This was the only good news of the day at Pearl Harbor
What is the US had their aircraft carriers out to see away from Pearl Harbor
100
The event that ended America's isolationism
What is Pearl Harbor
100
A "blitzkrieg" literally means this and works in this way.
What is a lightning war and the planes bomb, followed by artillery then soldiers to mop up
100
What branch of the military fought most of the Battle of Britain
What is the air force
100
Name the country that invaded the Soviet Union
What is Germany
200
The full date Pearl Harbor happened
What is December 7, 1941
200
Define isolationism
What is being alone and removed from something
200
Explain why the blitzkrieg was so effective
What is it moved very fast and overwhelmed opponents with bombing, artillery and soldiers
200
The German air force is called this
What is the Luftwaffe
200
Name the thing Hitler created by invading the Soviet Union
What is a two front war
300
Explain how attacking America would "awaken a sleeping giant"
What is the US was powerful but had not harnessed their strength. Japan attacking would make the US "wake up" and begin using their strength.
300
Name a reason America wanted to stay isolated
What is lessons learned from WWI(death, debt, etc), it was a foreign war, etc
300
Name the country Dunkirk is in and explain why it was so important that 300,000+ Allied soldiers were evacuated to Britain
What is France and it saved a massive portion of their armies. Had Germany won and killed or taken those soldiers prisoner, Germany likely might have taken over all of Europe.
300
This is the country Hitler attacked after the Battle of Britain and the reason he did it
What is the Soviet Union because he hated the Soviet Union, Stalin and it was his lifelong goal
300
Explain the reason that at the start of the war it was unlikely the Soviet Union would have joined the Allies(be specific)
What is Germany and the Soviet Union signed the Non-Aggression Pact making the massively powerful Soviet Union a non-factor in the Allies attacks against Germany.
400
Explain why Japan targeted the US navy in particular instead of other branches of the military
What is the navy was the only way to truly attack Japan and stop them as the air force and army couldn't travel the distance across the Pacific Ocean
400
Explain what a precedent is and how Roosevelt broke Washington's.
What is a guideline or expectation(not a rule or law) and Roosevelt broke it by being elected to a third term as president
400
Name the event that started WWII and both countries involved.
What is the invasion of Poland by Germany
400
The term used to describe the bombing of London and why the bombing of London was a mistake by Germany.
What is the "blitz" and it made the war more personal because it was a non-military target so the British were more determined to fight back until the end.
400
Explain why invading the Soviet Union might have been the attacking army's biggest mistake of the entire war.
What is it created a two front war and forced Germany to divide their forces thereby weakening them.
500
Explain why the Japanese decided to attack Pearl Harbor then correctly identify which prime minister wanted to attack and which did not
What is the Japanese needed natural resources such as oil(US stop trading/froze bank assets). Tojo wanted to attack, Konoye didn't.
500
This is the reason President Roosevelt prepared the country for war even though he publicly claimed the US would remain neutral and isolated
What is Roosevelt knew the US would likely be drawn into the war, one way or another
500
Correctly name all of the major Allied and Axis powers(6 total)
What is the US, Great Britain, Russia(Allies) and Germany, Italy and Japan(Axis)
500
The result of the Battle of Britain for Germany's military.
What is the Luftwaffe was decimated and was never the same nor as effective.
500
Name the force that stopped the invading army's advance and give three examples of how that force affected them.
What is winter(frozen guns, vehicles, frozen soldiers, poorly clothed, slowed down blitzkrieg, etc)