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This board helps players review World War II through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Road to War, European Theater, Pacific Theater, Leaders & Alliances, War's End. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.

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  • Road to War

    What 1939 event commonly marks the start of World War II?

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    Invasion of Poland

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  • European Theater

    Which 1940 air campaign defended Britain from the Luftwaffe?

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    Battle of Britain

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  • Pacific Theater

    What December 7, 1941 attack brought the United States into the war?

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    Pearl Harbor

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  • Leaders & Alliances

    Who led the Soviet Union during World War II?

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    Joseph Stalin

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  • War's End

    What name is given to the May 1945 Allied victory in Europe?

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    V-E Day

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Road to War

$100 — What 1939 event commonly marks the start of World War II?
Invasion of Poland
$200 — What 1930s policy tried to avoid war by conceding to Hitler?
Appeasement
$300 — Which 1938 agreement ceded the Sudetenland to Germany?
Munich Agreement
$400 — What 1931 invasion signaled Japanese expansion in East Asia?
Invasion of Manchuria
$500 — Which 1939 German-Soviet pact secretly divided Eastern Europe?
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

European Theater

$100 — Which 1940 air campaign defended Britain from the Luftwaffe?
Battle of Britain
$200 — What 1940 rescue evacuated Allied troops from Dunkirk?
Dunkirk evacuation
$300 — What 1941 German invasion of the USSR was code-named what?
Operation Barbarossa
$400 — What was the codename for the June 6, 1944 Normandy invasion?
Operation Overlord
$500 — Which 1942-43 battle marked a turning point on the Eastern Front?
Battle of Stalingrad

Pacific Theater

$100 — What December 7, 1941 attack brought the United States into the war?
Pearl Harbor
$200 — Which 1942 naval battle decisively halted Japanese expansion?
Battle of Midway
$300 — What strategy of seizing key islands while bypassing others was called what?
Island hopping
$400 — Which 1945 battle near Japan saw heavy casualties and kamikaze attacks?
Battle of Okinawa
$500 — What forced march of POWs followed the 1942 fall of Bataan?
Bataan Death March

Leaders & Alliances

$100 — Who led the Soviet Union during World War II?
Joseph Stalin
$200 — Who became British prime minister in 1940 and led to victory?
Winston Churchill
$300 — Who was U.S. president for most of World War II?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
$400 — The partnership of Germany, Italy, and Japan was called what?
Axis Powers
$500 — Which February 1945 meeting of the Big Three took place in Crimea?
Yalta Conference

War's End

$100 — What name is given to the May 1945 Allied victory in Europe?
V-E Day
$200 — What secret U.S. program developed the atomic bomb?
Manhattan Project
$300 — Which two Japanese cities were destroyed by atomic bombs in 1945?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
$400 — What trials prosecuted leading Nazis for war crimes after the war?
Nuremberg Trials
$500 — What term did Nazis use for their plan to exterminate Jews?
Final Solution

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