Rise of the Dictators
This leader convinced the king of Italy to declare him head of the government
Who is Mussolini?
The half of Poland that Russia got as a result of their agreement with Germany before WWII started
What is the east half?
The special group formed to send coded messages in the Navajo language.
What are Navajo "code talkers"?
This was the first successful battle in North Africa by the British.
What is the the Battle of El Alamein?
The strategy the U.S. used to take strategic islands from the Japanese
What is island hopping?
The two consistent things dictators played on to attain power
1. Frustrations and resentments of the Treaty of Versailles
2. anxiety from the economic depression facing European nations
This was a string of steel and concrete bunkers along German border from Belgium to Switzerland
What is the Maginot Line?
The two conditions of the Revenue Act of 1942
1. The act raised the corporate taxes and required nearly all Americans to pay the income tax
2. The government sold war bonds with the support of famous celebrities
The battle that almost broke through allied lines in France
What is the Battle of the Bulge?
The journey where Japan force captive soldiers to continuously march 60 miles
What is the Bataan Death MArch?
The three tactics Mussolini used to increase power for himself and his political party
1. banned all political parties except the Fascist Party
2. government radio overshadows the free press
3. suppresses civil liberties like the right to protest
The main targets of the German bombers during the Battle of Britain
1. shipyards
2. industries
3. cities
The government program that would eventually allow African airmen to fly in combat
What is the Tuskegee Program?
The results of the bombing of Germany by allied forces
1. Caused massive destruction and killed 30,000 German civilians
2. In 1943, bombing raids resulted in a whirling fire tornado that engulfed the city
This battle was the turning point for the American forces in the Pacific
What is the Battle of Midway?
The key conditions of the Concordat (1933)
1. the Catholic church would be protected
2. The political party of the Catholic church would be banned
The reason Pearl Harbor was a devastating attack by the Japanese
What is most of the fleet was set up in rows and huddled together, making it easier to bomb large parts of the fleet?
The significance of the defeat of the German army at the Battle of the Bulge
What is it marked the end of German resistance during the latter years of the war?
The two Japanese cities that were destroyed by atomic bombs
1. Hiroshima
2. Nagasaki
The conditions of the American Neutrality Acts of 1935/1937
1. banned the sale of weapons to nations of war
2. Allowed trade only to nations that could pay cash for goods and transport the goods in their own ships
The 2 ways America put pressure on the Japanese government to halt territorial expansion
1. Roosevelt froze all Japanese assets in American banks, preventing them from obtaining funds
2. U.S. stopped the sale of oil, gasoline, and other natural resources