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Hint
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Answer
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Hitler's autobiography
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Mein Kampf
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Icon, represents women factory workers in WWII
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Rosie the Riveter
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War begins with invasion of...
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Poland
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USA testing site for atomic bombs
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New Mexico
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Japanese city- 1st ever use of atomic bomb as a weapon
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Hiroshima
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5-star general, commander of Allied forces in Europe during WWII, 34th American President
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Major and costly battle to secure an airbase near Japan WWII, memorialized as image of six Marines placing an American flag on a peak.
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Iwo Jima
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UK Prime Minister in WWII, known for inspirational speeches
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Winston Churchill
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US President at end of WWII
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Harry Truman
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Year WWII began
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1939
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Code name for D-Day
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Operation Overlord
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US plan to provide aid to help European nations recover from WWII
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Marshall Plan
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A weapon that uses nuclear power
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Atomic Bomb
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Japanese Emperor during WWII
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Hirohito
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Deadliest battle of WWII: Axis vs Soviet fight for control of the Soviet city named...
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Stalingrad
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Allied/British attempt to avoid war by giving in to Germany pre-war
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Appeasement
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The division of Europe post-wwii (allies in the East, Soviet control in West)
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Iron Curtain
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Prussian room of amber and gold that was stolen and disappeared in WWII
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Amber Room
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Massive allied attack to free France from Nazi control- June 4, 1944.
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D-Day
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Victory in Japan Day, when Japan surrendered in wwii
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V-J Day
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German "Lightning War" strategy of rapid attacks
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Blitzkrieg
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Leader of Soviet Russia from 1922 until 1953
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Stalin
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Nazi established thousands of these incarceration sites during the Holocaust.
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Concentration Camp
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The language that was used to create an unbreakable code for the Allies in WWII
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Navajo
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The area of fighting on the western edge of German-held land in WWII
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Western Front
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Military strategy of approaching Japan by approaching island-by-island in the Pacific
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Island Hopping
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Genocide of Jewish Europeans during WWII
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Holocaust
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Meaning "Leader" in German, it's the term Hitler used for himself
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Fuhrer
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Physicist, directed American atomic bomb program (Project Manhattan)
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Robert Oppenheimer
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War ends when Japan...
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surrenders
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Year WWII ended
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1945
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French site of the D-Day invasion
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Normandy
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Victory in Europe Day, when the Allied forces celebrate victory
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V-E Day
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Italian fascist dictator in WWII, ally to Hitler
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Mussolini
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Trials held after WWII to punish Nazi leaders for war crimes
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Nuremberg Trials.
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Deadliest battle of WWII for USA, turning point when German offensive ends
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Battle of the Bulge
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The area of fighting between German and Russian held territory in WWII
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Eastern Front
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secret US program to develop atomic bombs in WWII
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Manhattan Project
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Germany, Italy and Japan during WWII
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Axis
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German-born Jewish teen, kept a diary of her time hiding from Nazis in the Netherlands
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Anne Frank
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Japanese city- 2nd site of atomic bombing
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Nagasaki
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Soldiers tasked with finding and preserving artworks
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Monuments Men
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France, Britain, USA, Soviets
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Allies
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Japanese WWII pilots who intentionally crashed into American ships
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Kamikaze
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American naval base, site of surprise Japanese attack in WWII, led USA to join WWII
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Pearl Harbor
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2. You repeated the question about the Japanese emperor twice
3. It's "Atomic Bomb" not "Atom Bomb"
Otherwise, good quiz!