Causes of World War 2
This nation was promised Austrian lands in exchange for joining the Allies in WW1
What is Italy?
This was a Battle between Japan and China that started World War II in Asia in 1937
What is the Marco Polo Bridge Incident?
This strategy, called "Lightning War" in English, was developed by the German military in the 1930s
What is Blitzkrieg?
Japan needed these resources from the Dutch East Indies for their war effort
What are Oil and Rubber?
Italy failed to conquer this nation in the early days of World War II
What is Greece?
This nation began a military buildup in the 1930s in violation of the Treaty of Versailles
What is Germany?
This is when Great Britain and France gave into German Territorial Demands before WW2
What is Appeasement?
The German Army passed through this forest to get through the French Maginot Line
What is the Ardennes?
This American Territory became known as the "Alamo of the Pacific" for its defiance of Japanese aggression
What is Wake Island?
Germany would use 22,000 of these soldiers to take the Island of Crete
What are Paratroopers?
This agreement established a 5:5:3 Ratio of Capital Ships for the U.S., U.K., and Japan
What is the Washington Naval Treaty?
None of these ships were present when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
What are the American Aircraft Carriers?
This British Prime Minister Refused to surrender to Germany
Who is Winston Churchill?
What is the Bataan Death March?
Commanded by Erwin Rommel, this force was sent by Hitler to aid the Italians in North Africa
What is the Afrika Korps?
The Idea that Germany had the right to conqueror and colonize Eastern Europe
What is "Lebensraum" (or "Living Space")?
The "Great Patriotic War" between Germany and the Soviet Union was started by this event
What is Operation Barbarossa?
Great Britain imported weapons from the United States through this Act
What is Lend Lease?
This port city was the main target of the Japanese campaign in New Guinea
What is Port Moresby?
The United States landed troops in North Africa in this event
What is Operation Torch?
This idea is when a nation seeks revenge against another nation for previous political slights
What is Revanchism?
This was the Treaty that divided Poland between Germany and the Soviet Union
What is the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
The German Advance through the Soviet Union was halted at this major city
What is Moscow?
This battle ended in a Tactical Victory for Japan and Strategic Victory for the Allies
What is the Battle of the Coral Sea?
This island controlled sea travel from north to south and east to west in the Mediterranean Sea
What is Malta?