Show:
Major Battles and Bombings
Allies vs. Axis
Leaders
Surprise Me
Causes
100
What was the first battle for the USA of World War II?
Pearl Harbor December 7,1941
100
Name three of the major Allied powers.
Great Britain, France, Russia, the US
100
Who was the German dictator?
Hitler
100
Which country signed a Non-aggression pact or treaty with Germans?
Russia
100
What World War I treaty was one of the causes of World War II?
The harshness of the Treaty of Versailles
200
This type of war strategy was used by the Germans to quickly take over other countries
Blitzkrieg
200
What were the Axis powers?
Germany, Italy, and Japan.
200
Who was Britain's prime minister?
Churchill
200
After the invasion of this country, Britain and France declared war (Hint, Munich Conference)
Poland
200
Kristallnacht began the Nazis' persecution of which group of people
Jews
300
What two cities were destroyed by the USA with the atomic bomb on August 6 and August 9th of 1945
Heroshima and Nagasaki
300
Out of the Axis powers, who lost the most men?
Germany
300
What American president dropped the bomb on Japan
Truman
300
What American general came up with the island hopping strategy
Douglas MacArthur
300
What two countries aloud Germany to gain so much power?
Britain and France
400
The allies invasion to free France was called?
D-Day
400
Who lost the most men out of the Allies
USSR (Soviet Union)
400
Who was the cruel dictator of the Soviet Union who changed it into a industrial and military powerhouse?
Joseph Stalin
400
Charles de Gaulle was the president of which country
France
400
World War II began on what date Date the U.S. entered the war
September 1939 December 7, 1941
500
List two of the three territories captured by Germany before the war actualy started (Hint, two were regions and one was a country)
Rhineland Sudentenlan Austria
500
What was the major difference of the Allies and Axis in the form of government?
The Allies were mostly Democratic and the Axis were Facist or dictators
500
What Italian leader was overthrown and put in jail but rescued by the Germans in 1945?
Benito Mussolini
500
Hitlers main goal was "Lebensraum" what does this term mean?
Gain more living space for Germany by conquering other countries
500
What event occurred on the day described as "a date which will live in infamy."
Bombing of Pearl Harbor