People
Name the two philosophers who formulated existentialism
Nietzsche and Kierkegaard
a form of socialism which allows people to keep their private property but takes away their freedoms
fascism
began with the stock market crash of 1929
Great Depression
V-E Day
May 8, 1945
Two Japanese cities where the atomic bombs were dropped to end the war
Hiroshima, Nagasaki
Name three of the Christian leaders who held to the fundamentals of the faith
a form of socialism that relies on terrorist aggression, fanatical racism, and antidemocratic nationalism
nazism
first naval battle in history in which the enemy ships never saw each other
Battle of Coral Sea
V-J Day
September 2, 1945
The largest concentration camps
Treblinka, Dachau, and Auschwitz
Who was the emperor of Ethiopia who appealed to the League of Nations for help but received none
Haile Selassie
What introduced the United States to socialism
New Deal
Battle where Japan lost almost all of its remaining ships and planes
Battle of Leyte Gulf
D-Day
June 6, 1944
Which European nations remained neutral in WWII
Became prime minister of Great Britain during WWII
Winston Churchill
allowed war material to be given to England on credit
Lend-Lease Act
death march on which more than 10,000 American soldiers died
Bataan Death March
Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941
Which side controlled the Middle East?
Allies
German general that led the Nazis across Libya and into Egypt
Erwin Rommel
Japan signed with Germany and Italy, joining the Axis powers
Tripartite Treaty
The German's last great offensive in the West
Battle of the Bulge
Beginning of World War II
1939
Three important battles that took place in the Pacific in 1942
Midway, Guadalcanal, Coral Sea