Fighting and Battles
Leaders
Expansion
America
Potpouri
100
This battle took place on the shores of France where British troops were surrounded by Germans.
What is the Battle of Dunkirk
100
This person was the leader(fuhrer) of Germany
Who is Adolf Hitler
100
Germany started World War II by invading this country.
What is Poland.
100
This man was the president of America during WWII(name, not his initials)
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt
200
This battle was the battle fought for control of Britain's skies.
What is the Battle of Britain
200
These two leaders hated each other and it helped lead to them being on opposite sides of the war
Who are Stalin and Hitler
200
Russia took over part of Poland and other small countries when it signed THIS with Germany
What is Non-Aggression Pact
200
This is the reason why Roosevelt began trading with the Allies and took steps to prepare for war even though America remained neutral.
What is he knew there was a good chance America would become involved in WWII
200
World War II started in this year
What is 1939
300
This battle was a sneak attack and brought the United States into World War II.
What is Pearl Harbor
300
This leader said his country "would never surrender, and would fight on no matter the cost."
Who is Winston Churchill
300
This country was the second major country to fall to Germany(hint: one of the major Allies in WWI)
What is France
300
The attack on Pearl Harbor occurred on this date(full date)
What is December 7th, 1941
300
The German air force was known as this.
What is the Luftwaffe
400
This German tactic called for planes to drop bombs followed by tanks then soldiers; it was also known as a "lightning war"
What is blitzkrieg
400
Tojo replaced this leader during WWII
Who is Fumimoro Konoye
400
This policy PREVENTED the United States from expanding.
What is isolationism.
400
FDR was the first president to ever do this in American history
What is get ELECTED to a third term
400
America was strong, maybe the strongest nation in the world, but did not know it yet. Konoye's staff feared THIS would happen if America was attacked. Name the phrase used to describe this.
What is "awaken a sleeping giant"
500
Japan attacked this area(direction) of Asia
What is Southeast Asia
500
Name the leaders of all the Axis and Allied countries
Who are Tojo, Hitler and Mussolini for the Axis; Who are FDR, Churchill and Stalin for the Allies
500
This country was the last country in Western Europe to resist Germany's advance
What is Great Britain
500
Name at least one reason America wanted to stay neutral and maintain a policy of isolationism
What is any of the following: wars are expensive, wars cost lives, it was not America's fight
500
Name ALL of the primary Axis(3) and Allied(3) powers.
What are Germany, Italy and Germany; What are America, Britain and the Soviet Union