Vocabulary
What do you call the day in WW@ on which Allied forced invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy?
D-Day
Who was the leader of Germany during World War 2?
Adolf Hitler
World War 2 started when Hitler invaded which country?
Poland
What was the name of the air battle where German planes bombed civilian cities such as London to try to get the English to surrender?
The Battle of Britain
In what year did War 2 begin?
1939
What do people call the Japanese pilots who would load their planes with explosives and crash them into Allied ships?
Kamikaze
What British Prime Minister warned the Allies that they should fight against Hitler instead of appeasing him?
Winston Churchill
The U.S. entered World War 2 after what country bombed Pearl Harbor?
Japan
What battle in Europe was a turning point in the war where the Russians started winning against the Germans?
The Seige of Stalingrad
In what year did both Japan and German surrender?
1945
What do you call a period of low general economic activity marked especially by rising levels of unemployment?
Depression
Besides Hitler, who were two other European dictators in charge of Italy and Russia respectively?
The Germans were halted in their invasion of Russia by primarily what geography feature?
Weather/Climate, specifically the cold Russian winter.
What battle in the woods of Belgium was the German's last major offensive?
The Battle of the Bulge
When did the Bombing of Pearl Harbor take place?
December 7, 1941
The mass killing of other 6.5 million Jews by Nazis during World War 2.
In order of their presidency, who were the two U.S. Presidents in office during World War 2?
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman
What is the name of the Infamous Jewish concentration camp located in Germany?
Auschwitz
What made the Battle of Midway the turning point in the war?
Some argue that World War 2 actually began in 1931 when Japan invaded what region in northeast China?
What is appeasement?
It is trying to avoid war with an aggressive nation by giving in to its demands.
Germany, France, Russian, and the U.S.
The war ended shortly after the U.S. dropped the atom bomb on which two cities in Japan?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What was the Allied strategy for winning World War 2?
They would beat Hitler first before taking out Japan. Also, they would work their way in from the edges.
It could be argued that the Holocaust started in 1935 when German introduced what new set of laws?
The Nuremberg Laws