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The day, month, date, and year Pearl Harbor was bombed

When was Sunday, December 7, 1941?

This country was invaded September 1, 1939 and war was declared in Europe

What was Poland?

The Allied invasion of Normandy

When was June 6, 1944?

August 14, 1945

What is “Victory in Japan” Day?

August 6, 1945 this Japanese city was

bombed

What is Hiroshima?

This führer used persuasion and intimidation to

accomplish his goals

Who is Adolf Hitler?

This “Il Duce” modernized his country but was

eventually hung in the town square

Who is Benito Mussolini?

This powerful emperor of Japan

expanded his country into SE Asia and the

Pacific

Who was Emperor Hirohito?

This Soviet leader was originally an ally

of the U.S.; the friendship ended

after WWII

Who was Josef Stalin?

U.S. President who ordered atomic

bombs dropped on Japanese cities

Who is Harry S. Truman?

This battleship is still the final resting place

for many of its sailors

What is the U.S.S. Arizona?

This piece of artillery stands as a memorial to WWII veterans in Cheney’s Memorial

Park

What is a howitzer?

The military supplies necessary for WWII

brought an end to this in the U.S.

What is the Great Depression?

American icon seen here who

encouraged women to work

outside the home during

WWII

Who is Rosie the Riveter?

Government hoped to control the supply,

demand, and distribution of goods

(like sugar, butter, gas, and meat) by using this

What is a rationing system?

The large land, sea, and air invasion of France by

the Allied Powers to liberate Europe from the

Germans has become known as this

What is D-Day?

Hitler violated this when he rebuilt the German military

What is the Treaty of Versailles?

Hitler’s secret police were called this

What is gestapo (or the SS)?

Hitler signed a non-aggression pact with

this country

What is the Soviet Union?

When Hitler’s troops approached this

country’s capital, the nation simply surrendered

What is France?

The need for this was the reason for Japan’s aggression

in Asia

What is raw materials/resources?

This was the first region (in China) Japan set out to

conquer in the early 1930s

What is Manchuria?

These pilots considered themselves a “divine

wind” and were willing to give up their lives

for their country

Who are kamikaze pilots?

This U.S. strategy against Japan called for taking strategic

locations in the Pacific

What is island-hopping?

When congratulated on the attacks at Pearl Harbor, the Japanese

Admiral responded, “I fear we have awakened

[this].”

What is a sleeping giant?

Make your wager

This was the initial policy towards Hitler in Europe; they gave

an inch, he took a mile

What is appeasement?