WW2

Question 1

Who was the British Prime Minister during World War II?

Answer 1

Winston Churchill

Question 2

Who was the French general committed to conquering France?

Answer 2

Charles de Gaulle

Question 3

Who was the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe?

Answer 3

Dwight Eisenhower

Question 4

What significant event did Hirohito preside over during World War II?

Answer 4

The invasion of China, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and the Japanese surrender

Question 5

Who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945?

Answer 5

Adolf Hitler

Question 6

What role did Douglas MacArthur serve during World War II?

Answer 6

Commander of the Allies land forces in the Pacific

Question 7

Who founded the fascist party in Italy?

Answer 7

Benito Mussolini

Question 8

Who is often called the ‘father of the atomic bomb’?

Answer 8

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Question 9

What was Erwin Rommel known for during World War II?

Answer 9

A German general sent to help save Italy

Question 10

Who was the 32nd president of the United States?

Answer 10

Franklin Roosevelt

Question 11

What led Josef Stalin to join the Allies during World War II?

Answer 11

Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941

Question 12

Who piloted the Enola Gay?

Answer 12

Paul Tibbets

Question 13

What position did Hideki Tojo hold during World War II?

Answer 13

General of the Imperial Japanese Army and Prime Minister of Japan

Question 14

What action did Harry Truman take to help end World War II?

Answer 14

Ordered the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Question 15

Who was Japan’s greatest naval strategist?

Answer 15

Isoruko Yamamoto

Question 16

Define Fascism

Answer 16

A militant political movement emphasizing loyalty to the state and obedience to its leader

Question 17

What is Nazism?

Answer 17

A German fascist group led by Hitler during World War II

Question 18

What is Mein Kampf?

Answer 18

A book outlining Hitler’s beliefs for Germany

Question 19

What does appeasement mean?

Answer 19

Making concessions to an aggressive foreign power to avoid war

Question 20

What were the Axis Powers?

Answer 20

An alliance agreement with Germany, Italy, and Japan

Question 21

What does isolationism mean?

Answer 21

The belief that political ties to other countries should be avoided

Question 22

What was the Third Reich?

Answer 22

The Nazi term for Germany from 1933 to 1945

Question 23

What occurred at the Munich Conference?

Answer 23

Britain and France allowed Germany to annex the Sudetenland

Question 24

What was the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact?

Answer 24

A secret agreement to divide Poland and for USSR to gain Baltic countries

Question 25

What military strategy is referred to as Blitzkrieg?

Answer 25

A strategy using fast-moving planes, tanks, and weapons to surprise attack enemies

Question 26

Fill in the blank: The second atomic bomb was dropped on _______.

Answer 26

Nagasaki

Question 27

Fill in the blank: The first atomic bomb was dropped on _______.

Answer 27

Hiroshima

Question 28

What was the Luftwaffe?

Answer 28

The German air force responsible for air defense

Question 29

What event led the US to enter WWII?

Answer 29

The attack on Pearl Harbor

Question 30

What does Aryan refer to in Nazi ideology?

Answer 30

The German acclaimed master race

Question 31

What was the Holocaust?

Answer 31

The mass slaughter of Jews and other groups judged inferior by the Nazis

Question 32

What does Kristallnacht mean?

Answer 32

Night of the Broken Glass, when Jewish shop windows were smashed

Question 33

What is a ghetto in the context of WWII?

Answer 33

Segregated Jewish areas sealed off by the Nazis

Question 34

What was the Final Solution?

Answer 34

Hitler's plan to systematically murder those deemed inferior

Question 35

Define genocide

Answer 35

The deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group

Question 36

What was D-Day?

Answer 36

The Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944

Question 37

What were kamikaze pilots?

Answer 37

Japanese suicide pilots who bombed Allied ships

Question 38

What was the Manhattan Project?

Answer 38

A research program to develop nuclear weapons during WWII

Question 39

What does the swastika symbolize?

Answer 39

The symbol of the German Nazi Party

Question 40

What were the Nuremberg Trials?

Answer 40

Trials of Nazi leaders charged with crimes against humanity

Question 41

What was the first act of appeasement by Hitler?

Answer 41

Announcing he would no longer follow the Treaty of Versailles

Question 42

What was the last territory Hitler was allowed to annex before WWII?

Answer 42

All of Czechoslovakia

Question 43

What was the Maginot Line?

Answer 43

A series of fortifications built by France along its border with Germany

Question 44

What was the outcome of the Battle of Midway?

Answer 44

Considered the major turning point in the war against Japan in the Pacific

Question 45

How many Jews were killed in the Holocaust?

Answer 45

Around 6 million

Question 46

What was Hitler's last major offensive in Europe?

Answer 46

The Battle of the Bulge

Question 47

Which country had the largest number of Jews killed in the Holocaust?

Answer 47

German-occupied Poland

Question 48

Where did Operation Overlord meet the most resistance?

Answer 48

Omaha Beach

Question 49

What were the two Japanese cities targeted by atomic bombs?

Answer 49

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Question 50

Which country saw the most casualties during WWII?

Answer 50

The Soviet Union

Question 51

What organization was created after WWII to prevent future wars?

Answer 51

The United Nations

Question 52

What battle cost the USSR over one million soldiers?

Answer 52

Battle of Stalingrad