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World War II

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  • Who is a person who does damage to hurt war production?
    Saboteur
  • Who was the general that pushed the Axis forces east in North Africa?
    George Patton
  • D-day began the Allied liberation of which country?
    France
  • Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek both claimed to be the leaders of which country?
    China
  • Who was the dictator of Germany?
    Adolf Hitler
  • President Franklin Roosevelt asked the US Congress to declare war on which country?
    Japan
  • Who was the dictator of the USSR?
    Joseph Stalin
  • What was the value of the American code breakers during the Battle of Midway?
    They discovered where the Japanese ships would be, and the US became aware of Japan's plan to attack.
  • What was the German air force called?
    Luftwaffe
  • Where did the Japanese naval and air forces attack the United States in 1941?
    Pearl Harbor
  • Who was the dictator of Italy?
    Benito Mussolini
  • What was the air attack on Japan called?
    The Doolittle Raid.
  • Who was the General and prime minister of Japan who ran the country?
    Tojo Hideki
  • What tiny island between North America and Asia was the location of a battle that was the turning point of the war in the Pacific?
    Midway
  • Which country did Great Britain and France warn Hitler that he must not attack?
    Poland
  • What was the fast moving attack against Poland called?
    Blitzkrieg (Lightning War)
  • Which group of people did Hitler murder during the Holocaust?
    Jews
  • Which countries entered a three-way alliance against the Allies?
    Germany, Italy, and Japan.
  • What is a limit on the amount of an item each person can buy?
    Ration
  • Which countries were called the Allies?
    Great Britain, the United States, and other nations fighting the Axis Powers.
  • Man who led the non-Communist Chinese fighters to defend their country?
    Chiang Kai-shek
  • Who was made the supreme Allied commander in Europe?
    General Dwight D. Eisenhower.