Essential Questions
WWII targeted civilians and required all of society's resources towards the war effort
Why should WWII be considered a "total war?"
Japan, Germany, Italy
What are the Axis powers?
The British Prime Minister responsible for appeasement at the Munich Conference
Who is Neville Chamberlain?
Territory in Czechoslovakia that Hitler wanted because Germans lived there
What is the Sudetenland?
At this meeting, Chamberlain appeased Hitler and agreed to hand over the Sudetenland if Hitler promised not to demand more territory. The appeasement turned out to be a failure when Hitler broke his word and invaded anyway. Eventually, it led to the beginning of WWII.
What is the Munich Conference?
Air raid sirens, bombings, rationing, women in the workforce
the German air force
What is the Luftwaffe?
The British Prime Minister who said "We will fight on the beaches. . .we will never surrender!"
Who is Winston Churchill?
Demilitarized zone between France and Germany; Hitler moved his troops there and broke the Treaty of Versailles, but France did nothing.
What is the Rhineland?
In this event Japanese soldiers committed human rights violations and cruel acts of violence in China in 1937
What is the Rape of Nanking?
Germany invaded Poland in 1939, so France and Great Britain declared war
How and why did WWII officially start?
RAF
What is the Royal Air Force or British Air Force?
The militaristic emperor of Japan
Who is Hirohito?
The cities in Japan destroyed by the atomic bomb
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
The meeting of Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt to discuss the United Nations and the postwar division of Europe
What is the Yalta Conference?
Germany expanded their territory then used their new military strategy of blitzkrieg to invade other nations. He wanted to create a nation of all ethnic Germans and expand their living space.
How and why was Hitler successful in taking over Europe?
United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union
What are the Allied Powers?
The President of the US during WWII
Who is Roosevelt?
An American naval base attacked by the Japanese; the attack led to the US entering WWII
What is Pearl Harbor?
This event was when the RAF defended Britain against the Luftwaffe in the skies; eventually Hitler abandoned his plan to take over the island
What was the Battle of Britain?
What is appeasement and how did it contribute to World War II?
The German war strategy of attacking with speed and overwhelming force with planes, tanks, and infantry
What is blitzkrieg?
The President responsible for dropping the atomic bomb on Japan
Who is Truman?
During the Anschluss, this nation became part of Germany
The largest invasion in history on the beaches of Normandy; the beginning of the Allies defeating Germany in Europe
What is D-Day?