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WWII
World History
Question | Answer |
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Alliance that featured Italy, Germany, and Japan | Axis Powers |
What country did Hitler sign a non-aggression pact with leading up to WWII? | Soviet Union |
Prime Minister of England for most of WWII | Winston Churchill |
Style of warfare that Hitler used where he tried to overwhelm his opponents and win quickly | blitzkrieg |
What city did Hitler repeatedly bomb for over a year straight during the Battle of Britain? | London |
The code name for Hitler's surprise attack on the Soviet Union | Operation Barbarossa |
German General who won many battles in the deserts of Africa and was nicknamed the "Desert Fox" | Erwin Rommel |
The date on which the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor | December 7, 1941 |
What state was Pearl Harbor located in? | Hawaii |
What two famous battles were considered the turning point against the Japanese in WWII? | Midway & Coral Sea |
Leader of all allied troops in Europe | Dwight Eisenhower |
Leader of all allied troops in the Pacific | Douglas MacArthur |
Leader of Italy during WWII | Mussolini |
Leader of the Soviet Union during WWII | Stalin |
Japanese emperor during WWII | Hirohito |
President of the USA for most of WWII | FDR |
What country did Hitler attack to start WWII? | Poland |
How did US citizens help pay for the war? | By purchasing war bonds |
What group of people were put in internment camps in the US for fear that they may be spies? | Japanese |
What was the code name for the D-Day invasion? | Operation Overlord |
What battle is considered Hitler's last stand? | The Battle of the Bulge |
Where did the Bataan Death March take place? | The Philippines |
What was the code name for the building of the atomic bomb? | The Manhattan Project |
What two Japanese cities were the atomic bombs dropped on? | Hiroshima & Nagasaki |