| A | B |
| Poland | invaded by Germany and Russia |
| German invasion of Poland | start of World War II |
| France | invaded by Germany |
| Paris | capital of France |
| London | capital of England |
| bombing of London | start of Battle of Britain |
| naval bases | what the U.S. got from Great Britain |
| war supplies and old war ships | what Great Britain gave the U.S. |
| December 7, 1941 | attack on Pearl Harbor |
| Battle of Midway | turning point in the Pacific |
| German invasion of USSR | reason Russia became an ally |
| Stalingrad | turning point in Eastern Europe |
| D-Day | beginning of Allied invasion of France |
| Normandy | city in France, D-Day location |
| Hiroshima and Nagasaki | location of atomic bomb attacks |
| atomic bombs | what the U.S. used to force Japan to surrender |
| 1945 | bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
| Axis | countries winning at the start of WW2 |
| Allies | countries who ultimately won WW2 |