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Who established the 20th century’s first fascist government in 1922?
Benito Mussolini
What form of government did the major Axis powers have?
Fascism
What 2 Japanese cities were destroyed by atomic bombs?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Who was the President who ordered the use of atomic bombs against Japan?
Harry Truman
Who was the President who called Pearl Harbor “a day that will live infamy” when asking Congress to declare war on Japan?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
What policy was favored by European leaders in Britain and France to avoid another terrible war by giving into Hitler’s demands?
Appeasement
Double Histordy
How did Britain and France practice appeasement towards Germany regarding the Sudetenland? How did this lead to Hitler conquering more of Europe and beginning World War II?
They allowed Germany to take the Sudetenland if Hitler agreed not to invade anymore land. He lied and soon conquered the rest of Czechoslovakia. Months later, thinking no one would stand up to them, Germany invaded Poland.
Who was the Prime Minister during most of World War II who inspired the British people to defend their nation against the Nazis?
Winston Churchill
Who was the Japanese Emperor during World War II when laws stated that he must be worshipped as a god?
Hirohito
Double Histordy
What is a government with no religion and no private property, meaning all property is owned by the community or state? What Allied Power had this form of government?
Communism, The Soviet Union
What event started World War II?
Germany invaded Poland.
Who was the dictator of the Soviet Union during World War II?
Joseph Stalin
Who was the British Prime Minister who said that through appeasement European leaders had achieved, “Peace for our time"?
Neville Chamberlain
Who were the major powers in the Allies during World War II? Who were the major powers in the Axis?
Allies- Britain, Soviet Union, United States
Axis- Germany, Japan, Italy
When did the attacks on Pearl Harbor occur?
December 7, 1941
What strategy did the Allied forces use to take Japanese islands?
Leap-Frog. American forces moved from island to island, first taking less strongly fortified islands. Then they would “leap” to another island and dividing up the Japanese empire. Islands now under American control were used for larger attacks against the strongly defended islands.
Who was the lead scientist in the development of the atomic bomb?
Robert Oppenheimer
Government organized persecution of German Jews when thousands of Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues were attacked
When was the D-Day invasion?
June 6, 1944
What was the Allied policy of bombing both military and civilian targets? How is it related to total war?
Strategic Bombing. Total war calls for attacking anything that could help the enemy, including civilian locations like farms, cities, roads, and railroads.