WORLD WAR II
The three countries originally in the Axis Powers
Japan, Germany, Italy
The Allied invasion of Normandy, France aka the Turning Point in the War
What is D-Day?
America Joined War after the bombing of this US Naval Base.
What is Pearl Harbor?
These were horrible places the Jewish people were forced to live in with little food, water or rest
What is concentration camp?
This unpopular treaty was known for causing WW2
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
By the summer of 1941, what nation was the last holdout against Germany’s complete domination of Europe?
Great Britain
U.S. policy prior to entering World War 1 and 2
What is Isolationism?
Presidents during World War 2
FDR, and Truman
The name of the 2 cities where the U.S. dropped the atomic bombs.
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
One similarity between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini is that both
Both Fascist dictators
What year did WW2 officially begin?
What 1939?
What side did the U.S fight for in World War Two?
The Allied Powers
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
The Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942 was the first naval battle in history fought
Entirely with planes based on aircraft carriers.
These two battles in Russia caused a shift in the war between the Soviets and Nazis.
Stalingrad and Leningrad
How did the League of Nations respond when Italy invaded Ethiopia?
They imposed mild economic sanctions
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
What strategy allowed the Germans to achieve remarkable military success at the beginning of World War II?
Blitzkrieg
What powers were part of the Ally forces?
Who are UK, France, US, & Soviet Union?
The use of posters, commercials, etc to persuade people to think one way or another
What is Propoganda?
A dictator controls the lives of people and the people are not allowed to disagree with the government.
What is fascism?
In order to neutralize the Soviet Union, Hitler signed a _____________ with Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in August 1939.
Nonaggression Treaty
Germany's last offensive of the war was _____.
Battle of the Bulge
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
The annexation of Austria is known as _____.
Anschluss
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
How did the Allied forces liberate France from the Nazis?
They crossed the English Channel and invaded northern France.
Historians estimate that the number of people killed in World War II, including civilians, may be as high as
60 million
What was the result of the Munich Conference among Britain, France, Germany, and Italy in 1938?
What is Britain and France used appeasement to avoid war with Germany and Italy