Who was the Soviet Union’s communist dictator during WWII?
Joseph Stalin
100
Roughly how many people died during the Holocaust?
11 million
100
The war officially started after Germany invaded ____________ in September of 1939.
Poland
100
The top secret Allied program to develop a nuclear weapon was called what?
Manhattan Project
100
Members of Hitler’s National Socialist German Workers Party were called by what name?
Nazis
200
Who was Italy’s fascist dictator during WWII?
Benito Mussolini
200
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on what date?
December 7, 1941
200
The Germans used a military tactic called ___________, meaning “lightning war,” to forcefully and quickly burst through enemy lines.
Blitzkrieg
200
Big manufacturing cities, like Detroit, were called the ______________ because they converted their factories to build weapons and vehicles for the war.
Arsenal of Democracy
200
With roughly 2 million killed, which battle was probably the deadliest battle in history, and was a major turning point for the Allies.
Battle of Stalingrad
300
Name the two men who served as President of the United States during WWII.
Franklin Roosevelt & Harry Truman
300
The Allied invasion of Normandy - or D-Day - occurred on what date?
June 6, 1944
300
Hitler’s worst strategic decision was probably when he decided to invade what region?
Soviet Union
300
In June 1942, the Americans successfully organized a surprise attack against the Japanese navy at what battle?
Battle of Midway
300
The US dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of _______________ & Nagasaki, which led to Japan’s total surrender.
Hiroshima
400
Who was the military general and Prime Minister of Japan throughout most of WWII?
Hideki Tojo
400
About how many Americans died during WWII?
405,000
400
Hitler’s idea to systematically exterminate the Jews and other “subhumans” was called the ______________ to the “Jewish question”.
Final Solution
400
The ______________ were an all-black air unit trained at an all-black air field in Alabama.
Tuskegee Airmen
400
The “code talkers” were ____________ Indians whose language was impossible for the Japanese to decode.
Navajo
500
This British Prime Minister thought appeasing Hitler by allowing him to have the Sudetenland was a good idea.
Neville Chamberlain
500
Roughly how many people died during WWII?
60-85 million
500
The camps in ______________ were the biggest network of concentration/death camps in Europe.
Auschwitz
500
Instead of selling weapons, the US passed the _____________, allowing it to lend weapons to the Allies.
Lend-Lease Act
500
The iconic photo of six US soldiers raising an American flag was taken during what battle?