What was the Anschluss of Austria (hint: this was shown in the Sound of Music)?
The non-violent takeover of Austria by Hitler.
The parliament of Austria.
Payment to Austria from Germany.
A famous music festival in Austria.
Who was the US president for most of WW2 & then who was president after that?
Franklin D. Roosevelt, then, Harry S. Truman
Under the bombing by the Germans, British city-dwellers did what with their children?
Sent many of them to stay in the country.
Who helped to get the 400,000 Allied troops to safety across the English Channel in the evacuation of Dunkirk?
Private owners of boats and yachts (Operation Dynamo)
How did the treaty of Versailles after WW1 affect Germany?
Left Germany in debt, weak, humiliated.
Left Germany stronger and richer.
Left Germany restored and refreshed.
What was the date that Hitler invaded Poland & what happened 2 days later?
September 1, 1939 (Britain & France declare war on Sep 3)
At the start of WW2, who were the Axis powers?
Germany, Great Britain, United States
Germany, France, Great Britain
Germany, Italy, Soviet Union (USSR)
Germany, Soviet Union, Austria
What leader was tricked by Hitler with the Munich Pact? Hitler said he didn't want any land after the Sudetenland?
Neville Chamberlain, British Prime minister
What was the name for the quick military taking over of Europe by the Nazis?
Blitzkrieg of Europe
What changed about who was involved in the war after the attack on Pearl Harbor?
The US declared war on Japan & then Germany & Italy declared war on the US
Who invaded Poland along with Germany?
USSR
France
Italy
Great Britain
Why did Japan attack islands in the Pacific?
They wanted more resources and space.
What happened on Dec 7, 1941?
The attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan
What did the US do when that allowed them to win the crucial battle of Midway?
They lured the Japanese into the middle of the ocean
They poisoned the Japanese navy.
They used an atomic bomb
They cracked a secret code
What brave mission did Colonel Jimmy Doolittle lead involving Japan?
The Doolittle Raid; 16 bombers risked their lives to bomb Tokyo
Right after the Anschluss of Austria, Hitler moved to take a slice of ____, called the ____.
Italy, colosseum
Czechoslovakia, Sudetenland
Spain, Barcelona
France, Ardennes
What did Hitler do for the Italians and Mussolini?
came to the rescue after they tried to invade Greece, then E
What interesting factor helped to stop the Nazis in succeeding to invade Moscow?
A plague
Great Russian weapons
A harsh winter
A lack of fuel
Who was known as the Desert Fox and what was he known for?
The German general in charge of North Africa; known for treating opponents honorably
What was the first country that Hitler invaded with military conflict?
Poland
After Hitler had conquered most of Europe, what was his next strategy & what was it called?
Operation Sea Lion, first an air assault then a ground invasion of Great Britain
In June 1941, Hitler began Operation Barbarossa to invade what country?
The Soviet Union (USSR)
The United States
Spain
Sweden
What US general fought bravely on the Philippines & promised to return for POW's?
General Douglas MacArthur