World War II

Question 1

What two cities did the U.S. bomb to force Japan to surrender?

Answer 1

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Question 2

Who was the American General responsible for leading the U.S. in WW II?

Answer 2

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Question 3

What totalitarian leader of Italy was murdered during the invasion of Italy and was hung up for all to see?

Answer 3

Benito Mussolini

Question 4

How was Hitler’s invasion of Russia similar to Napoleon’s own invasion?

Answer 4

They were both forced to retreat because they were not prepared for the cold winters in Russia.

Question 5

What is blitzkrieg?

Answer 5

“Lightning War”, tactic used by Hitler in early WW II to eliminate the western front quickly.

Question 6

Who was Winston Churchill?

Answer 6

Prime Minister of Britain during WW II.

Question 7

What were the laws that made Jewish people follow certain policies in Germany?

Answer 7

Nuremberg Laws

Question 8

Who was the totalitarian leader of Germany?

Answer 8

Adolf Hitler

Question 9

Who were “The Big Three?”

Answer 9

U.S, Great Britain, U.S.S.R.

Question 10

What was the cause of WW II erupting in Europe?

Answer 10

The German invasion of Poland

Question 11

What drew the U.S into WW II?

Answer 11

Pearl Harbor attack by Japan

Question 12

What battle symbolized the turning point in Africa during WW II?

Answer 12

The Battle of El Alamein

Question 13

Who was the British general that led the British army during WW II?

Answer 13

Bernard Montgomery

Question 14

Who was the German tank commander leading the Afrikan Corps during WW II?

Answer 14

Erwin Rommel

Question 15

What battle was the turning point for the war on the eastern front?

Answer 15

The Battle of Stalingrad

Question 16

What group of people were persecuted by Americans following the events of Pearl Harbor?

Answer 16

Japanese-Americans

Question 17

What system did Americans use to save common resources for their troops to use over seas?

Answer 17

Rationing

Question 18

What did many Americans buy to help support their military directly?

Answer 18

War Bonds

Question 19

This Invasion of Normandy was code named ‘Operation Overlord,” and was the largest land and sea attack in history.

Answer 19

D-Day

Question 20

What were the kamikazes?

Answer 20

Japanese suicide pilots

Question 21

Where did Adolf Hitler die and how?

Answer 21

He committed suicide in an Underground Bunker inside of Berlin.

Question 22

What was held to punish German leaders for their war crimes?

Answer 22

Nuremberg Trials

Question 23

What steps did the U.S. take to ensure Japan was not going to attack again after it began occupying it?

Answer 23

Demilitarized it’s army, treaty said it could not declare war, continued to occupy it

Question 24

What was the Diet?

Answer 24

A two house parliament used in Japan during it’s occupation

Question 25

Who was the figurehead in Japan that was forced to declare he was not divine after the U.S. occupation?

Answer 25

The Emperor (Hirohito)