World War II Begins.
This country was the first to be invaded by Germany?
Poland
This surprise attack by Japan in Hawaii brought the United States into the war.
Pearl Harbor
This term is used to persuade people to support a cause, such as in posters during the war.
propaganda
The majority of people who were persecuted against and murdered were of this religious group.
Jewish
This was the nickname of a military operation that led to the liberation of France, June 6, 1944
"D-Day"
Germany annexed this country in the Anschluss
Austria
This term was a German military plan that include surprise attacks and quick movements to overwhelm enemies.
blitzkrieg
The US plan to create an atomic bomb
Manhattan Project
He was Leader of SS and was in charge of German resettlement plans in the east
Heinrich Himmler
Battle that occurred December 1944 that was a counterattack by Germans with some success
Battle of the Bulge
This country signed a non-aggression pact with Germany at the beginning of the war.
Soviet Union
Who are the allied powers in WW2?
Allied: UK, Soviet Union, USA,
Who was the president of the USA during WW2?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What was the name of the policy that Hitler created to cleanse Germany?
The final solution
•strategy used by the US to cut off Japanese supply lines and get closer to mainland Japan
island hopping
At this meeting, Hitler promised he wouldn’t take any more land and he was allowed to keep Sudetenland of Czechoslavakia
Munich Conference
Who were the axis powers during WWII
Axis: Germany, Japan, Italy
Largest naval rescue in history
Dunkirk
This term is used to describe the mass execution of the certain group of people.
Genocide
This leader made the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan
Harry S. Truman
When the Japanese army destroyed the Chinese capital, massacring more that 100,000 civilians and prisoners of war
Rape of Nanking (Nanjing)
This battle in the Pacific turned the tide of the war against Japan.
What was the Battle of Midway?
British prime minister during WWII who gave speeches of encouragement promising not to break
Winston Churchill
Hebrew word meaning “total destruction”
Shoah
These two (2) cities were where atomic bombs were dropped and eventually led to the surrender of Japan.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki