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Major Battles and Bombings
Leaders
Allies vs. Axis
Causes
Holocaust
100
What Beach did the Canadians storm on D-day.
Juno Beach
100
Who was the German dictator?
Adolf Hitler
100
Name three of the major Allied powers.
Great Britain, France, Russia, USA, or China
100
What country did Germany attack to initiate World War II?
Poland
100
Name one large concentration camp.
Warsaw, Auschwitz, Chelmno, Plaszow...
200
What Battle took place in Russia and was considered a turning point of the war.
The Battle of Stalingrad
200
Who was the cruel dictator of the Soviet Union who changed it into a industrial and military powerhouse?
Joseph Stalin
200
What were the Axis powers?
Germany, Italy, and Japan.
200
Did the Allies and the normal citizens know about events happening in Europe?
Yes they were put through the press and announced to the public
200
How did the Germans single out who was Jewish?
They put the star of David on their clothes
300
What two cities were destroyed By the USA with the atomic bomb on August 6th and August 9th of 1945
Heroshima and Nagasaki
300
Who was Britain's prime minister?
Winston Churchill
300
Out of the Axis powers, who lost the most men?
Germany
300
What was the propaganda in Germany used for?
To get public support for the hatred of Jews.
300
How many Jews were murdered during the Holocaust?
6 million.
400
What battle in WWII is known as D-Day?
The Battle of Normandy
400
What Italian leader was overthrown and put in jail but rescued by the Germans in 1945?
Benito Mussolini
400
Who lost the most men out of the Allies
USSR (Soviet Union)
400
What was the German excuse for the start of WWII, in their opinion?
The harshness of the Treaty of Versailles
400
When and what was the first concentration camp established? (year)
1933
500
How long was the Bombing of Britain/ The Battle of Britain/ The Bombing of the Blitiz? (In months)
4 months
500
What American president led the Allied forces in WWII?
Franklin Roosevelt
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.
500
What two countries aloud Germany to gain so much power?
Britain and France
500
Why did German actually target Jews?
They thought the Jews were planning world domination.