People
Der Fuhrer, began the Third Reich
D-Day was an invasion in _____ France
What is Normandy?
The genocide of over 6 million Jews
December 7th, 1941
What is Pearl Harbor?
October 29th, 1929
What is the beginning of the Great Depression?
Leader of the Free French movement exiled in England
Who is Charles de Gaule?
Evacuation of British and French troops from France to Britain
What is Dunkirk?
The allies' strategy in the Pacific
What is island-hopping?
The first city destroyed by the atomic bomb
What is Hiroshima?
Became the world's banker in the 20th century
What is the United States?
Fascist leader of Italy
Who is Benito Mussolini?
The other nation that invaded Poland
Desire to be free from a standard (to do whatever you want)
What is liberalism?
Battle that was the turning point of the war in the Pacific
What is the Battle of Midway?
Term for the stance the United State adopted after WWI
What is neutrality?
Held power over the military in Japan
Who is Hideki Tojo?
May 8th, 1945
What is V-E Day?
Form of socialism that allows some private ownership of property and business
What is fascism?
The second city destroyed by an atomic bomb
What is Nagasaki?
Act that granted the president powers to sell or lease wartime material
What is the Lend-Lease Act?
General nicknamed the "Desert Fox"
Who is Erwin Rommel?
September 18th, 1943
What is the date of Italy's surrender?
Allied strategy in the Pacific
What is island-hopping?
Led bombing raids on Tokyo and other Japanese cites
Who is Jimmy Doolittle?
President at the end of WW2 that used the atomic bomb
Who is Harry Truman?
Nation invaded by Italy in 1939
What is Albania?
Giving in to the demands of aggressors (G.B. and France's stance toward Hitler's aggression)
What is appeasement?
Supreme Commander of American forces in Pacific
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
Head scientist that worked on the Manhattan Project
Who is J. Robert Oppenheimer?
Last great German offensive on the western front
What is Battle of the Bulge?
At this meeting FDR made concessions to Stalin
What is Yalta?
Opposing vessels never saw each other
What is the Battle of the Coral Sea?
Led a revolution in Spain during the 1930s
Who is Francisco France?
Costly victory for the Russians
Name of the pact that attempted to "outlaw" war
What is the Paris Peace Pact?
Most American and Dutch vessels were sank
What is the Battle of the Java Sea?
Leader of the communist in China
Who is Mao?
Germany's failed invasion of Britain
What is Operation Sea-Lion?
Americans were forced to march over 70 miles to a prison camp
What is the Bataan Death March?
Began the liberation of the Philippines
What is the Battle of Leyte Gulf?
Leader of the Flying Tigers squad that assisted China in defense against the Japanese
Who is Claire Chennault?
Operation of invaded French Northwest Africa
What is Operation Torch?
British Prime Minister that negotiated the Munich Pact with Hitler
Who is Neville Chamberlain?
Who is Bernard Montgomery?