1939-1945 WWII

Question 1

Blitzkrieg

Answer 1

Lightning War

Question 2

Invasion of Poland

Answer 2

September 1, 1939

Question 3

No country suffered greater misery, destruction, and loss of life in WWII than

Answer 3

Poland

Question 4

330,000 British and French Troops are evacuated to England in what becomes known as the

Answer 4

Miracle of Dunkirk

Question 5

The German objective is to destroy the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the royal Navy in preparation for an invasion of the British Isles. Desert Fox

Answer 5

Field Marshall Erwin Rommel

Question 6

June 22, 1941 -> Hitler invades

Answer 6

Russia (Soviet Union)

Question 7

Fuhrer Directive 21

Answer 7

“Rules of war no longer apply”

Question 8

Order 227

Answer 8

“Not a step back”

Question 9

The Russians call World War II

Answer 9

“The Great Patriotic War”

Question 10

For Hitler the temptation for invasion are too great

Answer 10

• its the heart of Bolshevism (communism)
• its where Lebensraum is to be found
• it is home to the largest Jewish population in the world

Question 11

For the remainder of the war, the battle between the Soviet Union and Germany will simply be called

Answer 11

“The Russian Front”

Question 12

Passed by Congress in 1935, 1936, 1937, and 1938

Answer 12

Neutrality Acts

Question 13

“If you got the cash, we got the goods, come get em”

Answer 13

Cash and Carry

Question 14

the first peacetime draft in US history

Answer 14

Selective Service Act of 1940 vietnam

Question 15

the US will give $46 billion in aid

Answer 15

lend-lease

Question 16

Pearl Harbor gets the United States into WWII

Answer 16

Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941

Question 17

The Axis Powers

Answer 17

1. Germany -> Adolf Hitler
2. Italy -> Benito Mussolini
3. Japan -> Hideki Tojo

Question 18

The Allied Powers

Answer 18

1. America -> FDR
2. England -> Winston Churchill
3. Soviet Union (Russia) -> Joseph Stalin
   - These 3 will collectively be known as the “Big Three”
4. China

Question 19

Seize Vital Materials necessary to the war effort

Answer 19

• War production board

Question 20

First combat in European theatre

Answer 20

• Operation Torch
• North African division

Question 21

Ole Blood and Guts

Answer 21

George S. Patton

Question 22

FDR issues his controversial “unconditional surrender ultimatium”

Answer 22

Casablanca conference

Question 23

Stalingrad this defeat “shatters” the means of Germany instability

Answer 23

the most important battle of WWII and the turning point in Europe

Question 24

Allies invade ______ July 10, 1943. Mussolini is forced from power and Italy withdraws from the war

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Sicily

Question 25

D-Day. Allies invade Normandy in France

Answer 25

June 6, 1944 Operation Overlord

Question 26

The supreme allied commander in Europe

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Dwight David Eisenhower

Question 27

3rd Army

Answer 27

Patton’s

Question 28

Largest Tank battle in history

Answer 28

The Battle of Kursk

Question 29

it is Hitler’s last offensive of the war

Answer 29

Battle of the Buldge

Question 30

Sellout

Answer 30

The Yalta Conference

Question 31

April 12, 1945 FDR dies. _______________ is now president

Answer 31

Harry Truman

Question 32

May 7, 1945

Answer 32

Germany surrenders unconditionally