Ww2

Question 1

Appeasement

Answer 1

The British and French poliey of conceding to Adolf Hitter’s territorial demands prior
to the outbreak of World War II.

Question 2

Allied Powers

Answer 2

The alliance between Britain, France, United States, and later the Soviet Union during World War Il that opposed the aggression of Nazi Germany

Question 3

Axis powers

Answer 3

The alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan during WWII

Question 4

Battle of Britain

Answer 4

The extended German bombing of British cities from July 1940 to early 1941 in which British survived heavy attacks

Question 5

Battle of Stalingrad

Answer 5

A brutal 5 month battle between German and Russian forces for the important city of Stalingrad that resulted in deaths of 2 million

Question 6

Battle of Midway

Answer 6

Very important battle in the Pacific Ocean in which U.S. naval forces severely disabled the Japanese fleet and forced Japan into defensive mode and turned the tide of the war in the Pacific theater.

Question 7

Executive order 8802

Answer 7

Fair Employment Practices Commission that was set up to end discrimination in hiring practices in all defense industries companies (WarMart companies)

Question 8

Tuskegee Airmen

Answer 8

The first African American segregated pilot unit who fought in WWII

Question 9

Korematsu VS the United States

Answer 9

Supreme Court case in which the court ruled that the arrest/detainment of Japanese/Japanese Americans was legal as a result of it being war time.

Question 10

D-Day

Answer 10

June 6, 1944, the day on which the Allied invasion of France via the Normandy coast began.

Question 11

Manhattan Project

Answer 11

U.S. government’s secret program to develop an atomic bomb. It succeeded in conducting the first successful atomic bomb test in 1945.

Question 12

Winston Churchill

Answer 12

The prime minister of Britain during most of World War II. Churchill was among the most active leaders in resisting German aggression.

Question 13

Benito Mussolini

Answer 13

Fascist prime minister who allied himself with Adolf Hitler during World War II. In.
1943, Mussolini was overthrown, and he was executed.

Question 14

Joseph Stalin

Answer 14

Leader of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1922 until his death in
1953. Stalin was responsible for the USSR’s severe losses at the beginning of World War II.

Question 15

Harry S Truman

Answer 15

The 33rd U.S. president, who succeeded Franklin D. Roosevelt and led the country through the last few months of World War II, is best known for making the controversial decision to use two atomic bombs against Japan in August 1945.