Answer: Poland
Following the German use of blitzkrieg tactics, Warsaw (the capital of Poland) surrendered on 27th September. On 17 September 1939 Soviet forces invaded eastern Poland. (The Soviet Union was on Germany's side until the 22nd June 1941, when Germany invaded them).
From Quiz: World War II in Brief
Answer: Achilles
According to "The Achilleid", Achilles had his body dipped in the river Styx by his mother, who grabbed him from the heel, thus impeding the heel from being dipped in the water. He was hit in the heel with an arrow, and died.
From Quiz: Hopeless Wanderer
Answer: Germany invaded Poland, starting World War II.
Britain and France declared war on Germany two days later, starting World War II.
From Quiz: The War and Everything it Entails
Answer: air
The attack on Pearl Harbor occured December 7 1941. Unknown to most people, the Japanese attacked in small cigar-submarines soon after the bomb was dropped. However, the sea attack failed. Soon America was at war with Japan, and a few days later with Germany.
From Quiz: The Second World War
Answer: Bosnia
Ferdinand was the first in line for the Austrian throne when he was assassinated on June 28, 1914. Both he and his wife were killed that day, while Gavrilo Princip was charged with their murder. Princip remained in prison for the rest of his life.
From Quiz: Wars of the World
Answer: Battle of Midway
At the Battle of Midway, Japan lost three big carriers with the U.S. returning home with a huge victory!
From Quiz: Battles at sea, land, and air!
Answer: The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbor. The next day, Franklin Delano Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan.
From Quiz: The World at War
Answer: Hawaii
Pearl Harbor is located on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, one of the 50 states of the USA.
From Quiz: World War II
Answer: Yalta Conference
The three leaders met three times during the war to discuss it. This was the second time they had met. They were mostly trying to establish an agenda for governing post war Germany.
From Quiz: World War 2
Answer: September 1, 1939
Before Hitler attacked Poland, he had signed a document stating that he would not invade any other countries after his invasion of Czechoslovakia. He broke his promise which led Britain and France to declare war on Germany. This move is what started World War II.
From Quiz: World War II/Holocaust Trivia
Answer: Germany invades Poland
This is the date that the fighting in Europe started for World War II. After another full day of futile communications and warnings by the French and British Embassies in Berlin failed to stop the German aggression in Poland, both France and Great Britain declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939.
From Quiz: Important Dates of World War II
Answer: Germany, Italy and Japan
China was on the same side as the USA, and Bolivia was not fighting. Other countries, like Finland and Romania, fought with Germany as well.
From Quiz: WWII Quiz for Kids
Answer: Adolf Hitler
Mussolini was President of Italy during World War II. Both Roosevelts were Presidents of the U.S.A.
From Quiz: History for Kids: World War II
Answer: 3rd September 1939
Two days after Germany's invasion of Poland, France and Britain declared war on Germany. Nazi Leader Adolf Hitler said that the invasion of Poland was a defensive action, but France and Britain were not convinced. Moreover, Britain was pledged to help Poland if its independence was threatened by military force.
From Quiz: World War II in Brief
Answer: The Battle of Thermopylae
The Persians had lost against the Greeks 10 years before, in Marathon. The Thermopylae was a small mountain pass, and although the Greek army had the situation "under control" at first, it is said that a Greek traitor showed the Persians a secret passage, in which they battled only 300 Spartan soldiers, this being considered a heroic act. The Six-Day War happened a long time after, in 1967, when Israel fought the United Arab Republic, Jordan and Syria, but that is another story...
From Quiz: Hopeless Wanderer
Answer: Japan
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and the U.S. declared war on Japan on December 8, 1941.
From Quiz: The War and Everything it Entails
Answer: Taffy 3
The Center Force battled Taffy 3 when trying to get MacArthur but the Center Force was driven back by the brave attacks from the torpedo runs made by some of the ships.
From Quiz: Battles at sea, land, and air!
Answer: Germany, Japan, and Italy
Germany, Japan, and Italy formed the Axis powers during WWII. Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Croatia and Slovakia were also part of the Axis.
From Quiz: The World at War
Answer: Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman
Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman both served as United States president during World War II.
From Quiz: World War II
Answer: Rosie the Riveter
The women were needed to work in the factories since about 16 million U.S. citizens went to war. This character was designed by Norman Rockwell.
From Quiz: World War 2
Answer: Jews
When Germany lost World War I, Hitler was furious. He blamed the Jews for the loss so that he could rise to power. Once he got that power, he started rounding up the Jews and throwing them into concentration camps. This started what we now know as the Holocaust.
From Quiz: World War II/Holocaust Trivia
Answer: Winston Churchill
Neville Chamberlain was the Prime Minister at the start of the war, but he was replaced.
From Quiz: WWII Quiz for Kids
Answer: Winston Churchill
Attlee took over from Churchill after the war. He was only the second Prime Minister to be a member of the Labour Party.
From Quiz: History for Kids: World War II
Answer: England and France
The Hundred Years War was actually a series of many battles happening between England and France from 1337 to 1453. The war started because a king couldn't be named. The war actually lasted 116 years.
From Quiz: Hopeless Wanderer
Answer: Germany and Italy
Allies of Japan, Germany and Italy declared war on the U.S. only four days after the Pearl Harbor attacks. The U.S. declared war on Germany and Italy later that day.
From Quiz: The War and Everything it Entails
Answer: The Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project took place in Los Alamos, New Mexico. The main creator of the atom bomb, Robert Oppenheimer, hated the weapon after seeing its effects. Robert Oppenheimer turned into one of the main opposers of the atom bomb.
From Quiz: The Second World War
Answer: Six-Day War
The war only lasted six days with Israel dominating its opponents with a smaller army force.
From Quiz: Battles at sea, land, and air!
Answer: Internment camps for Japanese Americans in the US
Frankin Delano Roosevelt and Congress transferred all Japanese Americans in the western part of the United States to internment camps in America. Korematsu did not agree to this and he went to the Supreme Court to protest his case. He lost.
From Quiz: The World at War
Answer: Bomber planes
The Doolittle raid was the first air raid by the USA against Japan's home island Honshû. The planes used were B-25B Mitchell and sixteen of them were used in the raid. The raid was named after Lieutenant Colonel James "Jimmy" Doolittle. He was the one who planned and led the raid.
From Quiz: World War II
Answer: John C. Garand
The M1-Garand was designed between 1923-1924 by John C. Garand. Approximately 5.3 million of these rifles came off the assembly line. It was the only rifle issued in large numbers to infantry soldiers.
From Quiz: World War 2
Answer: Japan
The United States didn't want anything to do with World War II. That all changed on December 7, 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Over 2,300 people died at Pearl Harbor. The next day, President Roosevelt asked Congress to declare a state of war.
From Quiz: World War II/Holocaust Trivia
Answer: Japan
On the morning of December 7, 1941, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor by air with a surprise attack. The next day the U.S. declared war on Japan.
From Quiz: World War II in Brief
Answer: Forced families of Japanese descent to move into internment camps in the U.S.
Families of Japanese descent were relocated to camps in the U.S. They were released after the war ended. In late 1989, George H.W. Bush signed an order which forced the U.S. government to send money and an apology letter to each living internee, or his/her family (if the internee was deceased).
From Quiz: The War and Everything it Entails
Answer: Lusitania
The RMS Lusitania was a British merchant ship. When it sank, it killed 1198 of the 1959 people on board. The Germans warned people travelling on the Lusitania to beware that German submarines could easily target it. The ship was on its way from New York City to Liverpool.
From Quiz: Wars of the World
Answer: Battle of the Bulge
The last major German offensive was the Battle of the Bulge where they created a hole in the Allied defenses but they still lost.
From Quiz: Battles at sea, land, and air!
Answer: Great Britain
Great Britain held out in the Battle of Britain. This was a battle for air superiority over Britain.
From Quiz: The World at War
Answer: 6 years and 1 day
From the invasion of Poland by the Germans on September 1, 1939 to the surrender of the Japanese onboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo bay on September 2, 1945 the Second World War lasted 6 years and 1 day.
From Quiz: World War II
Answer: To secure bridges
This operation was not very successful as the Allies lost many men. Many paratroopers were involved in this operation. The result was a German victory.
From Quiz: World War 2
Answer: Auschwitz
Auschwitz was a death camp. Many people were sent here and died either by the gas chambers, typhus, malnutrition or by working too much. This was a cruel thing to do. Auschwitz is still standing today. You can walk through the camp and see what the prisoners went through.
From Quiz: World War II/Holocaust Trivia
Answer: Japan attacks US Fleet in Pearl Harbor
The 'date that will live in infamy.' The United States declared war on Japan the next day and Germany subsequently declared war on the United States, thus entering the US into World War II.
From Quiz: Important Dates of World War II
