World War 2

Question 0

What was the “beer hall putsch” and when did it happen?

Answer 0

Hitler tried over throwing the government in 1923

Question 1

When did hurler join what came to be the nazi party?

Answer 1

1919

1922 became the leader

Question 2

When did Mussolini take power in Italy

Answer 2

October 29th 1922

Question 3

What happened to all opposin political powers in Italy by 1928?

Answer 3

They are threatened or killed

Question 4

What was the Mukden incident?

Answer 4

A staged event by the Japanese to blow something up and blame China for doing it

Question 5

What did hitler ignore when he decided to re-arm Germany in 1935

Answer 5

The versailles treaty

Question 6

What was the Rhineland incident

Answer 6

Hitler put troops in the Rhineland area

Question 7

What happens when Germany occupied Austria

Answer 7

There were many Germans in Austria and they were Okay with making one big country so they did

Question 8

How was Germany able to their the Sudetenland

Answer 8

Hitler kept asking for more and more of it

Question 9

After taking the Sudetenland, what did Germany finally take

Answer 9

They are doing to take over the rest of Czechoslovakia

Question 10

Who signed the “non-aggression “ pact and what happened a week later?

Answer 10

Hitler and Stalin signed

They invaded Poland

Question 11

What was the gleiwitz incident

Answer 11

The nazis did damage in Germany and said it was Poland

Question 12

What was operation himmler

Answer 12

A bunch of propaganda by the nazis to make Poland look bad

Question 13

What was happening in Europe during the “phoney war” ?

Answer 13

A phase early in ww2 when nothing happened except GETTING READY FOR WAR

Question 14

Who gave the “battle of the Atlantic” it’s name and what was his role in ww2?

Answer 14

Longest battle of the war.

Winston Churchill-the prime minister of Great Britain

Question 15

Who was Joseph Stalin

Answer 15

The leader of the Soviet Union

Question 16

Where was the winter war fought

Answer 16

Eastern Finland

Question 17

What happened as a result of the winter war

Answer 17

Finland gave up 10% of its territory and some of their assets

Question 18

What was blitzkrieg and what was it supposed to do to an enemy?

Answer 18

Bomb a city, then surrounded it with tanks and people so they had no chance

Question 19

Why was norway important to Germany

Answer 19

Strategic reasons

Question 20

How long did the German invasion of Denmark last

Answer 20

6 hours

Question 21

What countries were invaded in the battle of France

Answer 21

Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands

Question 22

Who was Charles de Gaulle and what was his role in ww2

Answer 22

The military leader of France

Question 23

Although the Germans won at Dunkirk, why could you say that Britain/France really won?

Answer 23

Britain and France escaped

Question 24

What did Italy want from Britain and France

Answer 24

Take away their colonies in North Africa

Question 25

Describe the method of fighting in the Battle of Britain/ the blitz and what was the next step if the Luftwaffe won

Answer 25

Everything was in the air. Great Britain would have followed

Question 26

What did women and elderly men do in Moscow in 1941?

Answer 26

Dig anti-tank trenches; work against Germany

Question 27

Why was the battle of Moscow one of the most important in all of ww2

Answer 27

It would of led Germany to take over Russia

Question 28

What was the date of Pearl Harbor?

Answer 28

DECEMBER 7TH 1941

Question 29

Why did Japan attack

Answer 29

Oil

Question 30

Why were the Japanese so successful in the early months after Pearl Harbor

Answer 30

Nobody would fight back

Question 31

Battle of coral sea | Although this was a tactical victory for the Japanese, why did the battle prove to be a strategic victory for the allies

Answer 31

We stopped them from | Advancing

Question 32

Why was winning the battle of midway so important

Answer 32

The U.S. Wins and pushes Japan back

Question 33

How was operation torch another turning point in the war

Answer 33

We went into Northern Africa and sen up through Italy to be successful. We did involved in the war and won

Question 34

What was the date of D Day

Answer 34

JUNE 6th 1944

Question 35

When France was liberated, what did that end?

Answer 35

The German occupation of France

Question 36

What was another term for the battle of the bulge

Answer 36

Ardennes offensive

Question 37

What happened to German Units after the battle of the bulge

Answer 37

The were forced to retreat

Question 38

Why was the battle of Iwo Jima so important?

Answer 38

The first native Japanese soul we invaded

Question 39

Who invaded Germany from where?

Answer 39

Soviet untion from the east | Us and Great Britain from the west

Question 40

What happened to Mussolini

Answer 40

He gets hanged in the streets of Italy

Question 41

Who was involved in the battle of Okinawa that had not been involved in most of the others

Answer 41

The first large use of kamakazee

Question 42

Name the plane, pilot, and bomb dropped over Hiroshima

Answer 42

The Enola gay, Paul tibbits, little boy

Question 43

Name the bomb dropped on Nagasaki

Answer 43

Fat man