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General Knowledge
100
The D-Day Invasion occurred in...
Normandy, France
100
Japanese suicide pilots
Kamikazes
100
Took over as president when FDR died; Made the call to use the bombs
Harry Truman
100
Avoided this by using atomic bombs
Invasion of Japan
100
3 Allied Powers
USA, Britain, Soviet Union
200
Major turning point Soviet victory against Germany as Germany was forced to retreat
Stalingrad
200
Strategy of taking islands in order to get closer to Japan; Each island is used as a base to launch the next attack
Island Hopping
200
Supreme Allied Commander in Europe
Dwight Eisenhower
200
Name of the project in New Mexico with the goal of building an atomic bomb
Manhattan Project
200
3 Axis Powers
Germany, Italy, Japan
300
D-Day a major turning a point because
-soldiers and supplies flood Western Europe
-Germany is now in a full-on 2-front war
300
Final major battle against Japan; It was the deadliest battle of the war for America
Okinawa
300
Pacific commander of ground troops
Douglas MacArthur
300
"Father of the Atomic Bomb"
J. Robert Oppenheimer
300
Main argument against the atomic bombs
civilian targets; war crime
400
Final major battle against Germany; It ended their hopes of winning the war
Battle of the Bulge
400
Battle that this image comes from
Iwo Jima
400
Pacific commander of the Navy
Chester Nimitz
400
1st city hit with an atomic bomb
Hiroshima
400
Main argument for the atomic bombs
More people would have died if we invaded; Japan refused to surrender
500
Axis Power invaded and eventually defeated following the Allied victory in North Africa
Italy
500
First major victory against Japan; America damaged Japan's Navy by destroying aircraft carriers
Midway
500
American General who defeated Rommel in North Africa
George Patton
500
2nd city hit with an atomic bomb
Nagasaki
500
Date of D-Day (month, day, year)
June 6, 1944