Preparing & Fighting A War On Opposite Sides of the World

Question 1

What was the first peacetime draft?

Answer 1

Selective Training & Service Acts

Question 2

How many people will be drafted?

Answer 2

16 million

Question 3

What does GI stand for?

Answer 3

Government Issued

Question 4

What was used to convert peace time to war time industries?

Answer 4

War Production Board

Question 5

How did they pay for the war?

Answer 5

Taxes, borrowing, & war bonds

Question 6

What was it called when people had to limit everyday consumption?

Answer 6

Rationing

Question 7

What was it called when they encouraged people to grow their own gardens?

Answer 7

Victory Gargens

Question 8

What did Rosie the Riveter encourage?

Answer 8

She encouraged women to join the work force

Question 9

Who were the Allied Powers?

Answer 9

U.S., China, Great Britain, and Russia

Question 10

Who were the Axis Powers?

Answer 10

Germany, Italy, and Japan

Question 11

What did Germans used that made them have a lot of success?

Answer 11

Packs of U-boats called Wolf Pacts

Question 12

What are the defenses that Britain had that gave them the upper hand?

Answer 12

1. Radar/Sonar
2. Light aircraft carriers
3. Intelligence

Question 13

Who was the general sent by Hitler?

Answer 13

Erwin Rammel

Question 14

Who was the general sent by Great Britain?

Answer 14

Bernard Montgomery

Question 15

What was the fight in Meraco for Americans?

Answer 15

Their first taste of combat against the Nazi

Question 16

What was the name of the Conference where FDR & Churchill met to map out a strategy?

Answer 16

Casablanca Conference

Question 17

What would the Axis power have to do if they lose?

Answer 17

They have to have unconditional surrender

Question 18

What did Churchill call the invasion of Italy?

Answer 18

The soft underbelly

Question 19

What was the invasion called where they tried to break the stalemate?

Answer 19

Invasion at Anzio

Question 20

What city do the Allies take in Italy?

Answer 20

Rome

Question 21

What is it called where the Soviets retreat and destroy anything of value?

Answer 21

Scorch & Burn

Question 22

What was the turning point of the was in Europe?

Answer 22

Battle of Stalingrad

Question 23

What was the name of the operation of d-day?

Answer 23

Operation Overlord

Question 24

who was the general of d-day?

Answer 24

Dwight Eisenhower

Question 25

Who invaded on d-day with Americans?

Answer 25

Britain & Canada

Question 26

What was the date of d-day?

Answer 26

June 6, 1944

Question 27

Who went first on d-day?

Answer 27

Paratroopers

Question 28

What was Hitler’s Last offensive?

Answer 28

Battle of the Bulge

Question 29

What happened to Hitler?

Answer 29

He commits suicide

Question 30

What city did the Soviets take?

Answer 30

Berlin

Question 31

Who is still standing on the axis powers side?

Answer 31

Japan

Question 32

What do they do at the Yalta Conference?

Answer 32

Split Germany into 4

Question 33

What did they do to Berlin

Answer 33

Divide it into 4

Question 34

Did Stalin keep his promise to allow elections?

Answer 34

No

Question 35

What did the end of the war start?

Answer 35

Cold War