WW2

Question 1

This person became known as the Dessert Fox due to his accomplishments in North Afrika

Answer 1

Erwin Romel

Question 2

This person was the propaganda minister in Hitler’s Reich

Answer 2

Joseph Goebbels

Question 3

This person became the supreme leader of all invading forces in Europe.

Answer 3

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Question 4

This person symbolized the stubbornness and ambition of the British.

Answer 4

Douglas Bader

Question 5

This person survived the Nazi death camps and later went on to write books about his experiences. He also won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986.

Answer 5

Elie Weisel

Question 6

This agreement, which was called a policy of appeasement by Winston Churchill, allowed Hitler to gain the Sudetenland in agreement that he would no longer seek territory

Answer 6

Munich Pact

Question 7

This gave Hitler his special powers for four years. Basically allowed them to have full control and be communists.

Answer 7

Enabling Act

Question 8

This was Hitler’s first attempt to gain power by trying to overthrow the German government. 1922 beer hall uprising but it failed. Its goal was to bring the rebellion to the Weimar Republic.

Answer 8

Munich Putsch

Question 9

This historical event is considered to be the cause of the rise of totalitarian leadership in Germany, Italy, and Russia.

Answer 9

World War 1

Question 10

This was passed during America’s isolationism in an attempt to keep us from aiding nations at war.

Answer 10

Neutrality Acts

Question 11

This was the first Anglo-American joint operation in the war

Answer 11

Operation Torch

Question 12

Germany violated its non-aggression pact with Russia by doing this

Answer 12

Operation Barborasso

Question 13

This was the name of the campaign we called D-Day.

Answer 13

Operation Overload

Question 14

This was Germany’s elite fighting group in Africa.

Answer 14

Afrika Corps

Question 15

This name was given to the campaign in which Germany would launch an amphibious invasion on Britain

Answer 15

Operation Sea Lion

Question 16

This was the name later given to the Battle of Britain. The people in Britain started to call it this after the Luftwaffe started bombing the cities

Answer 16

The Blitz

Question 17

This battle was Germany’s last major offensive. It proved to be their last attempt

Answer 17

Battle of the Bulge

Question 18

This battle was Germany’s first major loss and Hitler’s second big mistake.

Answer 18

Battle of El Alamein

Question 19

This battle is considered the major turning point of war in Europe

Answer 19

Battle of Stalingrad

Question 20

This legislation officially stripped Jews of all legal rights and privileges. This was as if the Nazi Party had declared war on the Jews.

Answer 20

Nuremberg Race Laws

Question 21

This was a primitive rocket fired from planes. Its noisy approach was known to terrify people who heard it.

Answer 21

Buzz Bomb V-1

Question 22

This was the name of German submarines which were used primarily to disrupt supply lines by sinking ships.

Answer 22

Unterseeboote (U-Boats)

Question 23

This boat was very important to the D-Day invasion because it was able to unload tanks and other weapons directly on the beach.

Answer 23

LST

Question 24

This tank was known for its speed and power. It was considered to be one of the best tanks during the war. In fact, many would argue that only the T34 was greater

Answer 24

Panzer

Question 25

This plane was the pride of the Luftwaffe. It had to ability to dive down from high altitudes to attack its prey

Answer 25

Stuka

Question 26

This strategy is based on the use of superior firepower and speed to take out the enemy quickly

Answer 26

Blitzkrieg

Question 27

Nazi general Erwin Rommel used this strategy to defeat his opponents.

Answer 27

out-flaking

Question 28

Stalin used what tactic to make it more difficult for the invading German Wehrmacht to be successful. This was done by making the territory useless

Answer 28

Scorched Earth

Question 29

This person used the Mediterranean Sea and the Quattra Depression to prevent Rommel’s battle tactics.

Answer 29

Bernard Montgomery

Question 30

This was Winston Churchill’s term for what he considered to be the easiest way to invade Germany

Answer 30

Soft-Underbelly

Question 31

A trained teacher and one-time newspaper reporter He used his skills as a journalist and orator to seize power (become prime minister of Italy). He was also a corporal during the war and helped start an anti-communist organization

Answer 31

Benito Mussolini

Question 32

An aggressive treaty with Germany was signed by Mussolini in 1939.

Answer 32

Rome-Berlin Axis

Question 33

What was Adolf Hitler’s major talent?

Answer 33

As a PUBLIC SPEAKER

Question 34

A German military officer and an early member of the Nazi Party. As one of the members of its predecessor, the German Workers’ Party, he was a close friend and early ally of Adolf Hitler. Helped by setting up the “SA” Hitler eventually killed him.

Answer 34

Ernst Rohm

Question 35

A group of thugs who imitated rivals.

Answer 35

Brown Shirts

Question 36

What was Hitler’s best selling book called?

Answer 36

Main Kampf

Question 37

What kind of policy were Americans following while Germany was communist and what does that mean? What act was passed?

Answer 37

Isolationism- We were trying to isolate ourselves from the war to protect us. We passed the Neutrality Act of 1935 so that we wouldn’t trade ammo during war time.

Question 38

What was important about the Spanish Civil War?

Answer 38

It became the testing ground for the weapons of WW2. The term fifth column was invented meaning a group of subversives hiding among the enemy. Americans go to Spain to aid both sides and therefore become branded as either Communists or Nazis.

Question 39

A Religion that stresses nature and the Samurai tradition. Holds the Emporer to be divine.

Answer 39

Shinto

Question 40

What do you need to know about Japan and WW2?

Answer 40

They were ambitious and wanted to build a huge empire but they weren’t able to because there were treaties in place that stopped them from doing so and they suspected that racism from the European countries played a role in them not getting their shot.

Question 41

What happened in the Panay incident?

Answer 41

The American navy ship USS Panay was attacked by Japanese planes
while the ship was patrolling the Yangtze River. Although clearly
marked the Japanese claimed mistaken identity. Three Americans were killed. Japan apologized.

Question 42

What was the anti-Comintern Pact

Answer 42

It was aimed at Russia—a treaty between Japan, Germany, and Italy.

Question 43

What country was Hirochito the leader of?

Answer 43

Japan

Question 44

Who was Japan’s prime minister?

Answer 44

Hideke Tojo

Question 45

One of Japan’s admirals.

Answer 45

“Iron Admiral” Isoroku Yamamoto

Question 46

Who was the prime minister of the United Kingdon or England?

Answer 46

Neville Chamberland

Question 47

This agreement, which was called a policy of appeasement by Winston Churchill, allowed Hitler to gain the Sudetenland in agreement that he would no longer seek territory

Answer 47

Munich W

Question 48

What was the non aggression pact

Answer 48

A shocking pact between Germany and Russia meaning that they could no longer depend on the Germans and Russians to balance each other out in Eastern Europe.

Question 49

What does blitzkrieg mean?

Answer 49

lightning war

Question 50

What was the Atlantic Charter?

Answer 50

Months before Pearl Harbor (mid-August, 1941) Churchill and FDR met on the USS Augusta and set up a set of war aims and post-war plans. The idea for the United Nations is brought up at this meeting.

Question 51

What was the decison involving the Elbe River.

Answer 51

Ike made the decision to stop the American advance at the Elbe river. This was controversial because it allowed Russians to occupy Berlin. It was probably intended to make the splitting of Germany easier after the war.

Question 52

What were the three turning points of the war