| A | B |
|---|
| What prompted the U.S to enter the war in 1941 | The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor |
| Who lead 3 million Allied troops in the cross-channel invasion of Normandy | General Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Who lead the Germans | Adolf Hitler |
| Who died of a massive cerebral hemmorage in 1945 | President Franklin D. Roosevelet |
| The U.S. dropped two atomic bombs on Japan cities. The first atomice bomb was dropped on the military-base city of | Hiroshima |
| The second atomic bomb was dropped on the Japan city of | Nagasaki |
| Where did Japan's surrender take place | U.S.S. Missouri; anchored in Tokyo |
| The U.S. entered WWII in 1941 on both the | Pacific and European fronts |
| WWII lasted from | 1939-1945 |
| The Allies consisted of | Great Britian, Russia, and the U.S. |
| The Axis powers consisted of | Germany, Italy, and Japan |
| WWII remains the deadliest in history with between ___ and ___ dead from battle and acts of genocide perpetrated by Nazi officials | 40 and 60 million |
| Hitler's attempts to unite all German-speaking people in Europe led to his invasion of | Czechoslovakia and then Poland in 1939 |
| Who declared war on Germany after the invasion of Czechoslovakia and Poland | Britian and France |
| A dictator is : | a ruler who wields absolute authority and controls the govenment within a state or nation |
| Who was the dictator in Germany | Adolf Hitler |
| Who was the dictator in Italy | Benito Mussolini |
| Who was the dictoator in the Soviet Union | Joseph Stalin |
| The GI bill did what? | Alloted funds to send former soldiers to school |
