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Key Figures and Events of World War II: A Comprehensive Review

This review explores significant leaders, battles, and policies from World War II, highlighting the roles of prominent figures like Benito Mussolini, Winston Churchill, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Key events include the Holocaust, the D-Day invasion, and the use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Themes such as appeasement, genocide, and the impact of military strategies like blitzkrieg and island hopping are analyzed. This concise overview serves as an essential study guide for understanding the complex dynamics of the era and its enduring consequences.

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Key Figures and Events of World War II: A Comprehensive Review

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  1. JEOPARDY REVIEW

  2. Italian fascist leader • Benito Mussolini

  3. Prime minister who rallied Britain to fight against Nazi aggression • Winston Churchill

  4. American president who introduced the New Deal • Franklin D. Roosevelt

  5. Nationalist general who created a Fascist dictatorship in Spain • Francisco Franco

  6. Ethiopian king who appealed to the League of Nations for help • Haile Selassie

  7. The Spanish artist/Painter who helped create cubism was ____. • Pablo Picasso

  8. The German physicist who advanced the theory of relativity was ____. • Albert Einstein

  9. Supreme Allied commander in Europe • Dwight Eisenhower

  10. American president for 4 terms • Franklin D. Roosevelt

  11. President after FDR, who ordered the dropping of the A-Bomb • Harry Truman

  12. A ____ is a detention center for civilians considered enemies of the state. • Concentration camp

  13. Giving in to the demands of an aggressor in order to keep the peace • Appeasement

  14. Lightning war • Blitzkrieg

  15. Deliberate destruction of a group of people • Genocide

  16. Japanese pilots who undertook suicide missions to attack American warships • Kamikaze

  17. Beach on the English Channel where Allied troops were rescued from advancing Nazis • Dunkirk

  18. Naval base in Hawaii that was attacked by Japan Dec 7,1941 • Pearl Harbor

  19. Japanese city destroyed by an atomic bomb dropped by the United States in 1945 • Hiroshima

  20. Town that was brutally attacked by Germany during the Spanish Civil War • Guernica

  21. Site of a battle in Egypt that became a turning point in World War II • El Alamein

  22. The fortification was created in France in order to prevent German invasion • Maginot Line

  23. Name of the government in Germany after WWI • Weimar Republic.

  24. One who cooperates with an enemy force occupying a country • Pacifism

  25. “Operation Barbarossa” refers to Hitler’s plan to conquer • Soviet Union

  26. Allied invasion of France • D-Day

  27. Which citie was the target of a Nazi blitz for two months in 1941? • London

  28. The Allied forces ended the war in Europe by • Capturing Berlin

  29. Which nation suffered the highest number of casualties in World War II? • Soviet Union

  30. The massacre of more than six million Jews. • Holocaust

  31. VE Day refers to • Victory in Europe

  32. “Black Shirts” • Mussolini’s young, veterans were used to intimidate the opposition.

  33. German word for living space • Lebensraum

  34. hatred of Jews • Anti-Semitism

  35. Hitler’s private army or Thugs who beat up opponents • Brownshirts

  36. German were tried for crimes against humanity • Nuremberg Trials

  37. Which battle was a turning point after which the U.S took the offensive in the Pacific? • Battle of Midway

  38. The First American attack on Japanese soil • The Doolittle Raid April 18, 1942

  39. General in charge of the pacific campaign • Gen. Douglas MacArthur

  40. Method used by allied forces to recapture some Japanese held islands while bypassing others • Island Hopping

  41. Battle For this Volcanic Island where marines raised the American Flag • Iwo Jima (February, 1945)

  42. U.S. invaded this island, which would provide a staging area for the invasion of the Japanese islands. • Okinawa (April, 1945)

  43. What was created by the Manhattan project in Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico • Atomic Bomb

  44. Name The Two Cities The Atomic bomb Was Dropped • Hiroshima • Nagasaki

  45. Who Surrendered for Japan and what was that Day Called • Emperor Hirohito surrenders on Aug. 14, 1945. (V-J Day)

  46. Enola Gay. “Little Boy“ Fat Man Name the plan & the 2 atomic bombs that were dropped on Japan

  47. It was modeled after WW I’s League of Nations, but would be stronger • UN

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