world war 2

• In what city did air-raid sirens sound on the morning of August 9th, 1945?

  Nagasaki
• What was the presumed reason for the two USAAF B-29 bombers flying over Nagasaki?

  Reconnaissance mission
• At what time was the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki?

  1101 hours
• How many sticks of TNT was the Nagasaki bomb equivalent to?

  22,000
• How far away were observers who saw the Nagasaki bomb's blast?

  Over a hundred miles
• What was the approximate temperature generated by the fireball of the Nagasaki bomb?

  Three thousand nine hundred degrees centigrade
• What were the approximate wind speeds generated by the Nagasaki bomb?

  Up to six hundred miles per hour
• What is the minimum number of people estimated to have died in the Nagasaki bombing and its aftermath?

  129 thousand
• How many days after the Nagasaki attack did Japan surrender to the Allies?

  Six days
• What conflict ended with the nuclear attacks on Japan?

  The Second World War
• What political party's rise in Germany is essential to understanding the causes of WWII?

  The Nazi Party
• What country was Adolf Hitler born in?

  Austria
• After WWI, what ideology did Hitler fear would spread beyond Russia?

  Communism
• What political group did Hitler join in 1919?

  German Workers Party
• What was the German Workers Party renamed to a year later?

  National Socialist German Workers Party
• In what year did Hitler become leader of the Nazi Party?

  1921
• What was the name of the failed Nazi coup attempt in Munich in 1923?

  Beer Hall Putsch
• What book did Hitler write during his time in prison?

  Mein Kampf
• According to Mein Kampf, what groups did Hitler believe were holding the German people back?

  Jews and communists
• What treaty did Hitler claim was holding the German people back?

  The Treaty of Versailles
• What year did Hitler legally become Chancellor of Germany?

  1933
• What symbol became representative of the reinvigorated Nazi Germany?

  The swastika
• What concept was central to Hitler's vision for Nazi Germany's destiny?

  The Aryan race
• What title did Hitler hold as the undisputed leader of Nazi Germany?

  The Fuehrer
• What event do some historians argue initiated the Second World War?

  The Japanese invasion of Manchuria
• What pretext did the Japanese use to invade Manchuria?

  A bomb detonated by Chinese railway line
• In what year did Japan invade Manchuria?

  1931
• What year were the Japanese driven out of Manchuria by the Allies?

  1945
• What was the designation of the Japanese military research unit in Pingfang?

  Unit 731
• What kind of experiments were conducted on Chinese civilians by Unit 731?

  Medical experiments
• In what year did Benito Mussolini and his National Fascist Party rise to power in Italy?

  1922
• What was Mussolini's vision for Italy?

  A new Roman Empire
• What country did Mussolini invade in 1935 to begin building his new empire?

  Abyssinia (modern-day Ethiopia)
• What Time Magazine accolade did Hitler receive?

  Man of the Year
• In what year did Hitler introduce military conscription in Germany?

  1935
• What area did Hitler order his troops into in 1936, violating the Treaty of Versailles?

  The Rhineland
• Who succeeded Stanley Baldwin as British Prime Minister in 1937?

  Neville Chamberlain
• Why had the Rhineland been demilitarized?

  To create a safety zone for France
• What country did Germany set its sights on reclaiming land from in 1937?

  Czechoslovakia
• What country was Hitler looking to unite with Germany, despite it being forbidden by the Versailles Treaty?

  Austria