WWII

Question 1

Nonaggression pact/Nazi-Soviet pact

Answer 1

Hitler and Stalin agreed not to attack each other & to divide up land in Eastern Europe.

Question 2

Blitzkrieg

Answer 2

“Lightening War”. German war tactic used air strikes then tank surges.

Question 3

Winston Churchill

Answer 3

British prime minister during WWII

Question 4

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Answer 4

President of the US during Great Depression and WWII

Question 5

Battle of Britain

Answer 5

Prolonged battles of British cities by the Germans during WWII.

Question 6

D-Day

Answer 6

Code name for June 6, 1944 - Invasion led by Eisenhower, over a million Allied forces invaded France during WWII.

Question 7

Island Hopping

Answer 7

Allied strategy of bombing some Japanese islands while bypassing others(WWII).

Question 8

Defeat Europe First Strategy

Answer 8

Allied plan to defeat Germany & Italy first then deal with Japan.

Question 9

The Phony War

Answer 9

Quiet period during WWII when British & French troops waited for Germans.

Question 10

Pearl Harbor

Answer 10

Surprise attack on Hawaii by Japan - December 7, 1941, US to declares war on Japan & head into WWII?

Question 11

Douglas MacArthur

Answer 11

American commander in WWII - used the Island Hopping strategy against Japan.

Question 12

Battle of Midway

Answer 12

US victory over the Japanese fleet entirely from the air. June 1942. Crushing defeat for Japan.

Question 13

Battle of Okinawa

Answer 13

Major Island Battle of WWII, where Kamakazi’s were used.

Question 14

Battle of Iwo Jima

Answer 14

Major Island Battle of WWII, where Kamakazi’s were used.

Question 15

Holocaust

Answer 15

Hitler called for the elimination of Jews, non-conformists, homosexuals, non-Aryans, and mentally and physically disabled.

Question 16

Auschwitz

Answer 16

Concentration death camp in Poland.

Question 17

Final Solution

Answer 17

Hitler’s program of killing the entire jewish people & by mass arresting and trafficking of Jews to the concentration camps & gas chambers.

Question 18

Ghettos

Answer 18

Segregated Jewish areas

Question 19

Concentration Camps

Answer 19

Camps like Auschwitz, where Jews & “undesirables” were sent by Nazi’s to work & die.

Question 20

Eisenhower

Answer 20

General of the Army WWII, fought in Northern Africa - later became Pres of USA.

Question 21

Battle of Stalingrad

Answer 21

Bbattle between Germans & Soviets for control of Stalingrad.

Germany’s lost & was a turning point in the war.

Question 22

Battle of the Bulge

Answer 22

December, 1944-January, 1945 - After recapturing France, the Allied advance became stalled along the German border. The Allies stopped the German advance and back across the Rhine with heavy losses.

Question 23

Kamikaze

Answer 23

A Japanese plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in WWII

Question 24

Nuremburg Trials

Answer 24

Court proceedings held WWII, in which Nazi leaders were tried crimes against humanity.

Question 25

Genocide

Answer 25

Systematic killing of an entire racial or religious group

Question 26

Anschluss

Answer 26

Union of Austria & Germany (Nazi WWII)

Question 27

Why were the early months of WWII referred to as the “phony war”?

Answer 27

There wasn’t much happening, Britain sent troops to France & waited with them for Germans to invade.

Question 28

Why was North Africa of strategic importance in WWII?

Answer 28

The Suez canal which was necessary for trade & supplies.

Question 29

Why did President Roosevelt want to offer help to the Allies?

Answer 29

Hitler was gaining so much power he might become a threat to the United States if the Allies failed to win.

Question 30

How did the Japanese plan to catch the European colonial powers and the United States by surprise?

Answer 30

Planned attacks on British and Dutch colonies in & Pearl Harbor. (Instead of on their mainland)

Question 31

What was General Douglas MacArthur’s island-hopping strategy?

Answer 31

WWII - skipping over certain Japanese Islands & attacking others.

Question 32

What was the new racial order proposed by the Nazis?

Answer 32

Racial goal of exterminating any “inferior races” - anyone non-German.

Question 33

What Nazi action marked the final stage of the “Final Solution”?

Answer 33

Sending all “undesirables” (Jews,disabled,inferior races) to Concentration Death Camps.

Question 34

How did some non-Jews oppose Hitler’s “Final Solution”?

Answer 34

By hiding Jews in their homes or helping them escape to safer countries/areas.

Question 35

Why did Stalin want the United States and Britain to launch a second front in the west?

Answer 35

So some of the strain was taken off the eastern front (Russia).

Question 36

Where was Operation Overlord supposed to take place?

Answer 36

The beaches of Normandy, France

Question 37

What brought about the Japanese surrender?

Answer 37

The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki.

Question 38

How did the Allies deal with the issue of war crimes in Europe following the war?

Answer 38

The Nuremberg Trials - holding accountable the Nazi for “crimes against humanity”

Question 39

What event finally unleashed WWII?

Answer 39

Germany attacked Poland.

Question 40

What was Yamamoto’s objective at Pearl Harbor?

Answer 40

Was to immobilize the US Fleet.

Question 41

Name two tactics that Hitler used to rid Germany of Jews before creating his “Final Solution”?

Answer 41

Nuremberg Laws & Kristallnacht

Question 42

What tactics did Hitler use in his “Final Solution”?

Answer 42

Sending Jews to Concentration Death Camps & using the Gas Chamber to kill them.

Question 43

Why were consumer goods rationed during the war?

Answer 43

Armies needed to be supplied with materials.

Question 44

What was Operation Overlord?

Answer 44

Code name for the Battle of Normandy - invasion of Allied forces (WWII) to beat back the Germans in France.