Bombing of Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941
Germany invades Poland
September 1, 1939
The failure of this is one reason
Treaty of Versailles
Which of the Axis powers got a new constitution after the war?
Japan
Operation Torch was a nickname for what?
Allied invasion of Africa
Britain and France declare war on Germany
September 3, 1939
Japan Surrenders
August 14, 1945
Germany, Japan, and Italy all promoted what philosophical belief?
fascism
What international body was formed
United Nations
Last major push by the Germans
Battle of the Bulge
Hiroshima Bombed
August 6, 1945
D-day
June 6, 1944
What country felt it was treated unfairly after WW1
Germany
What "war" developed after WW2 and who was it between
Cold War/US and Russia
This was a series of continued bombings by the Germans (also called a blitzkrieg)
Battle of Britain
Nagasaki Bombed
August 9, 1945
Battle of the Bulge
December, 1944
What event hit most of the world and caused need in the countries it hit?
depression
East Germany became communist and West Germany became an independent democracy
Germany's invasion of this country turned them into an Allied Power
USSR (Russia)
Germany Surrenders
May 8, 1945
Hitler becomes chancellor and est. the first concentration camp
1933
Name the first country invaded by each of the Axis powers.
Germany: Poland
Japan: Manchuria
Italy: Ethiopia
What were 2 economic effects from the war?
Over 1 trillion dollars in damage, millions of people lost homes, property
The Soviets experienced more casualties in this one battle than the US did in the entire war
Siege of Stalingrad