Flashcards
World War II
Leader of National Socialist party and Dictator of the German Empire
Heinrich Himmler
Benito Mussolini
Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Which countries joined the Allied Powers?
Japan
United States of America
Great Britain
Italy
Soviet Union
Germany
United States of America
Great Britain
Soviet Union
How many Americans died in WWII?
522,600
390,200
404,200
405,400
Who was a member of Axis Alliance?
United States of America
Soviet Union
Germany
Italy
Great Britain
Japan
A WWII battle fought only in the air was?
Battle of Britain
Battle of Pearl Harbor
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Atlantic
A Fascist dictator of Italy, called Il Duce
Benito Mussolini
Joseph Stalin
General Franco
Joseph Goebbels
A method of warfare whereby an attacking force, spearheaded by a dense concentration of armoured and motorised or mechanised infantry formations with close air support, breaks through the opponent's line of defence by short, fast, powerful attacks and then dislocates the defenders, using speed and surprise to encircle them with the help of air superiority.
Anschluss
Nazism
Blitzkrieg
Meinkampf
Who led the Free French and backed the underground Resistance movement in France?
Franklin Delano Roosvelt
Charles de Gaulle
Dwight D Eisenhower
Charles Drew
What is the name of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945?
Chain Lightning
Enola Gay
Shooting Star
Memphis Belle
Operation Overlord also known as DDay started on:
6 June, 1944
5 May, 1944
7 July, 1944
9 April, 1944
What was the date of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
18 March, 1941
7 January, 1942
11 December, 1942
7 December, 1941
Who was a Commander of the Allied forces on the Philippine islands?
Erwin Rommel
Dwight D Eisenhower
George Patton
Douglas MacArthur
Prime minister of Japan during World War II
Hideki Tojo
Oda Nobunaka
Fumimaro Konoe
Hirohito
Germany started the WWII by invading:
England
France
Poland
Czechoslovakia
WWII started on:
1 September, 1939
17 September, 1939
10 September, 1939
8 October, 1939
The death of President Roosevelt
14 March, 1945
27 January, 1945
12 April, 1945
7 May, 1945
Which Japanese cities were bombarded with atomic bombs during WWII?
Osaka
Nagoya
Hiroshima
Edo
Nagasaki
Largest Japanese battleship deployed during WWII?
Yamato
Kongo
Nagato
Hiryu
German air force is called:
Wermacht
Sonderkommando
Luftwaffe
Kriegsmarine
Japanese suicidal pilots:
Kamikaze
Organized killing of European Jews and others by the Nazis during WWII
Holocaust
Most widely used medium tank by the United States and Western Allies in World War II
M4 Sherman
M5 Stuart
A27 Cromwell
A15 Crusader
Hitler's plan to kill all the Jews in Europe
Blitzkrieg
Holocaust
Fall Weiss
Final Solution
Called The Desert Fox. A Commander of the Afrika Korps in North Africa. Tried to assassinate Hitler.
Hermann Göring
Erwin Rommel
Friedrich Paulus
Karl Dönitz
German general during World War II who commanded the 6th Army. He attained the rank of field marshal two hours before the surrender of German forces in the Battle of Stalingrad.
Hans Frank
Werner von Blomberg
Erwin Rommel
Friedrich Paulus