped Atomic Bombs on?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What was the Policy the United State was involved in up until the Pearl Harbor attack?
Policy of Isolationism
What two nations Declared War on Germany?
Britain and France
Ruperts
What country would finally be liberated in the following weeks of D-Day?
France
What was the name of the conference where the allies gave the Japanese the ultimatum to surrender?
The Potsdam Conference.
What was the part of France that was invaded on D-Day.
Normandy
This traumatic event forced the United States to enter World War II.
Pearl Harbor
What were the names of the two Nuclear Bombs that were created?
Little Boy and Fat Man
When did Germany surrender to the allies?
May 7, 1941
When did the Japanese formally surrender marking an end to World War II completely?
August 14, 1945.
What was the name of the conference in 1938 where Hitler would be appeased for one last time?