In this class, each week learners will compete against each other answering questions about the World War 2 in the Pacific, Europe and North Africa theaters, and whoever answers the most questions correctly wins! Each week will cover a different period of the war and will go in semi chronological order.

No prior knowledge of World War 2 is required. To make things fair before each class learners will receive a document that contains all the answers prior to class. They should study it before coming to class, and it is requested that they not have it nearby during class, but try to answer the questions on their own from memory. Learners should come to class with 1 to 3 facts about the World War 2 not included in the document for extra points.

Topics Covered:
Week 1: Hitler's and MacArthur's Early Life, Hitler's Rise to Power, Pre-War, Japanese invasion of China
Week 2: Munich Conference, Start of the war in Europe, American Neutrality, Pearl Harbor
Week 3: Early life of Winston Churchill, Germany conquers France, Dunkirk evacuation, Germany invades the Soviet Union, Battle of Britain, Pearl Harbor aftermath, Japan invades Malaysia, Singapore, Burma, and the Philippines, Battle of Bataan
Week 4: Italy invades Greece, Invasion of the Soviet Union, Search for the Bismarck, Battle for North Africa, Start of the Manhattan Project, Battle of Bataan, Doolittle Raid, lead up to Midway
Week 5: Early life of Montgomery, Battles of Moscow, Alamein Line, Coral Sea and Midway
Week 6: Early life of Eisenhower, Operation Torch, Battles of Alamein Line, Midway, and Guadalcanal, Flying Tigers
Week 7: Operation Husky, Attempts on Hitler's life, Invasion of Italy and its official surrender, Breaking of the Triton Code, Preparation for Operation Overlord, Guadalcanal, New Guinea, Manhattan Project
Week 8: End of  Guadalcanal and New Guinea, Battle of Tarawa, D-Day
Week 9: Aftermath of D-Day, "The General's Plot", Tarawa, Saipan, Philippine Sea 
Week 10: "Operation Anvil-Dragoon", Aftermath of "The General's Plot", Liberation of France and The Netherlands, Battle of the Bulge, Bridge at Remagan, Saipan, Leyte Gulf
Week 11: Bridge at Remagan, Russia invades Germany, Mussolini's death, lead up to Hitler's death, Manhattan Project, Battle of Manilla (1945), Iwo Jima, Roosevelt's death, Okinawa, Plans for invasion of Japan
Week 12: World War 2 statistics, Death of Hitler, Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Germany and Japan surrender

Sections will be closed approximately 6 to 12 hours in advance of first meeting regardless of enrollment to ensure all learners have enough time to look over the materials.

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