WW2 Leaders
Who was the president of America during most of the Second World war?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
What country was the first to be invaded by Germany on September 1, 1939?
Polland
What was the turning point battle for the Allies in France?
Battle of D-Day
Who said; "we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets...WE SHALL NEVER SURRENDER".?
Winston Churchill
What year was the invasion of Poland by Germany?
1939
Who was American commander who made the press for striking his soldiers for "Shell Shock?"
General Patton
What country had the most casualties at the end of the war?
Soviet Union
What winning battle for the US is depicted at the Marine Corps memorial in Washington DC ?(holding up the flag)?
Battle of Iwo Jima
Who said, "Dec 7, 1941, A date which will live in infamy"?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
When was Pearl Harbor attacked?
12/7/1941
Who was the American commander of their ground forces in North Africa?
Dwight Eisenhower
What country believed they would last for a "thousand years"?
Germany
What battle on French beaches that was code named : "Operation Overlord"?
D-Day
Who said this "We will win this war by showing the Germans we have more guts...May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't."
General Patton
What year did the Second World War end?
1945
Which commander was known as the "Desert Fox"?
Erwin Rommel
What country had the most advanced atomic technology?
USA
What battle was a turning point for the US in the Pacific?
Battle of Midway
Who said this "I NEED YOU"
Uncle Sam poster
What year did the Battle of Britain begin?
1940
Who was the Emperor of Japan during WW2?
Emperor Shōwa (otherwise known as Hirohito)
What country did Japan invade during the 1930's?
Manchuria or China
What battle was the final major battle for the Soviets as they invaded Germany?
Battle for Berlin
Who said this "give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I'll conquer the world"?
General Douglas MacArthur
What year did the battle of Stalingrad take place?
1942