Adolf Hitler was the leader of a political party called the ____________ or National Socialist German Worker's Party.

Great Britain and France formed an alliance known as the ____________ Powers in order to try to stop Germany from attacking them.

On September 1, 1939, Germany broke its promise to Great Britain and France and attacked _______________.

The Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War 2 was Winston ___________________.

Which of the following countries was NOT part of the Axis Powers during WW2?

Which of the following countries was part of the Allies during WW2?

How many years did WW2 last?

During WW2, Nazis in Germany organized the murder of millions of Jewish and other people. This dark period is known as the __________.

Why did the U.S. join the conflict of World War II?

At the end of WW2, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of _____________________.

What was V-J day?

After Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, the United States forced over 100,000 Japanese American men, women, and children to leave their homes and move to ______________ camps.

General Dwight ___________ led over 200,000 Allied forces on D-Day that invaded northern France at Normandy.

VE-Day (or Victory in _______ Day) was May 7 and May 8, 1945, the dates when the World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich.

____________ was the leader of Italy from 1922 to 1943. He allied Italy with Nazi Germany and Japan in the Second World War.

What international organization was formed after World War II ended to try to keep peace in the world?

During the war, Americans received __________ books, which contained coupons that could be redeemed for goods, such as sugar and gasoline.

U.S. factories that made war supplies

What did Americans at home do to help the war effort during World War II?

What group of World War II fighter pilots were the first African American military airmen in the U.S.?

The Viet Cong fought

What was the result of the end of the Cold War?

What is the name given to the strip of land running across the Korean Peninsula that serves as buffer zone between North and South Korea. This area serves as a border barrier, which runs in the vicinity of the38th parallel north?

How did Fidel Castro betray the United States?

What country, in East Asia, whose capital and largest city is Pyongyang also shares a land border with China to the north? The southern boundary of this country is known as the DMZ and marks the boundary with South Korea. This country's current leader, Kim Jong-Un, has become a dictator who has threatened the U.S. on several occasions.

n: What US President asked Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the wall?

Why did East Germany build the Berlin Wall?

What political system (based on Karl Marx's ideas) took control in Russia?

The term "Iron Curtain" originated from a Winston Churchill speech. He was referring to communist expansion and spheres of influence in which part of the world?