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WWII
World History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |