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Who was the creator of the Fascist party?
Benito Mussolini
100
What country did Japan invade in 1937?
China
100
What does the appeasement mean?
Doing something to keep the peace
100
What was the Allied invasion of France that began on June 6, 1944 called?
D-Day
100

What was one country that had been friendly with Hitler and later joined Allies?

Soviet Union

200
Who led the Nazis?
Adolf Hitler
200

This country's civil war was won by the Republicans in 1936?

Spain

200
What does blitzkrieg mean?
Fast victory - lightning war
200

Name the two Japanese cities that the United States dropped nuclear bombs on in WWII. 

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

200

Name the Japanese Emperor during WWII?

Emperor Hirohito 

300
Who was the Prime Minister that led Great Britain through the worst years of WWII?
Winston Churchill
300
What country did Hitler envision as a huge empire called the Third Reich?
Germany
300
What was Hitler's "final solution?"
It was his plan for the Nazis to murder every Jew they could find
300

This battle was a turning point in the Pacific Theater of the war, resulting in the loss of 4 Japanese aircraft carriers. 

The Battle of Midway. 

300
What 3 countries made up the Axis powers?
Italy, Japan and Germany
400
Who was the commander of the Allied Army?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
400
Where was the American fleet anchored on December 7, 1941, when the Japanese attacked?
Pearl Harbor
400

This German term means "living space"

Lebensraum

400

This battle was the last major German offensive on the Western Front of the war. 

The Battle of the Bulge

400

This country suffered the highest number of casualties in the war. 

The Soviet Union

500
Who met in Yalta to form an agreement for their roles after the war (3 people)?
Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill
500
The Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act to help Europeans fight what country?
Germany
500
What is the mass murder of European Jews in WWII called?
Holocaust
500

This African nation was invaded by Italy in 1935. 

Ethiopia/Abyssinia 

500

Who was Roosevelt's Vice-President in 1945? 

Harry Truman