Part 1

Question 0

October 25th 1936

Answer 0

Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy form the Rome-Berlin axis treaty.

Question 1

January 30th 1933

Answer 1

Adolfo Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany. His nazi party, or Third Reich, takes power and Hitler is essentially the dictator of Germany.

Question 2

November 25 1936

Answer 2

Nazi Germany and imperial Japan sign the anti Comintern pact. This pact was against Russia and communism.

Question 3

July 7th 1937

Answer 3

Japan invades China.

Question 4

March 12th 1938

Answer 4

Hitler annexes the country of Austria in Germany. This is also called the Anschluss.

Question 5

September 1st 1939

Answer 5

Germany invades Poland. WW2 begins.

Question 6

3rd September 1939

Answer 6

France and Great Britain declare war on Germany.

Question 7

April 9th 1940-June 9th 1940

Answer 7

Germany invades and takes control of Denmark and Norway.

Question 8

May 10th 1940-June 22nd 1940

Answer 8

Germany uses quick strikes called Blitzkrieg, meaning lightning war, to take over much of Western Europe including the Netherlands, Belgium and Northern France.

Question 9

May 30th 1940

Answer 9

Winston Churchill becomes leader of the British government.

Question 10

June 10th 1940

Answer 10

Italy enters the war as a member of the axis powers.

Question 11

10 July 1940

Answer 11

Germany launches and air attack on Great Britain. These attacks last until the end of October and are known as the Battle of Britain.

Question 12

22nd September 1940

Answer 12

Germany, Italy and Japan sign the tripartite pact creating the axis alliance.

Question 13

June 22 1941

Answer 13

Germany and the axis power attain Russia with a huge force of over 4 million troops.

Question 14

7th December 1941

Answer 14

The Japanese attack pearl harbour. The next day the U.S. enters the war on the side of the allies.

Question 15

4th June 1942

Answer 15

The US navy defeats the Japanese navy at the battle of midway.

Question 16

July 10th 1942

Answer 16

The allies invade and take the island of Sicily.

Question 17

3rd September 1943

Answer 17

Italy surrenders to the allies, however Germany helps Mussolini to escape and set up a government in northern Italy

Question 18

June 6th 1944

Answer 18

D-day and the Normandy invasion. Allied forces invade France and push back the Germans.

Question 19

August 25th 1944

Answer 19

Paris is liberated from German control.

Question 20

December 16th 1944

Answer 20

The Germans launch a large attack in the battle of the bulge. They lose to the allies sealing the fate of the German army.

Question 21

February 19th 1945

Answer 21

US marines invade the island of Iwo Jima. After a fierce battle they capture the island.

Question 22

April 12th 1945

Answer 22

US president Franklin Roosevelt dies. He is succeeded by president Harry Truman.

Question 23

March 22nd 1945

Answer 23

The US third army under General Patton crosses the Rhine river.

Question 24

April 30th 1945

Answer 24

Adolfo hitler commits suicide as he know Germany has lost the war.

Question 25

May 7th 1945

Answer 25

Germany surrenders to the allies.

Question 26

August 6th 1945

Answer 26

The United States drops the Atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The city is devastated.

Question 27

August 9th 1945

Answer 27

Another atomic bomb is dropped in Nagasaki, Japan.

Question 28

September 2nd 1945

Answer 28

Japan surrenders to US General Douglass MacArthur and the allies.