WWII Events

The largest water-to-land invasion by allied troops on the beaches of Normandy, France on June 6, 1944.

• D-day
• VE Day
• VJ Day
• Pearl Harbor

Germany surrendered ending the war in Europe

• D-day
• VE Day
• VJ Day
• Pearl Harbor

Japanese surrender after the U.S. dropped two atomic bombs; ending WWII.

• D-day
• VE Day
• VJ Day
• Pearl Harbor

The mass murder of millions of Jews in Europe by Nazi Germany.

• Iwo Jima
• Pearl Harbor
• Hiroshima
• Holocaust

A volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean that was occupied by Japan and secured by Allies in 1945 to use as a landing base for bomber planes

• Iwo Jima
• Pearl Harbor
• Hiroshima
• Nagasaki

A U.S. naval base bombed by Japan on December 7, 1941

• Iwo Jima
• Pearl Harbor
• Holocaust
• VJ Day

Which U.S. president decided to drop the atomic bombs on Japan?

• FDR
• Herbert Hoover
• Harry S. Truman
• Theodore Roosevelt

An atomic bomb was dropped on which two places?

• Pearl Harbor

• Hiroshima

• Nagasaki

• Iwo Jima

Who made the decision for Japan to surrender?

• Harry Truman
• FDR
• Hirohito
• Mussolini

Who won WWII?

• Allied
• Axis