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3.  When did America enter into WWII?

4.  December 7, 1941

5.  When was V-E Day?

6.  May 8, 1945

7.  When did WWII begin in Europe?

8.  September 1, 1939

9.  When was the D’Day invasion of Normandy?

10.  June 6, 1944

11.  What is “Mein Kampf” or “My Struggle?”

12.  Hitler’s book laying out his plan for preserving the German Aryan race.

13.  Japan invaded what region in order to acquire its natural resources to feed its thriving industrial society?

14.  Manchuria

15.  Concentration camps and extermination camps with gas chambers were part of Hitler’s?

16.  Final Solution

17.  Why did the United States enter WWII?

18.  Because Japanese planes bombed the Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

19.  Prior to entering WWII, how did the U.S. attempt to aid England? (3 ways)

20.  The Lend-Lease Act  The Destroyers-for-Bases Deal  Passing a modified Neutrality Act in 1939 to allow arms sales on a cash-and basis.

21.  What was Kristallnacht?

22.  Jewish citizens attacked  Night of Broken Glass  Jewish businesses and home raided

23.  Japan depended on the U.S. for oil, iron and scrap metal, items which FDR and Congress restricted because they were considered what type of materials?

24.  Strategic Materials

25.  Why did the English and French leaders attempt to appease Hitler when he made his first demands?

26.  Because the destruction of World War I was still fresh in their minds.

27.  When Hitler invaded Poland and France, he used a new method of warfare called?

28.  Blitzkrieg

29.  In the UN Security Council, who are the permanent members with veto powers?

30.  United States  U.S.S.R (Russia)  England  China  France

31.  What was the American strategy for defeating Japan in the Pacific called?

32.  Island-Hopping

33.  Who were the three main Axis powers during WWII?

34.  Japan  Italy  Germany

35.  Who were the five main Allied powers during WWII?

36.  United States  U.S.S.R (Russia)  France  China  England

37.  Who was the supreme Allied commander, in overall command of the D’Day invasion of France? (A future president)

38.  Dwight D. Eisenhower

39.  Who was the U.S. President at the end of WWII?

40.  Harry S. Truman

41.  Who was the Prime Minister of England during WWII?

42.  Winston Churchill

43.  Who was the U.S. President through the Great Depression and most of WWII?

44.  Franklin D. Roosevelt

45.  Who led the American team of engineers and scientists building the atomic bomb?

46.  Robert Oppenheimer

47.  Who was the Nazi dictator of Germany during WWII?

48.  Adolf Hitler

49.  Who was the French General who organized free French forces fighting with the Allies?

50.  Charles De Gaulle

51.  Who was the Communist dictator of the U.S.S.R (Russia) during WWII?

52.  Joseph Stalin