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100
This battle was an Axis victory in Northern France, but a moral victory for the Allies as they were able to successfully save over 300,000 troops.
What is the Battle of Dunkirk
100
The first act of military aggression in WWII was the Italian invasion of this country.
What is Ethiopia
100
These pilots carried out suicide missions by crashing their planes into U.S. war ships.
What are kamikaze
100
On this date, Germany sent troops into the demilitarized Rhineland
What is March 1936
100
This was the primary group persecuted by the German Nazis.
What are Jews
200
This one day battle was the largest amphibious invasion in world history and was the first stage in the Allied invasion of Europe to take down Germany.
What is D-Day
200
The name of the Pact that was signed between German and Japan creating their alliance in WWII.
What is the Anticommintern Pact
200
The destruction of this Chinese city by the Japanese military was one of the most violent episodes of the war
What is Nanjing
200
On this date, German troops invaded Czechoslovakia.
What is March 1939.
200
These were walled sections of a city designed to isolate the Jewish population from the non-Jewish population.
What are Ghettos
300
This battle was the first all air battle in history. The battle was also the first time Hitler and his Luftwaffe were beaten on the field of battle.
What is the Battle of Britain
300
WWII oficially begins when Germany and the USSR invade and divide this country
What is Poland
300
Japanese POW camps were particularly brutal.... what is a POW?
What is a prisoner of war
300
On this date, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, drawing the U.S. into WWII.
What is Dec. 7, 1941
300
This was a mobile killing squad that followed the German army into Soviet territory.
What is the Einsatzgrupen
400
This was the bloodiest battle in the modern era. It consisted of gritty street warfare, and ended with the German 6th army being captured.
What is the Battle of Stalingrad
400
The United States was able to raise an enormous amount of money for the war effort by selling these documents to U.S. citizens
What are war bonds
400
This was the name of the project that developed the atomic bomb in the U.S.
What is The Manhattan Project
400
on this date, the Allies began Operation Torch.
What is November 8, 1942.
400
These camps were equipped with gas chambers and their primary purpose was to eliminate as many people as possible.
What are Death Camps
500
This battle in the Pacific was different from other battles because of the elaborate defensive tunnels the Japanese had developed. After the Allies took this island, they were finally in place to begin bombing Tokyo.
What is the Battle of Iwo Jima
500
This general was given command of all Allied forces in the European theater as the Allies began their invasion of Axis territory.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower.
500
These are the two cities that the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on.
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki
500
On this date, Victory is declared in Europe. Known now as V-E Day.
What is May 8, 1945
500
As the Allies advanced into German occupied territory, Himmler had all camps evacuated towards the inner Reich. This brutal movement of camp prisoners became known as...
What are Death Marches.