Area from Manchuria to the Dutch East Indies that Japan stated it would expand its influence.

Greater East AsiaCo-Prosperity Sphere

1940 law requiring all males aged 21 to 36 to register for military service.

Selective Training andService Act

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World War II: Vocabulary and Facts A to Z

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Largest concentration camp complex used by the Nazis; over 1 million people were killed.
Dachau
Auschwitz
Treblinka
Bergen-Belsen
2
This American plane dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945.
Spirit of St. Louis
Enola Gay
Memphis Belle
Odyssey
3
U.S. volunteer unit that pushed back the Japanese hundreds of miles in the jungles of Burma.
Doolittle's Raiders
Merrill’s Marauders
The Flying Tigers
Chindits
4
This low, wide all-purpose Soviet tank was pivotal in the Battle of Kursk.
P-51 Mustang
Tiger
T-34
M3
5
The murdering of 300,000 civilians in China’s capital city by Japanese soldiers in 1937-1938.
Rape of Nanking
Bataan Death March
Beijing Massacre
Shanghai Slaughter
6
Area from Manchuria to the Dutch East Indies that Japan stated it would expand its influence.
Pacific Economic Community
Pacific Rim CooperationZone
East Asia Common Market
Greater East AsiaCo-Prosperity Sphere
7
Situation in 1931, where Japan took over Manchuria after Chinese allegedly blew up rail line.
Manchurian Affair
Manchurian Mandate
Manchurian Reprisal,
Manchurian Incident
8
These Native-American soldiers used their own language to radio messages during the war.
Cherokee Code Breakers
Pueblo Adobe Coders
Navajo Code-Talkers
Seneca Messengers
9
Organized killing of an entire people.
Genocide
Kristallnacht
Slaughter
Holocaust
10
Adolf Hitler committed suicide during this gruesome battle at the close of the war in Europe.
Battle of Kassel
Battle of Groningen
Battle of Berlin
Battle of the Bulge
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The systematic mass slaughter of Jews and other groups judged inferior by the Nazis.
The Great Purge
Ethnic Cleansing
Holocaust
Armenian Genocide
12
A war strategy of selectively attacking specific enemy-held islands while bypassing others.
Island-Storming
Island-Skipping
Island-Hopping
OperationBypass
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The principle of maintaining a strong military to defend and promote national interests.
Nazism
Fascism
Jingoism
Militarism
14
One of Hitler’s wonder weapons, it was the first medium-range ballistic missile.
V-2 Rocket
SCUD
Patriot Missile
The Atlas
15
Truck convoy system that was used to supply fast-moving Allied troop divisions in France.
The Red Ball Express
24/7 Runners
Midnight Convoy
Jeep Fleet
16
U.S.-Japan naval battle in 1944, in which Japan suffered its greatest loss of warships ever.
Battle of the Coral Sea
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of Guadalcanal
17
U.S. Secretary of War from 1940-1945 who closely oversaw the Manhattan Project.
Henry Stimson
Dwight Eisenhower
Henry Wallace
George Marshall
18
1945 meeting between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin to discuss Europe’s post-war organization.
Paris Conference
Tehran Conference
Yalta Conference
Potsdam Conference
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Japanese city where first atomic bomb was dropped; 80,000 people died immediately.
Hiroshima
Osaka
Tokyo
Nagasaki
20
A home vegetable garden created to boost food production in the U.S. during World War II.
Operation Market Garden
Tomatoes for the Troops
Victory Garden
Rationing
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As chief of staff from 1939-1945, he was responsible for building and supplying U.S. troops.
Henry Wallace
George Marshall
Cordell Hull
Henry Stimson
22
Three-pronged German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 halted just short of Moscow.
Operation Papa Bear
Operation Torch
Operation Overlord
Operation Barbarossa
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Warlike act by one country against another without just cause.
Infiltration
Aggression
Sabotage
Propaganda
24
Struggle between the Allies and the Axis to control the seas and cut off supplies to the enemy.
Battleof the Atlantic
Battle of the Northern Seas
British Blockade
Berlin Blockade
25
Evacuation of 300,000 Allied soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk, France.
Miracle of Dunkirk
The Great Escape
Operation Overload
Operation Torch
26
This day (May 8, 1945) marked the surrender of Germany; celebrations ensued in Allied nations.
V-E Day
V-J Day
May Day
Memorial Day
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This day (September 2,1945) marked the surrender of Japan and the end of World War II.
V-E Day
V-J Day
Memorial Day
Armistice Day
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A lull in World War II fighting after Poland fell to Germany.
Paris Truce
London-Berlin Truce
Phony War
Geneva Cease-Fire
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“Living space” that Nazi Germany sought to gain to supply food and raw materials for survival.
Lebensraum
The Ardennes
Ukrainian Bread Basket
Einsatzgruppen
30
System of forced labor camps in the Soviet Union in the Stalin Era.
Pogroms
Gulags
Internment Camps
Concentration Camps
31
Required nations at war to pay cash for all nonmilitary goods and transport them from U.S.
Cash and Carry
Marshall Plan
Lend Lease Act
Installment Plan
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A group of motor vehicles or ships traveling together for protection.
Cluster
Wolf Pack
Convoy
Charter
33
Japanese suicide pilot trained to make a crash attack on an Allied ship or target.
Banzai,
Bushido
Samurai
Kamikaze
34
Which country was divided into zones of occupation by the Allies following the war?
Japan
Italy
Poland
Germany
35
Bitter 1936-1939 conflict in Spain in which Franco’s Nationalists won with Nazi support.
Catalon Revolt
Castille War
Spanish Inquisition
Spanish Civil War
36
Volunteer American fighter pilots who flew missions over China against the Japanese.
The American Aces
The Shark Tooths
The Chinese Dragons
The Flying Tigers
37
This German tank was unrivaled on the battlefield, but was underpowered and underproduced.
M2
Semovente
Tiger
Char B1
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Leaders who claim absolute power and rule their people by force.
Presidents
Dictators
Prime Ministers
Constitutional Monarchs
39
The forced movement of Japanese Americans into relocation camps by the U.S. government.
Tokyo Decision
Japanese Internment
Japanese Redeployment
Japanese Exclusion Act
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The date that World War II started when Germany invaded Poland.
December 7, 1941
June 6, 1944
November 11, 1918
September 1, 1939
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Allied forces landed in Morocco and Algeria in this plan to drive the Nazis from North Africa.
Operation Torch
Operation Overlord
Operation Casablanca
Operation Barbarossa
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1940 law requiring all males aged 21 to 36 to register for military service.
War Powers Act
The Draft,
Selective Service Act
Selective Training andService Act
43
1942 Conference in Germany concerning the plan to murder European Jews.
Wannsee Conference
Berlin Conference
Yalta Conference
Potsdam Conference
44
This August 1942 battle marked the first piece of Japanese-held territory that the Allies took.
Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Philippines
Battle of Okinawa
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The British transported supplies to China using this 700-mile overland route.
Burma Road
Beijing Byway
Hong Kong Highway
Himalayan Express
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Code name for the Allies invasion of Europe.
Operation Overlord
Operation Market Garden
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Freedom
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A person or group who is made to bear the blame for others.
Traitor
Aggressor
Criminal
Scapegoat
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Federal Agency created in 1944 to help people threatened with murder by the Nazis.
War Refugee Board
National Security Council
Central Intelligence Agency
The Asylum Agency
49
Set of international standards of conduct for treating prisoners of war, established in 1929.
Geneva Convention
Treaty of Prisoner Protocol
Helsinki Accords
The Oslo Agreement
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This U.S. army unit created during the war enabled women to serve in noncombat positions:
Women's Auxiliary Army Corp
Women's Noncombat Regiment
Women's Reserve Unit
Army Nurse Corp
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This inspiring wartime British Prime Minister pledged “victory at all costs.”
Franklin Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Clement Attlee
Neville Chamberlain
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Organization set up by Hitler to train young Germans in Nazi principles.
Hitler Youth
Nazi Indoctrination Program
Youth League
Children’s Army
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The Nazis herded Jews into these overcrowded segregated areas.
Ghettos
Tenements
Shantytowns
Slums
54
Leader of the Chinese Nationalists who battled both Japan and the Chinese Communists.
Jiang Jieshi
Sun Yixian
Mao Zedong
Deng Xiaoping
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Refers to Allied leaders Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin.
Allied Central Command
The Triumvirate
The Big Three
The Triple Entente
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Method of aerial bombing in which large number of bombs are dropped over a wide area.
Precision Bombing
Blitzing
Carpet Bombing
Saturation Bombing
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First used by Germany, this naval tactic involves a group of submarines attacking enemy ships.
U-Boat Intercept
Undersea Ambush
Wolf Pack
Convoy
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Mobile killing units used by the Nazis to target Soviet administrators and Jews.
Gestapo Tribunals
Lebensraum
Einsatzgruppen
S.S. Roundups
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German lightning war strategy aimed to take enemy defenders by surprise and overwhelm them.
Shock and Awe
Attrition Warfare
Blitzkrieg
Guerrilla Tactics
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The U.S. victory over Japan in this June 1942 battle turned the tide in the War in the Pacific.
Pearl Harbor
Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of the Coral Sea
Battle of Midway
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Nazi German air force, which was key in early blitzkriegs but fell short in Battle of Britain.
Luftwaffe
RAF
Screaming Eagles
Deutschland Air Corps
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Naval base in Hawaii attacked by Japan on December 7, 1941 causing U.S. entry into war.
Hilo
Fort Sumter
Yorktown
Pearl Harbor
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The U.S. dropped this deadly weapon twice on Japan in August 1945, effectively ending the war.
Pipe Bomb
Cluster Bomb
Atomic Bomb
Petrol Bomb
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This practice of giving into aggression to avoid war failed when Germany invaded Poland.
Appeasement
Concession
Deterrence
Pacification
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British field marshal general who won decisive battle at El Alamein.
George Patton
Omar Bradley
Orde Wingate
Bernard Montgomery
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Political system rooted in militarism, extreme nationalism, and blind loyalty to the state.
Fascism
Totalitarianism
Nazism
Communism
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Government agency created during the war to help factories shift to making war materials.
Department of War
War Industry Council
War Production Board
Department of HomelandSecurity
68
Series of riots in Los Angeles in 1944 between U.S. sailors and Latino youths.
Stonewall Riots
Watts Riots
Zoot Suit Riots
Hough Riots
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This French movement gave out anti-German leaflets and sabotaged German operations.
The Resistance
Liberation Army
Home Army
Underground State
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1943 meeting between Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt agreeing to open up a new front in France.
Potsdam Conference
Yalta Conference
Potsdam Conference
Casablanca Conference
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Mexican laborers were allowed to work in the U.S. under this policy during the war.
Miranda Rule
Bracero Program
Homestead Act
Affirmative Action
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The Nazis proclaimed that these Germanic peoples were a “master race.”
Slavs
Aryans
Scandinavians
Austrians
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Hitler’s plan to systematically kill the entire Jewish population.
Kristallnacht
The Great Purge
The Final Solution
Holocaust
74
Britain deployed this radio wave system to detect, locate and target incoming German planes.
Telescope
Spotter
Radar
Sonar
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Germany bypassed the Maginot Line by invading through this forested area in northern France.
Rhineland
Bordeaux
The Ardennes
Normandy
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Civil rights campaign that pursued a victory over the enemy abroad and discrimination at home.
Affirmative Action
Double V Campaign
Sussex Pledge
Freedom Project
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Secret American program during the war to develop an atomic bomb.
Operation Einstein
Los Alamos Initiative
Truman Program
Manhattan Project
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This North African desert battle in 1942 was a turning point on the Southern Front.
OperationTorch
Battleof El Alamein
Battleof Tripoli
Battleof Tunis
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Nazis used this tactic to take Crete which entailed mass landings of gliders and paratroopers.
Skyfall
Merkur Attack
Vertical Envelopment
Top-Down Warfare
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A situation where a single party controls the government and every aspect of people’s lives.
Fascism
Totalitarianism
Communism
Nazism
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Allied attempt to secure a beachhead in Italy behind German lines; results in high casualties.
Moro River Campaign
Battle of Monte Cassino
Bloody Anzio
Battle of Rome
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Japanese Naval Marshall General who masterminded the Pearl Harbor attack.
IsorokuYamamoto
HidekiTojo
Hirohito
TadamichiKuribayashi
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“Man of Steel” who ruled as totalitarian dictator of the Soviet Union from 1924-1953.
Joseph Stalin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Leon Trotsky
Vladimir Lenin
84
With its speed and maneuverability, this U.S. fighter bomber had no equal in air combat.
P-51 Mustang
Messerschmidt
B-2
A-27
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A sense of pride and loyalty to one’s own country, which can sometimes become excessive.
Nazism
Communism
Nationalism
Fascism
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An organized effort to protect citizens from attack during wartime.
Patriot Acts
Civil Defense
Citizen ProtectionCommittee
People’s Army
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This deadly battle from April-June 1945 was the last obstacle to an Allied invasion of Japan.
Battle of the Philippines
Battle of Midway
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Okinawa
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Outspoken U.S. General who oversaw Allied forces in the Pacific and liberated the Philippines.
Chester Nimitz
Dwight Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
George Patton
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The Japanese could not match these larger, faster U.S. aircraft carriers.
Centaur Class Carriers
Argus Class Carriers
Langley Class Carriers
Essex Class Carriers
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Series of laws passed by U.S. Congress in 1935 banning arms sales or loans to nations at war.
Neutrality Agreements
Wilmot Proviso
Townshend Acts
Neutrality Acts
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This dictator of Japan symbolized militarism and plunged the Japanese into World War II.
Isoroku Yamamoto
Fumimaro Konoe
Hideki Tojo
Hirohito
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1941 law that authorized the president to aid nations whose defense was vital to U.S. security.
Cash and Carry
Lend Lease Act
Installment Plan
Point Four Program
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Hostility or discrimination against Jews.
Kristallnacht
Apartheid
Genocide
Anti-semitism
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Term used for American soldiers, derived from “Government Issue.”
GIs
Governors,
Troopers
Cadets
95
On this day (June 6, 1944), Allied Forces crossed the English Channel and invaded Normandy.
V-E Day
D-Day
Liberation Day
Bastille Day
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Proved highly effective as an anti-tank, anti-aircraft and artillery gun for the Germans.
88mm Gun
QF-17 Pounder Gun
25mm Hotchkiss Gun
Howitzer
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U.S. air raid on Tokyo in April 1942 marking the first air strike on the Japanese home islands.
Doolittle Raid
Honshu Bombing
Operation Ten-Go
Tokyo Midnight Strike
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Trials in which former Nazil eaders were charged with war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
Munich Trials
Nuremberg Trials
Holocaust Trials
Berlin Tribunals
99
French general who set up a government-in-exile in London and later became President of France.
Charles de Gaulle
Joseph Joffre
Napoleon
Philippe Petain
100
In April 1945, U.S. and Soviet forces met at this river, cutting off German armies.
Seine
Rhine
Danube
Elbe
101
Limitations on the amount of certain goods that people can buy as war production grew.
Quota System
Reparations
Hoarding
Rationing
102
War in which vast resources and emotional loyalties are harnessed to support military efforts.
Guerrilla War
Cold War
Total War
Attrition Warfare
103
Agreement signed by Roosevelt and Churchill in 1941 outlining U.S. and Britain’s war aims.
Potsdam Declaration
Oslo Agreement
Marshall Plan
Atlantic Charter
104
1944-1945 battle in which Allies forces turned back the last major German offensive of the war.
Battle of Berlin
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Trafalgar
Battle of Kursk
105
Harsh prison camp for civilians who are considered enemies of the state.
Mercenary Camp
Gulag
Immigrant Camp
Concentration Camp
106
Night of Broken Glass in which Jewish shop windows were smashed by Nazis in Germany.
Lebensraum
Ghetto Night Raids
Kristallnacht
The Final Solution
107
Emperor of Japan from 1926-1989 who was cleared of criminal charges after the war.
Isoroku Yamamoto
1. Fumimaro Konoe
Hideki Tojo
Hirohito
108
This German gun was perhaps the best light machine gun in the world, and was copied by the U.S.
Charlton
AK-47
Browning M1917
MG-42
109
The name that the Nazis gave to Germany from 1933-1945, believing it to be an empire.
German Confederation
Aryan Empire
Third Reich
New Roman Empire
110
Code used by Germans to send sensitive messages, which was cracked by Allied code breakers.
SIGSALY
Colossus
Enigma Code
Navajo Code
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Period of sustained strategic bombing of Britain by Germany between September 1940-May 1941.
Carpet Bombing
The London Bombardment
The Great Bombing Raids
The Blitz
112
U.S. agency that controlled inflation during the war by freezing wages, prices and rents:
Manhattan Project
War Production Board
Department of the Treasury
Office of Price Administration
113
Brutal Nazi police force responsible for sending Jews to concentration camps.
Panzer
S.S.
Wehrmacht
Gestapo
114
U.S. general and future president in charge of planning and supervising the D-Day invasion.
George Patton
Ronald Reagan
Dwight Eisenhower
Harry Truman
115
Settlement by Britain, France, Germany and Italy allowing German annexation of Sudetenland.
The Final Solution
Berlin Settlement
Munich Agreement
Nonaggression Pact
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Member of the National Socialist German Worker’s Party.
Marxist
Fascist
Swastika
Nazi
117
Information, sometimes biased or misleading, used to promote or publicize a particular cause.
Proposals
Persecution
Propaganda
Advertisements
118
Known as Il Duce, he was the founder of Fascism and ruler of Italy from 1922 to 1943.
Benito Mussolini
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Francisco Franco
Adolf Hitler
119
The most deadly siege in modern history, lasting over 2 years; hundreds of thousands died.
Berlin Blockade
Siege of Moscow
Siege of Leningrad
Siege of Paris
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Members of Hitler's private army who helped him rise to power; also known as Brownshirts:
Wehrmacht
Storm Troopers
Gestapo
Luftwaffe
121
Campaigns of political repression in the Soviet Union in the 1930s where many thousands died.
Internments
Pogroms
Purges
Executions
122
Germany, Italy, Japan and six other nations formed this war coalition.
Triple Entente
Central Powers
Allies
Axis
123
The belief that political ties to other nations should be avoided.
: Interventionism
Isolationism
Fascism
Nationalism
124
During this victory over Japan in early 1945, U.S. troops raised a flag on Mt. Surabachi.
Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of the Philippines
Battle of Iwo Jima
125
Known as the Flying Fortress, it was the workhorse for the U.S. bombing offensive in Europe.
F-4 Phantom
Tomcat
P51 Mustang
B-17 Bomber
126
Supreme Court ruling that the Japanese relocation policy was not based on race.
Brown v. Board of Education
Miranda v. Arizona
Korematsu v. United States
Schenck v. United States
127
Turning point on the Eastern Front; Axis powers lost 450,000 troops in this 1942-1943 battle.
Battle of Sicily
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Kursk
Battle of the Bulge
128
Brutal march of American and Filipino prisoners by Japanese soldiers.
Trail of Tears
The Impossible Trek
Bataan Death March
Manila Massacre
129
U.S. President who authorized the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan.
John F. Kennedy
Harry Truman
Franklin Roosevelt
Dwight Eisenhower
130
Nazi dictator of Germany from 1933-1945 who was main instigator of World War II and Holocaust.
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Otto von Bismarck
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
131
French collaborationist government set up in 1940 following France’s defeat to the Nazis.
Monte Carlo
Lyon
Vichy
Normandy
132
Under General Petain, Vichy France adopted this policy of close cooperation with Germany.
Appeasement
Deterrence
Collaboration
Puppet Policy
133
A message sent by the Allies in July 1945 calling for Japanese surrender.
Munich Agreement
Yalta Ultimatum
Potsdam Declaration
Fourteen Points
134
Naval battle in May 1942 that helped to prevent Japanese forces from invading Australia.
Battle of Midway
Battle of Australia
Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of the Coral Sea
135
Germany and the Soviet Union promised not to attack each other in this August 1939 agreement.
Oslo Accord
Nonaggression Pact
Vienna Agreement
Munich Agreement
136
This form of fascism emphasizing racism took hold in Germany under Hitler.
Imperialism
Totalitarianism
Nazism
Jingoism
137
Suicidal counterattack in which Japanese soldiers charge the enemy in one last effort to win.
Bushido
Kamikaze
Banzai
Meiji
138
Soviet General who directed operations for the Battle of Stalingrad and the Battle of Moscow.
Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Lenin
Georgi Zhukov
Vyacheslav Molotov
139
A line of German forces that initially blocked Allies advance to Rome for several months.
Rhine Line
Siegfried Line
Maginot Line
Gustav Line
140
Fictional factory worker who became the symbol of American women’s contribution to war effort.
Diligent Doris
Harriet the Hammer
Lois Lane
Rosie the Riveter
141
Series of air battles in 1940-1941 in which Britain was able to ward off a German invasion.
Battleof the Skies
Battleof Britain
OperationSea Lion
Waterloo
142
Group formed in 1940 by isolationists to block further U.S. aid to Britain.
Pacifists
Nativists
America First Committee
Neutrality Commission
143
Massive string of fortifications along France’s border with Germany bypassed by Nazi forces.
Maginot Line
Mason-Dixon Line
Siegfried Line
Rhine Line
144
Fearless U.S. general who played key role in North Africa, Sicily and Battle of the Bulge.
Douglas Macarthur
George Patton
Colin Powell
Bernard Montgomery
145
U.S. president who oversaw entry into World War II and met with Churchill and Stalin at Yalta.
John F. Kennedy
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
Franklin Roosevelt
146
A supposedly independent country under the control of a powerful neighbor.
Ally
Federation
Proxy
Puppet State
147
The primary means of killing at Nazi concentration camps.
Firing Squad
Gas Chamber
Lethal Injection
Hanging
148
As scientific director of the Manhattan Project, he guided efforts to develop the atomic bomb:
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Leo Szilard
Albert Einstein
Enrico Fermi
149
150,000 Poles died in this failed struggle in 1944 to liberate Warsaw by the Polish Home Army.
Warsaw Insurrection
Warsaw Revolt
Warsaw Uprising
Warsaw Massacre
150
The largest tank battle in history – a Soviet victory that sent the Germans into full retreat.
Battle of Moscow
Battle of Kiev
Battle of Kursk
Battle of Stalingrad
151
1939-1940 war between Finland and Soviet Union, resulting in small Soviet territorial gains.
Baltic War
Helsinki War
Finno-Soviet Conflict
Winter War
152
German submarines that hunted in wolf packs and sunk hundreds of Allied ships early in the war.
U-Boats
Argonauts
Bismarck Subs
Tridents
153
German Field Marshal known as the “Desert Fox” who led the Axis’ North African campaign.
Rudolf Hess
Erwin Rommel
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Goebbels
154
This coalition eventually included Britain, France, China, the U.S., Soviet Union and others.
Axis
Triple Entente
Allies
Central Powers
155
British air force, which was crucial in the Battle of Britain and staving off German invasion.
Commonwealth Air Corps(CAC)
United Kingdom Air Force
Royal English Air Force(REAF)
Royal Air Force (RAF)

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