
WWII Matching Activity
Authored by Cheryl Meyer
History
9th Grade
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1.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Match the following
Atomic Bomb
Nuclear weapon where enormous energy is released
Harry Truman
Secret US Project to develop atomic bombs for WWII
V-E Day
The day war ended in Europe (May 8, 1945)
Manhatten Project
President after FDR died; authorized use of Atomic Bombs
Rosie the Riviter
Icon representing women that built things during WWII
2.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Match the following
Joseph Stalin
German word that means Lightning War
V-J Day
First day of the Allied Invasion of Normandy (in France) (6644)
Blitzkrieg
Day of Formal Surrender of the Japanese to the Allies (9-2-45)
Axis
The alliance between Japan, Italy, and Germany (JIG)
D-Day
Communist Dictaror of the Soviet Union
3.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Match the following
Nazi
US Scientist that directed creation of 1st atomic bomb
Dwight D. Eisenhower
US General in charge of D- Day; 34th president of the U.S.of
Hideki Tojo
A member of Hitler's Political Party
JR Oppenheimer
Italian Fascist Dictator
Benito Mussolini
Japanese Prime Minister (Dictator) & leader of their military
4.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Match the following
Allies
Britain, France, Russian, United States
Adolf Hitler
Ruler who is unconstrained by law (does what he wants)
World War II
German Nazi dictator during WWII
Enola Gay
American plane that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
Dictator
UK, USSR, France, US, China & others defeated Germany, Italy, & Japan
5.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Put the following in the Timeline order that they happened.
1940
Norway, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, & France defeated by Germany
1944
Soft Underbelly of the Axis (Italy) defeated by Allies
later in 1940
Battle of Britain
1943
Hitler invaded Poland
1939
D-Day
6.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Match the following
April - May 1945
U.S. dropped 2 Atomic Bombs on Japan
Ded. 1944 to Jan. 1945
Battle of Berlin
August 1945
U.K., U.S., and sometimes U.S.S.R. met to plan end of WWII
Island Hopping
Battle of the Bulge
Big 3 Conferences
U.S. Strategy to skip certain Pacific Islands if NOT heavily fortified to get to Japan faster
7.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Match the following
December 1941
Battle of Stalingrad
June 1941
Hitler invaded Poland and WWII begins.
June 1944
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and will also attack two other US territories.
1942-1943
Hitler invaded the USSR in Operation Barbarossa.
1939
D-Day Invasion
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