WWII Causes
Main cause of WWII
Hitler invasion of Poland
biggest battle in WWII
Battle of the bulge
first president of WWII
Franklin D. Roosevelt
for the United States to build up its own defenses and avoid antagonizing either side
isolation policy
how many jews were murdered during the Holocaust in WWII?
5million
political and ideological opposition to communism
Anti-communism
Longest Battle of WWII
Battle of Hürtgen Forest
became president at the end of WWII
Harry S. Truman
American emergency law that increased Federal power
The war powers act
which jewish communities suffered losses during the Holocaust?
Every jewish community
failed to intervene in many conflicts leading up to WWII
Failure of League of Nations
bloodiest battle of WWII
Battle of Stalingrad
Italian nationalist and the founder of Italian Fascism
Benito Mussolini
state mandatory requirements for the Executive Branch, and have the effect of law
the executive order act
what were the first measures taken by the nazis against the jews?
demonize Jews and to create a climate of hostility and indifference
result of lowered economic activity in one major or more national economies
Economic depression
surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States
Pearl Harbor
general of the Imperial Japanese Army
Hideki Tojo
the written agreement that formalized the surrender of the Empire of Japan
the instrument of surrender
what is the holocaust?
the genocide of European Jews during World War II
one of the most controversial armistice treaties in history
Treaty of Versailles
major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of WWII
Battle of Midway
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
series of acts passed by the US Congress in 1935, 1936, 1937, and 1939
Neutrality act
how many jews were able to escape from europe prior to the Holocaust?
355,278 German and Austrian