History Questions

Some historians have referred to December 7, 1941 as the happiest day in British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's life.1. What happened on December 7, 1941?2. Why would this have made Churchill happy?

The period 1945-1991 is known as the ___________________, during which the United STates and the Soviet Union competed for Global supremacy.

what two countries declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939?

The bulk of Erwin Rommel's German forces remained in northeastern France near the narrowest point in the English Channel, logically expecting that the Allied Invasion forces would land there. What did the Allies do to keep the Germans thinking that this would be the site of the invasion?

When the U.S. entered the war, the Allies knew they also had 2 major advantages over the Axis Powers. One was the enormous size of the Soviet Union and its army. What was another?

in 1949, the stakes of the competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union got much higher. What happened in that year?

After German pilots mistakenly bombed London in July 1940, Churchill ordered the Royal Air Force to bomb Berlin. This outraged Hitler, who then ordered the German Luftwaffe to concentrate its attacks on London and other British cities. How did this actually work to Britain's advantage?

during the summer 1940, the Battle of Britain raged, with the German Luftwaffe (air force) and the Royal Air force dueling in the skies over Southern England. What was the major advantage the British enjoyed over the Germans?

In september 1943, the Italian king ordered the arrest of Benito Mussolini and signed a ________________ with the Allies, thus breaking Italy's alliance with Germany.

Hitler's decision to invade __________________ in June 1941 has been called his biggest blunder, and the point at chich Germany slowly started losing the war.

By September 1940, Nazi Germany controlled vietually all of Europe with the exception of _____________.

In June 1944, ______________ became the first Axis capital to be liberated by the Allies.

On what date did D-Day, the allied invasion of Normandy, France, take place?

After seeing their first combat in North Africa, American troops, along with other Allied force, launched a campaign to re-take_______________ from German control after seizing the island of sicily to use as a base for an invasion.

What U.S. territory in the Pacific did Japan strike within Hours of their attack on Pearl Harbor?

What region, demilitarized after WWI, did Hitler send German troops to reoccupy in March 1936?

What country did Hitler annex in March 1938, and how did its citizens react to German annexation?

What did Henry Ford invent, or develop that led to the mass production of not only automobiles but other products?

When did hitler and the Nazi party come to power in Germany?

Germany and _____________ formed an alliance called the Azis powers in 1936 _________________ joined the Axis Powers in 1940.