Taking Sides
What were the main 3 countries of the Allied Powers?
United States
England
France
Which U.S. President won the election of 1940 and decided that America would take an indirect role in the war?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Who was the leader over Germany during WW2?
Adolf Hitler
50 - 80 million people died during WW2. One of the biggest contributors to this number was this horrendous event facilitated by Germany that murdered millions of Jews.
The Holocaust
When it was apparent that Germany would lose the war what was Hitler's response?
Committed Suicide
What were the 3 main countries of the Axis Powers?
Germany
Italy
Japan
How did America indirectly support England (UK) in the war?
Sending food and supplies
Although the dangerous and bitter cold had set in, Hitler told his German troops to keep going in their attack of which country?
Russia (Soviet Union)
What was the special name given to the Allied power's amphibious (land & sea) landing in the French city of Normandy?
D-Day
Which fascist leader of Italy was overthrown from power once Italy's attitude toward the war changed?
Benito Mussolini
Germany, Italy, and Japan entered an alliance called what?
Tripartite Act
Japanese bombing of which American navy base caused America to enter WW2?
Pearl Harbor
What German machine was responsible for sinking several American ships that were attempting to send supplies to the UK?
Submarine
Nagasaki and Hiroshima are cities in what Asian country?
Japan
About how many people died as a result of WW2?
50 - 80 million
America dropped what devastatingly destructive weapons on the Nagasaki and Hiroshima?
atomic bomb
Which man was instrumental in breaking the German codes so Americans could know what the Germans were planning to do?
Alan Touring