What is the German military tactic that involved a sudden bombing of the city by airplanes, followed by a fast moving army of tanks and infantries.
100
Battle of Britain
What is the battle between the German Luftwaffe and the British Royal Air Force from July to October, 1940.
100
Adolf Hitler
Who was the leader the Germany during WWII
100
Yalta Conference
What was the agreement between United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union to divide Germany into zones of occupation controlled by the Allied military forces.
100
Cold War
What is the state of political hostility between two world super powers (United States and Soviet Union)
200
holocaust
What is the mass killing of Jews, Poles, Slavs, Gypsies, the mentally ill, the disabled, and the incurably ill by the Nazis.
200
Battle of Midway
What is the naval battle America and Japan, where Admiral Chester Nimitz used the surprise attack method and won.
200
Winston Churchill
Who is the British Prime Minister during WWII
200
United Nations
What is the international organization between 48 countries intending to protect the members against aggression.
200
brinkmanship
What is the willingness to go to the brink, or edge, of war.
300
ghettos
What are the segregated Jewish areas called?
300
Battle of Guadalcanal
What is the military campaign fought between 7 August 1942 and 9 February 1943 between the US and Japan on an island where Japanese forces were building a base.
300
Joseph Stalin
Who was the leader of the USSR during WWII
300
The "Iron Curtain"
What is the phrase that Winston Churchill used to describe the separation between communist Eastern Europe and democratic Western Europe
300
the Sputnik
What was the first unmanned satellite that was used by the Soviets above Earth's atmosphere.
400
Atlantic Charter
What is the agreement that upheld free trade among nations and the right of people to choose their own government.
400
Battle of Stalingrad
What is the major battle between German and Soviet troops in World War II. The battle was fought in the winter of 1942–1943 and ended with the surrender of an entire German army.
400
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman.
Who were the two presidents of America during WWII
400
Marshall Plan
What is the assistance program that would provide food, machinery, and other materials to rebuild Western Europe proposed by U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall.
400
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
What is the military alliance of European and North American democracies founded after World War II to strengthen international ties between member states—especially the United States and Europe—and to serve as a counter-balance to the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact.
500
democratization
What is the process of creating a government elected by the people.
500
D-Day
What is the day (June 6, 1944) on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy.
500
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Who was the commander of the force during D-Day.
500
Truman Doctrine
What is the principle that the US should give support to countries or peoples threatened by Soviet forces or communist insurrection.
500
Warsaw Pact
What is the military alliance of communist nations in eastern Europe in 1955 in answer to NATO, which included Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union.