The World at War #2 2.0

Question 1

This small corner of land that Germany hadn't captured and it held multiple troops trying to evacuate 7 miles to the UK

Accepted Answer

Dunkirk

Question 2

lightning war - quickly moving soldiers, tanks, and planes to overwhelm the enemy forces

Accepted Answer

Blitzkrieg

Question 3

At this meeting the Big Three decided they would divide Germany after the war

Accepted Answer

Tehran Conference

Question 4

August 6, 1945 - America nB-29 bomber airplane dropped the atomic bomb "Little Boy" over this Japanese city

Accepted Answer

Hiroshima

Question 5

The two Japanese territories the U.S. acquired after many casualties and advancements

Accepted Answer

Iwo Jima & Okinawa

Question 6

The use of radio, film, new activities, and posters that are used to support a particular cause or political movement

Accepted Answer

Propaganda

Question 7

December 7th, 1941 Japan launched this attack, killing 2,403 Americans

Accepted Answer

Pearl Harbor Bombing

Question 8

Hitler's air force

Accepted Answer

Luftwaffe

Question 9

Germany, Japan, and Italy were known as the. . .

Accepted Answer

Axis Powers

Question 10

Great Britain, United States, and Soviet Union were known as the. . .

Accepted Answer

Grand Alliance

Question 11

Which of the following was not a cause for World War II

Accepted Answer

Militarism

Question 12

Previous vice president who took over president after Franklin Delano Roosevelt died

Accepted Answer

Harry S. Truman

Question 13

At this meeting the Big Three agreed to establish the United Nations and divide Germany into 4 zones

Accepted Answer

The Yalta Conference

Question 14

3 days later a second bomb "Fat Man" was dropped on this city killing 40,000 people and Emperor Hirohito surrendered

Accepted Answer

Nagasaki

Question 15

The Big Three agreed to establish this to maintain peace for nations around the world

Accepted Answer

The United Nations

Question 16

These were held to punish high-ranking Nazi officials and ended up convicting 161 people

Accepted Answer

Nuremberg Trials

Question 17

This prevented the U.S. from taking sides and joining the war

Accepted Answer

Neutrality Acts

Question 18

This person was the leader of the Third Reich and ordered the death of 6 million Jews

Accepted Answer

Adolf Hitler

Question 19

Which of the following were not a part of the original "Big Three" in World War II

Accepted Answer

Harry S. Truman

Question 20

The invasion of German occupied France & landed on the beaches of Normandy

Accepted Answer

D-Day

Question 21

The genocide of European Jews during World War II between 1941 and 1945

Accepted Answer

Holocaust

Question 22

A turning point of the war when U.S. destroyed 4 massive Japanese aircraft carriers and established naval dominance

Accepted Answer

Battle of Midway

Question 23

July 1945 - Truman met with the leaders of the USSR & Great Britain and agreed to put Nazi leaders on trial

Accepted Answer

Potsdam Conference

Question 24

This person was the Nazi Minister of Propaganda, claimed film was the most modern way of influencing people

Accepted Answer

Joseph Goebbels

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