Leaders
Leader of Germany during WW2
Who is Adolf Hitler?
The Central Powers in World War 1
What are Germany, Turkey, and Austria-Hungary?
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The sinking of this British passenger ship and death of 128 Americans was foretold in American newspapers
What is the Lusitania?
May 8, 1945
The day after Germany surrenders to the Allies. The war is officially over in Europe.
What is Victory in Europe Day?
Woodrow Wilson's peacekeeping organization
What is the League of Nations?
The U.S. president during WW1
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
The Axis Powers in World War 2
What are Germany, Japan, and Italy?
The invasion of this country in September 1939 officially began WW2 in Europe
What is Poland?
August 1945
The U.S. drops atomic bombs on two Japanese cities
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
The genocide and murder of 6 million Jews during WW2
What is the Holocaust?
The U.S. president during WW2
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
What's in it for me?
This Allied Power during WW2 viewed Germany as a barrier to the spread of Communism from the East
What is Russia or the Soviet Union?
"A date which will live in infamy" This event drew the U.S. into World War 2
What is the attack/bombing of Pearl Harbor?
June 6, 1944
Allied invasion of the beaches of Normandy. Allies arrive to push back German forces.
What is D-Day?
Peacekeeping Organizations
This peacekeeping organization was established after WW2 and originally designed by FDR
What is the United Nations?
Leader of Italy during WW2
Who is Benito Mussolini?
Ally troubles-Germany was pulled into World War 1 because of a nationalist from this country assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
What is Serbia?
What are militarism, alliances, nationalism, imperialism, and assassination?
May 30th, 1940
Britain gained a new Prime Minister
Who is Winston Churchill?
The Treaty of Versailles established key terms for Germany's surrender after WW1. List at least two of the key terms of the Treaty of Versailles
What are .....
War-guilt clause
Disarmament
Reparations
Lose territory
Japan was ruled by an emperor and a military leader. These were the two rulers of Japan during WW2.
Who were Emperor Hirohito and Hideki Tojo?
These WW2 Axis Powers believed they were invincible. What is the order of surrender for the Axis Powers?
What is Italy, Germany, and Japan?
This policy leading up to WW2 proved deadly and allowed many freedoms to Germany
What is appeasement?
February 12, 1942-March 20, 1946
Japanese Americans were forced to relocate to labor camps. This period of time is known as...
What is Japanese Internment?
They allied themselves in order to spread communism throughout Europe.
What is the Soviet Union?