Review - Topic 13 - World War II

Who was the Nazi doctor who performed brutal medical experiments on prisoners at Auschwitz?

August 6, 1945 - the United States...

Germany adopted a military strategy of mass invasion known as "lightning warfare," or the German term:

Which event happened FIRST?

What was the "Anschluss"?

Why did the invasion of the Soviet Union ultimately fail?

In the Battle of _____, Germany primarily used air raids to bomb British cities.

Who was known as "the Desert Fox?"

Japan had expanded into China and SE Asia, and the U.S. was afraid that they might advance into:

What was "Operation: Barbarossa"?

What was the date that the second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki?

The fascist dictator that took over Spain after the Spanish Civil War was:

Who was the first fascist dictator to rise to power?

After World War I, most Americans supported a policy of _______ when it came to involvement with European affairs.

What was "Operation: Sea Lion"?

Which peacekeeping organization was formed in the aftermath of WWII?

France and Britain mobilized their armies along the _____ (France's border with Germany) to prevent a German invasion.

The region of western Czechoslovakia occupied by over 3 million Germans was known as the:

When Germany invaded France, they pushed the British and French armies to the coastal town of:

Which U.S. President ordered the use of atomic bombs on Japan?

What happened when Germany invaded Denmark & Norway?

The "Final Solution" was:

Germany, Italy, and Japan were collectively known as:

What law(s) did the United States pass to keep from getting involved in the European crisis?

According to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, approximately how many victims were murdered during the Holocaust?

Who took charge of the U.S. occupation of Japan and determined to be fair and not repeat the mistakes of WWI?

Which British Prime Minister addressed German aggressions by following a policy of appeasement?

Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. According to Roosevelt, it:

Comic books supported the war effort by:

In March of 1941 - 9 months before the US entered the war - ______ published the first issue of Captain America.

June 6, 1944 was known as D-Day, a name given to the:

Nazis attacked Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues on Nov 9, 1938, known as Kristallnacht, or:

Great Britain, France, and later the Soviet Union and United States were the major forces in:

What was the secret part of the Nazi-Soviet Pact?

An international military tribunal representing 23 nations tried Nazi war criminals in what became known as the:

Which leader was NOT part of the Yalta Conference?

The code name for the development of the atomic bomb led by scientest J. Robert Oppenheimer was:

The German Empire was known as the ________.

General ______ wanted to "island hop" to capture weaker Japanese-controlled islands on their way to Japan.

Admiral Nimitz and the U.S. Pacific fleet turned the tide of the war with the Japanese at the Battle of:

The Lend-Lease Act allowed the United States to:

Why did Japan bomb Pearl Harbor?

Germany turned on their former Soviet allies, but was ultimately defeated at the Battle of

September 1, 1939 is generally considered the beginning of World War II - when Germany invaded: