WW2

Question 0

Who was Joseph Stalin?

Answer 0

A russian ruler of the Soviet Union who lead the Red Army to defeat the Nazi Germany during WW2

Question 1

Who was Adolf Hitler?

Answer 1

The leader of the Nazi Party who served as a dictator from 1934-1945. He caused lots of chaos and left a mark, starting WW2 and the Holocaust.

Question 2

Who was Franklin D. Rosevelt?

Answer 2

The 32nd US president and the only one to be elected 4 times. He led the US through the Great Depression and WW2. He was president from 1933-1945.

Question 3

Who was Rosie the Riveter?

Answer 3

An icon representing American women who worked during WW2 and encouraged them to keep going and to think about the good they were doing.

Question 4

What was D-Day?

Answer 4

During the Battle of Normandy which started in 1944 and resulted in the allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazis control.

Question 5

What was the Japanese Internment?

Answer 5

When US citizens of Japanese descent were put in concentration camps because they were worried that any Japanese would spy or sabotage their plans.

Question 6

What was Hiroshima/Nagasaki?

Answer 6

When an American bomber dropped an A-Bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima in revenge of the Pearl Harbor attack.

Question 7

What are Allies?

Answer 7

A group of nations taking millitary actions together in particular the countries that fought with the US in WW1 and WW2. - (US, France, Soviet Union)

Question 8

What are Axis?

Answer 8

An agreement or alliance between two or more countries that forms a center for an eventual larger grouping of nations. - (Germany, Japan, Italy)

Question 9

What is Island Hopping?

Answer 9

After the Battle of Midway, the US decided to move from island to idland dropping bombs and causing chaos until they reach Japan.

Question 10

What was the Holocaust?

Answer 10

A devastating Nazi movement in pursuit of perfection led by Adolf Hitler who killed more than 6 million jews (as well as gypsies and homosexuals). It was also one of the things that caused the start of WW2.

Question 11

What is Kamakazi?

Answer 11

In 1944, during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the Japanese deploy suicide bombers against American warships for the first time.

Question 12

What is Blitzkrieg?

Answer 12

A German term for “lightning war,” is a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower.

Question 13

What is Operation Barbarossa?

Answer 13

On June 22, 1941,Adolf Hitler sent his armies to massively invade the Soviet Union with three great army group with over 3 million soldiers, 150 divisions and 3,000 tanks to invade Soviet territory. The invasion covered from the North Cape, to the Black Sea.

Question 14

What is the Battle of Stalingrad?

Answer 14

From July 17, 1942 to Feb. 2, 1943, stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favor of the Allies. It was known as one of the bloodiest battles in history, with combined military and civilian deaths of nearly 2 million.

Question 15

What is Scorched Earth Policy?

Answer 15

a military strategy of burning or destroying buildings, crops, or other resources that might be of use to an invading enemy force.

Question 16

What is a Civilian?

Answer 16

A person who does not belong in the armed forces or the police force.

Question 17

What was the Rape of Nanking?

Answer 17

During 1937, imperial Japanese Army forces murdered and abused hundreds of thousands of people (including Chinese citizens and soldiers of Nanjing) during that time 20,000 to 80,000 women were sexually abused.

Question 18

Who is Hideki Tojo?

Answer 18

Was Prime Minister of Japan during the Pearl Harbor attack, was for Allied propagandists and is one of the most commonly caricatured members of Japan’s military dictatorship throughout the Pacific war. Although he was a very important leader in Japan, he was very indecisive as a national leader.

Question 19

Who is Joseph Goebbels?

Answer 19

He was someone who was in favor of Nazi Germany and was Minister of Propaganda for Nazi Germany, after Adolf Hitler committed suicide, he served as a chancellor of Germany for one day before he gave his and his family’s life.

Question 20

What was the Battle of Midway?

Answer 20

Six months after the Japanese attack from Pearl Harbor, the United States defeated the Japanese in a naval base of WW2.

Question 21

What is Pearl Harbor?

Answer 21

On December 7, 1941, the Japanese army invaded a U.S. naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii and not only killed about 2,000 soldiers and wounded 1,000; but they destroyed many naval vessels and aircraft.

Question 22

What is Appeasement?

Answer 22

The policy of making conciliation or reconciliation.

Question 23

What is the Maginot Line?

Answer 23

Made in 1930, this French line of defense was built around Frances borders with Germany to prevent any invasions, but unfortunately Minister of War, Andre Maginot, failed to achieve this goal as German troops invaded through Belgium.