Terms
What is the German term for "Lightning War"?
Blitzkrieg
What was Australia and New Zealand's first major battle of World War I, planned by Winston Churchill?
Gallipoli
Which country did Hitler invade first?
Austria
Which American General was named Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Name 2 ways that the Treaty of Versailles helped to usher in WWII.
Multiple answers
Which word belongs to this definition: Extreme patriotism; the elevation of one’s own nation and national interest above that of all others.
Nationalism
What was by far the bloodiest battle of World WarII?
Stalingrad
The largest non-nuclear explosion in history took place in which country during WWI?
Belgium
Who was the Prime Minister of Britain before Churchill?
Neville Chamberlain
Why did Russia pull out of WWII?
The Russian Revolution
What is the term for indiscriminately bombing cities with no strategic military value?
Carpet bombing
What was "Operation Overlord"?
Invasion of Normandy/D-Day
Which empire was nicknamed "The Dying Man of Europe" before WWI?
Ottoman Empire
What was the nickname the Germans gave to the group of female Russian fighter pilots?
Night Witches
Why were the WWI trenches dug in a zigzag pattern?
The blast effect from artillery would send dirt and shrapnel all the way down a straight trench.
What was the term coined during WWI to describe the PTSD that the soldiers suffered?
Shellshock
How did Britain react to the Fall of France?
They prepared for an invasion.
World War I saw the dissolving of which 4 European Empires?
Russian, German, Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian
Simo Hayha was the deadliest sniper in history with over 500 confirmed kills. What was his nickname?
The White Death
The final stanza of one of Wilfred Owens' poem is as follows:
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest,
to Children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro Patria mori
What does the Latin Phrase mean?
It is sweet and proper to die for one's country.
Which 2 freedoms and which 2 rights did Hitler revoke when he became Chancellor?
Freedom of the press
Freedom of expression
Right to privacy
Right to protest
The Germans released Phosgene gas for the first time against the French at which battle during WWI?
Verdun
Hitler targeted which 3 cities/regions when he invaded Russia during Operation Barbarossa?
Leningrad, Moscow, Ukraine/Kiev
She earned both a physics and mathematics degree, was the first female Nobel Laureate, the only person to win Nobel prizes in two different sciences, and she invented the portable x-ray machine, saving thousands of lives during World War I. Who was she?
Marie Curie
Around how many Jewish people died at Auschwitz?
1 million