WWII Leaders
United States
FDR (later Truman)
Mass rescue of allied soldiers off the coast of France
Battle of Dunkirk
Surprise Japanese attack on the US
Pearl Harbor
What country was split up into four occupied zones at the end of the war?
Germany
Leader of Indian independence movement, later assassinated
Gandhi
Germany
Hitler
Battle where Soviets turn the tide against Germany, lost millions of lives
Stalingrad
The systematic genocide of millions of Jews by the Nazis
Holocaust
The League of Nations is scrapped, replaced by?
United Nations
Union between several Arab countries formed in 1945
Arab League
Soviet Union
Stalin
Turning point of the battle in the Pacific
Midway
Dropped on Japan to end the war
Atomic Bombs
Who refused to allow the newly freed Eastern European countries to have free elections?
Stalin
The new countries created from colonization are classified as ____ World Countries
Third
Great Britain
Churchill
Largest land and sea invasion in history, aimed to liberate France
D-Day
"Lightning War" used by Germany
Blitzkrieg
This country was created as a safe state for the Jewish people, has instead led to mass conflict
Israel
South Vietnam leader who banned Buddhism
Ngo Dinh Diem
Japan
Tojo
City captured that ends war in Europe
Berlin
Method used by the US to strategically capture islands and get closer to Japan
Island hopping
Trials held to convict Nazis of war crimes
Nuremberg Trials
Leader of the Pan-Arab Nationalism movement, freed Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser