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4. What was the official German strategy for fighting the French in World War I?
5. What is a stalemate?
10. How was America initially and ultimately involved in World War I?
11. How did each country view / interpret the Treaty of Versailles?
12. What preventative measures did the French take against a new German invasion after World War I?
17. What is the title of Adolf Hitler’s book which blames the Jews for Germany’s problems?
19. When and what military action sparked World War II in Europe?
21. What were the pros and cons of the Maginot Line?
23. What major advantage did the British RAF have over the German Luftwaffe?
24. How long did Hitler think it would take to conquer the Soviet Union?
26. What did Zhukov suggest as a strategy for defeating the Germans in their invasion of the Soviet Union?
27. What resource was Germany seeking when it invaded the Soviet Union?
28. What legislation was issued on March 11, 1941, which first involved the US in WWII?
31. What did FDR and Churchill agree to at the Casablanca Conference?
37. What did German women face from their Soviet captors following the fall of Berlin?
38. By what means did Hitler die following the Soviet capture of Berlin?
39. When did the Allied celebrate Victory in Europe Day (VE Day)?
43. What type of camp would house able-bodied prisoners who could perform work?
45. Which German official was in charge of administering the Final Solution?
47. How many deaths did the Holocaust produce (including Jew and other non-desirables)?
50. Which agency helped develop the atomic bomb within the Manhattan Project?
51. Where did Japan’s offensive war begin in World War II?
52. What is the major reason that the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor?
53. What was the primary target of the Japanese aerial attack on Pearl Harbor?
54. Which ship was the most severely damaged during the attack on Pearl Harbor and took 1,178
to the bottom of the harbor where it still sits today?
55. Which American officer commanded the U.S. and Filipino forces on the Philippines before the
Japanese took control in 1942?
57. What is the focus of FDR’s Executive Order 9066, on February 19, 1942?
58. Where was the first battle waged purely from aircraft carriers?
59. What was the Americans main advantage at Midway that helped them win the battle?
61. What was sought by the Americans when certain islands were invaded by the Marines while
others were skipped over in the Pacific?
64. What was the strategic significance of capturing the Mariana and Palau islands?
65. Which of the Palau islands gave the Marines experience to the Japanese techniques that
would be seen at Iwo Jima and Okinawa?
66. Which battle saw the first major use of large-scale kamikaze attacks?
67. What did the Japanese do citizens of Manila while Americans were invading the Philippines?
68. Which best describes the Japanese strategies at Iwo Jima and Okinawa?
69. What was the use of the flag raising photograph on Mt. Suribachi on Iwo Jima?
70. Which battle of World War II yielded the most American casualties?
71. When were the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (respectively)?
73. Which city was the primary target of the second atomic bomb?
74. When and where do the Japanese sign the official terms of surrender?
75. What was the outcome of Hermann Goering’s war crime trial?
76. Who was the United States lead prosecuting attorney in the Nuremburg Military Tribunal?
77. Which Allied power took control of eastern Germany (half the country) and led to the Cold
War?
78. How did the United States try to repair the damage done from Japanese internment during
World War II?
79. What was Stalin ordered to do under the Yalta Agreements in his own land following World
War II?
80. Which man spoke the phrase: “blood alone moves the wheels of history,” in 1921?