Leaders
Axis Aggression
Terms/Names
Battles
Laws/Pacts
100
Japanese emperor that approved of the aggression in Asia.
Who was Hirohito?
100
African nation invaded by the Italian military during the 1930s.
Where was Ethiopia?
100
Sometimes referred to as the Phony War or Sitting Out War that occurred before the Fall of France in the European Theater.
What was Sitzkrieg?
100
Famous tank battle between British commander Montgomery and Rommel's Afrika Korp in Egypt.
What was the Battle of El Alamein?
100
Laws designed to keep the US out of overseas conflicts especially in Europe.
What were the Neutrality Acts?
200
Fascist dictator of Italy and close ally of Hitler.
Who was Mussolini?
200
#1 Territory within Czechoslovakia sought by Hitler on the grounds of ethnonationalism.
Where was the Sudetenland?
200
Another name for the mobile war or lightning war used by the German war machine.
What was Blitzkrieg?
200
Eastern Front battle that resulted in over 1 million Russian casualties.
What was Stalingrad?
200
Provided over $12 billion in American aid and equipment to the Allied Powers.
What was the Lend-Lease Act?
300
British prime minister that became the chief architect of the Appeasement Policy.
Who was Chamberlain?
300
Meant union between Austria and Germany.
What was Anschluss?
300
Term that contributed to France's defeat when the Maginot Line failed.
What was demoralization?
300
Famous amphibious assault on the beaches of Normandy, France by the Allies under the command of Eisenhower.
What was D-Day?
300
Agreement between Germany, Italy and Japan for self-defense.
What was the Tripartite Pact?
400
Henry Pu-Yi headed this puppet government for the Japanese in Manchuria.
What was Manchukuo?
400
Germany city within the Polish Corridor near the Baltic Hitler demanded before the war started.
Where was Danzig?
400
The name of the German air force.
What was the Luftwaffe?
400
Famous German counterattack using the Tiger Tank against the Allied forces, Dec. 1944 thru Jan. 1945.
What was the Battle of the Bulge?
400
After the Pact of Steel between Germany and Italy this new agreement pledged the Axis Powers to stand against communism.
What was Anti-Comintern Pact?
500
British prime minister that opposed Chamberlain's Appeasement Policy and led the British to victory over the Axis Powers.
Who was Churchill?
500
This full scale war developed between Japan and China, 1937-45.
What was the 2nd Sino-Japanese War?
500
Name of the collaborationist govt. in France headed by Gen. Petain.
What was Vichy France?
500
Fighter plane that defeated the Luftwaffe over the British Isles.
What was the Spit Fire?
500
This agreement divided Poland up between Germany and the Soviet Union.
What was the Non-Aggression Pact?