H3- The Second World War

Question 1

Invasion of poland through launch of molotov-ribbentrop

Answer 1

sept. 1, 1939

Question 2

battle of westerplatte

Answer 2

sept. 1-7, 1939

Question 3

battle of Bzura

Answer 3

sept. 8-19, 1939

Question 4

repositioning of German army

Answer 4

winter 1939 - spring 1940

Question 5

assault on Belgium

Answer 5

may 10, 1940

Question 6

Ardenne and Sedan are targeted

Answer 6

May 13th 1940

Question 7

Nazi troops enter france

Answer 7

june 14th 1940

Question 8

Germany initiated a sea and air blockade on Britain

Answer 8

July 1940

Question 9

German took over Yugoslavia by force

Answer 9

1941-1942

Question 10

Germany invaded USSR territory

Answer 10

1941

Question 11

Operation Barbarossa

Answer 11

June 22nd 1941

Question 12

First attack on the US from Japan

Answer 12

Décembre 1941

Question 13

FDR calls for peace from Japan

Answer 13

Décembre 6th 1941

Question 14

Surprise attack from Japan on Pearl Harbour

Answer 14

December 7th 1941

Question 15

Invasion of China by Japan

Answer 15

1931-1941

Question 16

Invasion of Indochina by Japan

Answer 16

1940-1941

Question 17

Japan continues to take over with the Philippines

Answer 17

may 1942

Question 18

planes sent by US army destroyed by Japan

Answer 18

Spring 1942

Question 19

Allies’ goal to take over North Africa (colonial empires)

Answer 19

end of october 1942

Question 20

British raid on Taranto

Answer 20

November 1940

Question 21

Battle of El Alamaine won by Allies’ forces

Answer 21

November 1942

Question 22

Surrender of Axis troops in North Africa

Answer 22

may 1943

Question 23

British landing in Sicily

Answer 23

July 1943

Question 24

Rome is captured by Allies

Answer 24

June 1944

Question 25

Operation Torch

Answer 25

November 1942 The Allied invasion of North Africa, targeting French-controlled Algeria and Morocco

Question 26

Operation Husky

Answer 26

July 1943 The Allied invasion of Sicily, an island in southern Italy. It led to the fall of Mussolini and Italy’s eventual surrender.

Question 27

Battle of Stalingrad

Answer 27

July 1942 - feb 1943

Question 28

Battle of Kursk

Answer 28

July 5 - August 23 1943

Question 29

Kursk strategic offensive

Answer 29

july 12th 1943

Question 30

Battle in Midway Island

Answer 30

June 3-6 1942

Question 31

halt of Japanese w/ Allies , victory in Midway Island

Answer 31

June 1942

Question 32

liberation of France in Allies' working w/Tehran Conference

Answer 32

since fall 1943

Question 33

chosen date for D-Day landing in Normandie

Answer 33

may 1944

Question 34

20K paratroopers sent to circle German troops through the land

Answer 34

jun 5 1944

Question 35

actual date of the D-Day landing under Eisenhower & Operation Bagration on Soviets soldiers' side

Answer 35

jun 6 1944

Question 36

liberation of Paris (then pushed through Rhine and entered Germany)

Answer 36

aug 25 1944

Question 37

Soviets reconquer Warsaw

Answer 37

jan 1945

Question 38

beginning of kamikaze program from Japan

Answer 38

oct 1944

Question 39

Allies' landing in Iwo Jima

Answer 39

feb 1945

Question 40

battle of iwo Jima

Answer 40

jan - mar 1945

Question 41

US led by Truman are considering an invasion of Japan

Answer 41

summer 1945

Question 42

Manhattan project directed by Openheimer

Answer 42

since dec 1942

Question 43

Truman hears about the project & sends an ultimatum to Japan

Answer 43

jul. 1945

Question 44

first atomic bomb dropped on industrial city of Hiroshima

Answer 44

aug 6 1945

Question 45

Soviets declare war to Japan (competition w/US)

Answer 45

aug 8 1945

Question 46

second atomic bomb in Nagasaki

Answer 46

aug 9, 1945

Question 47

Japanese representatives board boat anchored on Tokyo Bay to sign surrender = end of the war

Answer 47

sept 2 1945

Question 48

use of nuclear weapons creates a huge debate

Answer 48

1945

Question 49

Appel à la résistance ce Charles De Gaulle

Answer 49

June 18th 1940

Question 50

Wannsee conference

Answer 50

January 20, 1942 At this meeting, senior Nazi officials and SS leaders planned the “Final Solution to the Jewish Question”—the systematic deportation and extermination of all Jews in Nazi-occupied Europe. ## Footnote It marked the formal coordination of the Holocaust, leading to the creation and expansion of death camps like Auschwitz.

Question 51

Jewish killed

Answer 51

6M

Question 52

Survival in concentration camps

Answer 52

3%