WW2

Question 0

Anschluss

Answer 0

Germans annexing Austria

Question 1

Rhineland

Answer 1

German territory that bordered France, Hitler militarized it (first military action)

Question 2

appeasement

Answer 2

giving in to aggressive demands to maintain peace

Question 3

Neville chamberlain

Answer 3

British prime minister, wanted to not block Hitlers way

Question 4

Winston Churchill

Answer 4

British parliament member, thought while everyone was united we should stand up to Hitler

Question 5

Axis Powers

Answer 5

Germany, Italy, Japan

Question 6

Nonaggression Pact

Answer 6

soviets and nazis agreed not to attack eachother

Question 7

blitzkrieg

Answer 7

lightning speed: method of fighting where planes and ground troops fight close together and go through and take over country as fast as possible, destroying everything

Question 8

allies

Answer 8

GB and France (eventually US)

Question 9

Battle of Britain

Answer 9

RAF vs Luftwaffe
Hitler wanted to destroy RAF and take over Britain
Britain wins

Question 10

Hideki Tojo

Answer 10

general making planes and planning Pearl Harbor

Question 11

Pearl Harbor

Answer 11

Dec 7, 1941
why? 
US cut off trade, japs hoped to stop US from coming to Europe 
mistakes:
Japs didn't destroy aircraft carriers 
missed oil fields 
stopped attack too soon 
brought US Into war

Question 12

isolationism

Answer 12

avoid involvement in affairs with other nations

Question 13

Erwin Rommel

Answer 13

led German and Italian force in Africa (afrika Korps)

pushed British out of Libya and back into Egypt

Question 14

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Answer 14

American general fought in NA- conquered it

Question 15

European Theatre

Answer 15

fighting in Europe

Question 16

pacific theatre

Answer 16

japan controls but US island hops to take it over

Question 17

siege of Leningrad

Answer 17

900 day siege-deadliest in human history
Germans surround soviets there and starve everyone- but Lagodo river freezes over and soviets can escape and surround Russia and win

Question 18

battle of Stalingrad

Answer 18

deadliest battle-neither side will surrender

barely any German soldiers make it home

Question 19

Douglas MacArthur

Answer 19

American General in Philippines gets sent out when japan takes over
“I shall return”

Question 20

Bataan Death March

Answer 20

phillipinos and some Americans forced to march to prison camp all along coast- many die

Question 21

battle of midway

Answer 21

us wins!
japan loses 4 aircraft carriers
gives base to Americans and begins island hopping

Question 22

battle of Guadalcanal

Answer 22

jungle island- japan fights to death and lots die

Question 23

kamikaze

Answer 23

Japanese suicide pilots that crash into boats

Question 24

nazi anti-semitism

Answer 24

nazis hate Jews ALOT

Question 25

scapegoat

Answer 25

someone to blame for a problems- Jews

Question 26

deported

Answer 26

forced to leave country

Question 27

final solution

Answer 27

deliberate mass execution of all Jews

Question 28

ghetto

Answer 28

confined area within city

Question 29

concentration camps

Answer 29

meant to hold people hitler called enemies of the state-forced to be slaves and starved

Question 30

holocaust

Answer 30

mass murder of Jews-but many other groups died too

Question 31

Nuremberg Laws

Answer 31

Jews lost citizenship

Question 32

kristllnacht

Answer 32

night of broken glass-Jews businesses and places of worship destroyed German response of diplomat being upset

Question 33

D-Day

Answer 33

``` June 6, 1944 biggest amphibious assault Normandy France operation overlord allies broke through German forces and took back France ```

Question 34

battle of the bulge

Answer 34

Hitlers last ditch effort -anyone who could fire a fun fought put all troops in 1 spot and attack

Question 35

V-E day

Answer 35

victory in Europe | Germany surrenders

Question 36

Iwo Jima

Answer 36

picture- American offensive, staging area for attack on japan, brutal fighting

Question 37

Okinawa

Answer 37

Japan's final stand built tunnels deadliest battle in pacific

Question 38

Hiroshima

Answer 38

August 6, 1945

Question 39

Nagasaki

Answer 39

August 9, 1945

Question 40

Harry Truman

Answer 40

sends ok to bombs going off

Question 41

V-J day

Answer 41

Japan surrenders

Question 42

Yalta conference

Answer 42

allies try to agree on plan for peace

Question 43

United Nations

Answer 43

world organization to prevent war

Question 44

Potsdam conference

Answer 44

details of boundaries reparations communists coming to power atomic bomb