Causes of WWII
This policy involved giving in to aggressive countries to avoid conflict.
What is appeasement?
This Allied country fell quickly to Germany in 1940.
What is France?
This Pacific battle stopped Japanese expansion.
What is the Battle of Midway?
This was the Allied invasion of Normandy, France
What is D-Day?
The Holocaust was the systematic killing of these groups
Jews, Romanis, LGBTQ+, communists, disabled, etc.
This organization failed to stop aggression before WWII.
What is the League of Nations?
This German strategy used fast/surprise attacks with tanks and planes.
What is Blitzkrieg?
This battle was a major defeat for Germany in the Soviet Union.
What is the Battle of Stalingrad?
This problem Germany faced after D-Day.
What is fighting on two fronts?
What is 6 million?
This event is considered the start of World War II.
What is Germany invading Poland?
The importance of the Battle of Britain in the early war
Showing Germany could be resisted and did not have complete control of Europe
The effect of the Aliies' North Africa and Italy campaigns on Germany's military strategy
What is forcing Germany to divide its forces and fight in multiple places?
The main goal of D-Day.
What is opening a second front, liberating France from German control, weakening the Axis powers, etc.?
One major impact of WWII on civilians.
What is Death, destruction, displacement?
One major reason countries like Germany and Japan expanded before the war.
What is gaining power, resources, and land?
This invasion of this country forced Germany to fight a two-front war.
What is the Soviet Union?
The reasons that fighting on multiple fronts is difficult
What is dividing up military strength?
This meeting planned for the end of the war and postwar Europe.
What is the Yalta Conference?
How WWII allowed the Holocaust to expand
Germany taking over and controlling more territory
Appeasement influenced Hitler's actions by...
encouraging him to keep expanding (ex. building up army --> Rhineland --> Austria --> Sudetenland--> Czechoslovakia --> Poland
Give 3 reasons Blitzkrieg effective early in the war
Fast, effective, surprising, coordinated, etc.
Two reasons turning points change the war
Allies began gaining advantage / Axis lost momentum, etc.
This day marks the end of the war in Europe.
What is VE (Victory in Europe) Day?
The reason we study the Holocaust
To understand consequences of hatred, prevent future atrocities/genocides (accept thoughtful answers)