Unit 7

What started WW2?

When did WW2 start?

Out of the Allies, which one declares neutrality?

What word refers to the ability of other Allies to use American weapons so long as they paid in cash and used their own modes of transport to obtain the weapons?

What American group led by Charles Lindbergh opposed American involvement in the war?

What word refers to the fortification of French in WW2?

What’s the German word for lightning war, in which they’d use fast armies and air power to quickly move through enemy lines to their rear?

Who does Stalin decide to attack in the Winter War?

When does Hitler decide to attack Denmark and Norway?

Who replaces Neville Chamberlain as Great Britain’s Prime Minister in 1940?

What war in May of 1940 involves German forces surprising Allied powers with Blitzkrieg?

In the Battle of France, what Allied army has to evacuate to Dunkirk?

What day marks the fall/surrender of France to German troops?

In which battle does Great Britain use radar technology to spot incoming Luftwaffe troops on their way to attack the Royal Air Force?

What word refers to the bombing of London and other British cities as a result of Hitler’s frustration?

What battle marked the first Allied victory against Hitler?

What agreement gives Britain 50 old destroyers to fight against U-boats in return to access to British bases in Canada and the Caribbean?

What program gives authority to lend arms to the Allies?

When does Hitler secure control over the Balkan nations?

What operation involves an invasion of Soviet Russia by the Axis Powers? (Started June 1941, ended in December of 1941 due to Soviet resistance and harsh weather)

Who do we extend the Lend-Lease Program to? (They were attacked by Hitler)

What word refers to the allyship between the US, UK, and the USSR? (WW2’s Allies)

What territory does Japan take over in July of 1941?

Where did the Japanese attack the U.S. on December 7th, 1941?

Who was the first woman in Congress?

What word refers to the forceful march of American soldiers in the Philippines by the Japanese, starving them along the way?

What raid boosts morale amongst Americans? (Done in Tokyo)

What battle, entirely fought by aircraft carriers, halted the Japanese offensive in Australia?

What tactic did the Germans use to attack American convoys? (Waiting game)

What battle, known as the greatest naval victory in American history, had American carrier planes catching Japanese planes off guard?

Who led the Pacific Fleet in the Battle of Midway?

What war in Europe saw a defeat of the German army by the Soviets in Stalingrad, Russia?

What nation, out of loyalty to Great Britain, declares war on Germany? (Although they didn’t have to)

What battle results in the loss of 23 merchant ships?

When was conscription introduced in Canada?

When does Hong Kong surrender to the Japanese?

Where did the Canadian disaster in 1942 occur? (Meant to test feasibility of later invasion)

What beach was Canada in charge of during the Normandy invasion?

What Latin countries declared war as a result of U-boats sinking their merchant ships?

What Mexican fighter squadron served in the Philippines?

What Brazilian squadron used 25,000 troops to fight Italy in WW2?

What Latin countries waited until 1945 to declare war on the Axis?

What event in which a Japanese American betrayed the U.S. encouraged suspicion of Japanese Americans?

What evacuation orders Americans of Japanese descent to relocate away from the West Coast?

How long were Japanese Americans given to dispose/pack up their belongings?

Where were the Japanese Americans sent during WW2?

What court case sided with the government in terms of Japanese Internment?

How long were Japanese Canadians given to pack? (Many were deported to Japan)

What Latin country banned the Japanese language out of fear?

What Latin country sent Japanese to the U.S., only for them to be used as prisoner exchanges?

What board regulated production, allocated materials, and managed rationing during WW2?

Who replaced men in factories during WW2?

Who was a symbol for female participation in the Home Front?

What place served to train African-American pilots?

What program brought workers from Mexico?

What set of riots occurred from attacks white sailors had on Latinos in Los Angeles?

What word refers to members of the Navajo tribe using their language in the Marines as a code, since the Japanese didn’t understand it?

What word refers to the unbreakable code machine?

The production of what increased life expectancy?

What technology was used for finding U-boats and anti-aircraft weapons?

Who is appointed commander of the Allied armies in Europe?

What British-led program broke the German enigma code?

What group tried to capture the Suez Canal?

Who led the German Afrika Corps?

Who defeated the German Afrika Corps?

What conference declares that Allies will only accept an unconditional surrender from the Axis powers?

When do the Western Allies land in Sicily, and then in Italy?

What battle that occurred in 1943 saw a defeat of the German troops by the Soviet army?

What conference declared that the Allied powers would attack Germany in summer of 1944?

Where do the Allies decide to land as part of their attack on Germany in 1944?

What day marks the Normandy Invasion, otherwise known as D-Day?

What is the largest amphibious/airborne attack in history?

What day were the Allies successfully able to liberate Paris from German forces?

What battle was Hitler’s last attempt at an offensive against Western Allies?

What year did the Allied powers (FDR, Churchill, and Stalin) meet to plan post-war Europe?

Where did the Allied powers meet in 1945 to plan post-war Europe?

When does FDR die?

Who replaces FDR?

What word refers to the capturing of Berlin by the Red Army?

When do Germans surrender?

What word refers to the American strategy used against Japan in the Pacific where they’d capture the important islands to isolate the weaker ones?

What’s the first Japanese-held island that the U.S. takes?

What event had the U.S. Navy destroying Japan’s carriers?

What battle resulted in the final destruction of Japanese naval power? (Largest naval battle in history)

Where did U.S. Marines launch an assault and takeover in February of 1945?

What event destroyed 25% of Tokyo and killed 100,000 civilians?

What was the last stop for the U.S. before reaching Japan?

What new technique of bombing is Japan using now that the U.S. has exhausted their naval power? (Suicide bombing)

What was meant to be the largest amphibious assault, were it not for the Japanese anticipating it and relocating reinforcements to the landing sites?

What project oversaw the secret development of an atomic bomb?

Who does Truman decide to use the atomic bomb on?

What B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima?

When was the atomic bomb in Hiroshima dropped?

Where does the U.S. decide to drop a second bomb as a result of Japan refusing to surrender?

What day marks the surrender of Japan? (V-J Day)