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Countries- 10 • Who were three biggest members of the Allied Powers before the USSR switched sides?

Answer Countries – 10 • United States, Britain, France

Question Countries - 20 • Who were the members of the Axis Powers in Europe?

Answer Countries– 20 • Germany and Italy

Question Countries - 30 • Which country came under Nazi occupation during the war?

Answer Countries – 30 • France

Question Countries - 40 • Which country assisted the United States during the war in the Pacific?

Answer Countries – 40 • Australia

Question Countries - 50 • When did the USSR switch sides from the Axis to the Allies?

Answer Countries – 50 • June, 1941

Question Europe - 10 • Who were the first countries to declare war on Germany?

Answer Europe – 10 • Britain and Frnace

Question Europe - 20 • What is considered the first act of World War II?

Answer Europe – 20 • Germany’s attack on Poland

Question Europe - 30 • Where was the French surrender to Germany signed?

Answer Europe – 30 • In a railway car

Question Europe - 40 • What was the code name of Germany’s invasion of Russia?

Answer Europe – 40 • Operation Barbarosa

Question Europe - 50 • How did the Allies respond to Germany’s invasion of Russia?

Answer Europe – 50 • They sent supplies and intelligence information to the USSR

Question Pacific - 10 • What US action caused tension with Japan?

Answer Pacific – 10 • A trade embargo

Question Pacific - 20 • Which battle is considered the turning point for the war in the Pacific?

Answer Pacific – 20 • Battle of Midway

Question Pacific - 30 • Why was the Battle of Coral Sea unique?

Answer Pacific – 30 • It was fought entirely with carrier-based aircraft

Question Pacific - 40 • Who was the Japanese Admiral behind the attack on Pearl Harbor?

Answer Pacific– 40 • Yamamoto

Question Pacific - 50 • What was the name of the two Japanese cities that the US bombed?

Answer Pacific – 50 • Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Question Misc - 10 • Where was the Allied invasion of Normandy directed?

Answer Misc – 10 • The French Coast

Question Misc - 20 • Who met at Casablanca?

Answer Misc – 20 • Roosevelt and Churchill

Question Misc - 30 • What was the focus of the Tehran Conference?

Answer Misc – 30 • The Allied invasion of France

Question Misc - 40 • Where did the Battle of the Bulge take place?

Answer Misc – 40 • Ardennes region

Question Misc - 50 • When was VE Day?

Answer Misc – 50 • May 8, 1945

Question Holocaust - 10 • Which country had the most concentration camps?

Answer Holocaust – 10 • Poland

Question Holocaust - 20 • Who were the primary victims of the Holocaust?

Answer Holocaust – 20 • European Jews

Question Holocaust - 30 • What was the largest concentration camp?

Answer 5 – 30 • Auschwitz

Question Holocaust - 40 • Who typically ran most of the concentration camps?

Answer Holocaust – 40 • SS officers

Question Holocaust - 50 • What was the first concentration camp liberated by US troops?

Answer Holocaust – 50 • Buchenwald