World War 2

He led the Soviet Union during World War II

the Germans combined tanks and planes to earn quick victories and avoid costly trench warfare

During the War Crimes trials after World War II, what excuse by the defendants was rejected?

Why did the United States attack Iwo Jima?

He commanded Allied Forces at D-Day and in western Europe

He refused to accept that France was defeated by Germany & became the leader of the Free French

Which of the following is a war crime?

British victory in this struggle helped to prevent a German invasion of England

Why did Japan attack the US in 1941

Why did Stalin want the Allies to invade France?

Why did the Nazis begin using gas chambers in death camps to carry out the Holocaust?

All countries signing this treaty agreed to never again go to war

What was in the new Japanese Constitution to protect against future aggressive behavior?

This American victory against Japan was the turning point of the war in the Pacific

This major defeat for Hitler was the turning point of his war with the Soviet Union

Why did Japan begin using kamikazes?

Which was not a territory that Hitler took over before WWII started?

Why did the United States choose to drop atomic bombs on Japan?

This was a statement of objectives by the British and US for fighting Hitler

The US dropped atomic bombs on these 2 Japanese cities

The biggest problem countries had to deal with during the Depression was

This was the code-name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941

He was the Fascist dictator of Italy during the 1930’s who signed an alliance with Nazi Germany

The American strategy of fighting Japan by skipping over stronger bases & attacking easier ones

Why did the Allies insist on unconditional surrender for Germany?

Which of these was not a major problem faced by European countries after World War II?

He planned the attack on Pearl Harbor, even though he thought war with the U.S. was a bad idea.

This was an American plan to get weapons and supplies to the British & the Soviet Union

Why was demilitarization an important objective in Japan after the war?

Which country did Italy attack and conquer in 1935?

Here, Britain followed a policy of appeasement by letting Hitler take over the Sudetenland 

These were Nazi execution squads who carried out the Holocaust in Poland and the USSR

How did most countries try to fix their economies during the Great Depression

He was the British Prime Minister who refused to surrender and made inspirational speeches