Dictators & Power
He blamed the Jewish people for his country losing the First World War in 1918
Who is Adolf Hitler?
In 1933, the Nazis built the first of these huge concentration camps outside of this town
What is Dachau?
On June 6, 1944, 14,000 Canadian troops stormed this specific beach sector in Normandy
What is Juno Beach?
The evacuation of over 338,000 trapped Allied soldiers from France was called this
What is Operation Dynamo?
On April 30th, 1945, as Russian troops closed in on his underground bunker in Berlin, this dictator committed suicide
Who is Adolf Hitler?
This Italian dictator was known by the title "Il Duce", meaning "The Great Leader"
Who is Benito Mussolini?
The Nazis forced Jewish people into these walled-off sections of conquered European cities so no one could escape
What are ghettos?
The Canadian army suffered its largest losses of the entire war during this disastrous August 1942 "hit and run" attack
What is the Dieppe Raid?
The massive D-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, was known by this primary codename
What is Operation Overlord? (or Operation Neptune)
This famous scientist wrote to President Roosevelt in 1939 warning that a uranium bomb could destroy an entire city
Who is Albert Einstein?
In 1937, this young Emperor invaded Manchuria to steal natural resources for his country
Who is Emperor Hirohito?
The horrific November 1938 event where violence broke out against Jewish businesses and synagogues is known as Kristallnacht, or this
What is the Night of Broken Glass?
In December 1941, 2,000 Canadian troops fought fiercely for 17 days before surrendering this British territory to Japan
What is Hong Kong?
Hitler's disastrous 1941 invasion of Russia with 4 million troops was given this codename
What is Operation Barbarossa?
On August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb, nicknamed "Little Boy", on this Japanese city
What is Hiroshima?
He ruled the Soviet Union by terror from 1929 to 1953, eliminating opponents during the Great Purge
Who is Joseph Stalin?
This most infamous death camp, located outside of Krakow, Poland, saw the murder of over 1 million people
What is Auschwitz?
During the Christmas of 1943, Canadian troops used a tactic called "mouseholing" to smash through walls in this ancient Italian town
What is Ortona?
The elaborate D-Day hoax involving rubber tanks, dummy soldiers, and fake radio broadcasts was called this
What is Operation Fortitude?
Three days after the first atomic bomb, the US dropped a plutonium bomb nicknamed "Fat Man" on this second Japanese city
What is Nagasaki?
This was the pre-WWII British policy where Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain gave in to Hitler's territorial demands to avoid war
What is appeasement?
These notorious escape routes allowed many Axis war criminals to flee to South America after World War Two
What are ratlines?
Canadian and British troops came ashore on this Italian island in July 1943 to start the Italian Campaign
What is Sicily?
The Allied landings on the island of Sicily in July 1943 were codenamed this
What is Operation Husky?
On August 15, 1945, he announced Japan's unconditional surrender over the radio, citing the potential "total extinction of human civilization"
Who is Emperor Hirohito?