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PeopleEuropePacific 10 Point 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 10 Point 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points Home FrontDates
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The day, month, date, and year Pearl Harbor was bombed
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When was Sunday, December 7, 1941?
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This country was invaded September 1, 1939 and war was declared in Europe
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What was Poland?
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The Allied invasion of Normandy
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When was June 6, 1944?
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August 14, 1945
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What is Victory in Japan Day?
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August 6, 1945 this Japanese city was bombed
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What is Hiroshima?
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This führer used persuasion and intimidation to accomplish his goals
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Who is Adolf Hitler?
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This Il Duce modernized his country but was eventually hung in the town square
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Who is Benito Mussolini?
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This powerful emperor of Japan expanded his country into SE Asia and the Pacific
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Who was Emperor Hirohito?
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This Soviet leader was originally an ally of the U.S.; the friendship ended after WWII
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Who was Josef Stalin?
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U.S. President who ordered atomic bombs dropped on Japanese cities
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Who is Harry S. Truman?
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This battleship is still the final resting place for many of its sailors
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What is the U.S.S. Arizona?
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This piece of artillery stands as a memorial to WWII veterans in Cheneys Memorial Park
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What is a howitzer?
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The military supplies necessary for WWII brought an end to this in the U.S.
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What is the Great Depression?
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American icon seen here who encouraged women to work outside the home during WWII
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Who is Rosie the Riveter?
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Government hoped to control the supply, demand, and distribution of goods (like sugar, butter, gas, and meat) by using this
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What is a rationing system?
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The large land, sea, and air invasion of France by the Allied Powers to liberate Europe from the Germans has become known as this
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What is D-Day?
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Hitler violated this when he rebuilt the German military
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What is the Treaty of Versailles?
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Hitlers secret police were called this
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What is gestapo (or the SS)?
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Hitler signed a non- aggression pact with this country
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What is the Soviet Union?
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When Hitlers troops approached this countrys capital, the nation simply surrendered
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What is France?
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The need for this was the reason for Japans aggression in Asia
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What is raw materials/resources?
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This was the first region (in China) Japan set out to conquer in the early 1930s
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What is Manchuria?
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These pilots considered themselves a divine wind and were willing to give up their lives for their country
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Who are kamikaze pilots?
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This U.S. strategy against Japan called for taking strategic locations in the Pacific
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What is island- hopping?
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When congratulated on the attacks at Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Admiral responded, I fear we have awakened [this].
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What is a sleeping giant?
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Make your wager
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This was the initial policy towards Hitler in Europe; they gave an inch, he took a mile
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What is appeasement?
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