WWII People
WWII Places
WWII Vocabulary
WWII Events
WWII
100
Who was the creator dictator of Italy?
Benito Mussolini
100
What country signed a non-aggression pact with Germany?
Soviet Union
100
The German invasion of this country marked the official beginning of WWII.
Poland
100
The Allied invasion of France that began on June 6, 1944.
D-Day
100
Under this program the U.S. was able to help the Allies by providing supplies.
What is Lend and lease?
200
The French General who refused to accept defeat and fled to London?
Charles De Gaulle
200
Hitler had Jewish and other "undesirables" placed in these camps.
concentration camps
death camps
200
Germany attacked in all directions...Fast victory - lightning war
What does blitzkrieg mean?
200
The defense of this Russian city marked a major turning point on the Eastern Front of World War II.
What is the Battle of Stalingrad
200
The two main powers/alliances that fought during WWII.
Axis Power and Allies
300
Who was the Prime Minister that led Great Britain through the worst years of WWII?
Winston Churchill
300
What was the name of Hitler's form of government which denied individual freedoms took complete power of the Germany?
fascism
300
What was Hitler's "final solution?"
It was his plan for the Nazis to murder every Jew they could find
300
Iwo Jima
300
What 3 countries made up the Axis powers?
Italy, Japan and Germany
400
Who was the commander of the Allied Army during D-Day?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
400
Where was the American fleet anchored on December 7, 1941, when the Japanese attacked?
Pearl Harbor
400
The Native American tribe that developed and used a secret code during the war.
Navajo
400
Name three things that were done on the home front to help the war? Include a sacrifice everyone was supposed to make.
Sacrifice: Rations, car pool, scrap drives
Rosie the Riveter, War Bonds, converting factories, propaganda, home gardens/victory gardens
400
These four countries were major parts of the Allies.
Great Britain, France, US, Soviet Union
500
This was the bloodiest battle in the Pacific.
Okinawa
500
The name of northern, southern, and western areas of former Czechoslovakia that was taken by Hitler. Great Britain and France appeased Hitler when he took this area.
What is Sudetenland?
500
This Conference took place before Germany’s surrender, so the Allies discussed final strategy for the war. Stalin agreed to give countries free elections.
What is the Yalta Conference?
500
The cities that the US dropped atomic bombs on.
1- Hiroshima
2-Nagasaki
500
What event lead to Hitler gaining absolute power as Chancellor of Germany?
Burning of the Reichstag