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#15 general that commanded US troops in North Africa and the combined Allied forces on D-Day

General Dwight D. Eisenhower

#10 What form of government did Mussolini command Italy with?

fascism

#11 What was the last meeting of the Allies in which FDR and Churchill appeased Stalin in Eastern Europe?

Yalta Conference

#27 What may have happened if the atomic bombs were not dropped in WW2?

Many more American and Japanese lives would have been lost, since Japan was known for refusing to surrender.

#3 What method for dealing with Latin America was introduced by Hoover and followed by FDR?

the Good Neighbor Policy

#12 the word for "lightning war", the Germans style of invasion early in the war

blitzkrieg

#17 (Japanese) pilots who committed suicide in dive bombing the enemy

kamikazes

#1 Before entering the War, FDR aided the Allies economically by passing what act?

Lend-Lease Act

#20 Where did D-Day happen?

Normandy, France

#30 Give 2 reasons Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union was not smart.

turned his strongest ally (Stalin) against him; bad timing, too close to the awful Russian winter; split his armies up; waged a war of ego against Stalingrad

#39 On which island was the most famous picture of WW2 taken? The one with the Marine Corps men hoisting the flag up; One of the costliest battles of the Pacific.

Iwo Jima

#9 What German political party did Hitler bring to power?

Nazi

#42 On which island in the Solomon Islands did the Americans stop the Japanese from building a strategic airfield?

Guadalcanal

#23 Which country was known for refusing to surrender and allowing many of their own, as well as the enemy's, soldiers to die?

Japan

#32 What president made the decision to use the atomic bomb?

Harry S Truman

#31 What treaty did Hitler totally violate in coming to power?

Treaty of Versailles

#36 Who said to the Filipinos, "I shall return."

General Douglas MacArthur

#19 where the 1st atomic bomb was dropped

Hiroshima

#7 What event pulled America in to WW2?

the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

#8 Which general led the way in "island hopping" in the Pacific towards Japan?

Chester Nimitz

#22 What side was the Soviet Union on at the beginning of WW2?

the Axis Powers (with Germany and Italy)

#4 What Allies country was the only one still standing against Germany in the early part of 1941?

Great Britain (England)

#33 What group of military men was the only group standing between Hitler's tyranny and the free world?

The British Royal Air Force (RAF)

#37 Who said, "Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date that will live infamy..."?

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

#16 the term for indulging, or giving someone what they want hoping it will satisfy them, policy toward Hitler at first

appeasement

#13 dictator of Italy

Benito Mussolini

#25 What was basically the only country in Europe not taken by the Axis Powers during WW2?

Great Britain (Switzerland, too, I guess)

#5 A major part of the war in the Pacific involved MacArthur trying to regain what islands?

the Philippines

#14 code name of the atomic bomb program

Manhattan Project

#41 Name one things that the civilians of the US did to help the war effort?

rationed food, joined the Red Cross, planted victory gardens

#38 What happened on December 7, 1941?

the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor

#28 What major, month-long battle against Germany happened after D-Day?

The Battle of the Bulge

#35 When Chamberlain gave the Sudentenland to Hitler, what policy was he practicing?

appeasment

#21 What is the largest amphibious invasion in history known as?

D-Day

#26 Where was the first major activity for American troops against Germany?

North Africa

#40 Which conference did Truman warn Japan to surrender or be destroyed?

Potsdam

#34 When Chamberlain and Hitler met at Munich what was the one piece of land Hitler said he would be satisfied with?

Sudetenland

#6 What country was invaded by Germany officially starting WW2?

Poland

#2 What was the date of D-Day? (month, day, and year)

June 6, 1944

#24 What changed in American industries during WW2?

They switched from making goods for home to making war supplies.

#29 What was the attitude of most Americans at the beginning of WW2?

isolationist, wanting to stay out of it

#18 harbor where the US navy was severely damaged

Pearl Harbor