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Germany
Japan
USSR
Great Britain
USA
100
Who was the leader of Germany during WWII?
Adolf Hitler
100
What does Asia for Asians mean?
Japanese rule Asia instead of Europeans
100
Why did the USSR go to war?
The Germans invaded them.
100
Why did the British join WWII?
Germans Invaded Poland
100
What was the reason for the USA to enter WWII?
Pearl Harbor
200
What is the meaning of Lenestraum?
Living space, Germans wanted room to expand
200
Why did Japanese want to take over countries?
For their resources.
200
What deal did the Soviets make with the Germans in 1939?
Split Poland in half
200
What was the Battle of Britain?
Where the Germans tried to destroy the Royal Air Force but failed.
200
What was the reason for the USA to attack the islands they did?
To win air fields
300
Explain Blitzkreig
Lighting war: bombing then tanks then infantry
300
List 3 islands that the US invaded.
Guadalcanal, Okinawa, Iwo Jima
300
Who was the leader of the USSR in WWII?
Joseph Stalin
300
What country did the British want to invade to protect trade in the Meditteranean Sea but ended up going badly?
Italy
300
What weapon finally ended the American war with the Japanese?
The A-Bomb
400
Who did Hitler's ideas about race effect the war?
He did the holocaust, he attacked "lower" peoples like the slavs of the USSR and did not want to attack Great Britain.
400
What surprise attack did the Japan do on the USA?
Pearl Harbor
400
What 3 Soviet cities did the Germans attack but not take over?
Leningrad, Stalingrad and Moscow
400
What was D-Day?
Massive invasion of France by the Allies
400
Who was the main leader of the USA during WWII?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
500
List 5 countries that Hitler invaded.
Denmark, Norway, Austria, Poland, Czechsolvakia, France, USSR
500
List 5 countries that the Japanese invaded in WWII.
China, USA (Alaska), Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Malaysia, Singapore, Phillipines.
500
What was the battle in the Eastern Front that turned the tide agains the Germans and in favor of the Soviets?
Stalingrad
500
What was the Battle of the Bulge?
Where the Germans tried one final counter-attack against the British and USA.
500
Explain the American strategy of Island Hopping.
Jump from island to island taking air fields. Each time getting closer to Japan for the final invasion.