Major Battles and Bombings
Allies vs. Axis
Leaders
Holocaust
Causes
100
What was the first battle for the USA of World War II?
Pearl Harbor December 7,1941
100

Name three of the major Allied powers.

Great Britain, France, Soviet Union, the US,

100
Who was the German dictator?
Hitler
100

Name two groups of people persecuted by the Nazis 

Jewish people, Roma (gy**y), gay people, communists, Catholics, political enemies, people with disabilities 

100

What was the German excuse for the start of WWII, in their opinion?

The harshness of the Treaty of Versailles

200

What country did Hitler invade that finally started World War II? 

Invasion of Poland

200
What were the Axis powers?
Germany, Italy, and Japan.
200

Who was Britain's prime minister?

Churchill

or 

Neville Chamberlain 

200

What historical economic event caused Hitler to raise to power?

The Great Depression

200

What is the type of government where one leader has total control of their citizen's personal and public lives?

totalitarianism

300
What two cities were destroyed by the USA with the atomic bomb on August 6 and August 9th of 1945
Heroshima and Nagasaki
300
Out of the Axis powers, who lost the most men?
Germany
300

Who was the American president for the majority of the war?

Franklin Delaware Roosevelt 

300

What was the Night of the Long Knives? 

The night where Hitler had a nearly 100 of his political enemies murdered.

300

What two countries aloud Germany to gain so much power through the policy of appeasement? 

Britain and France

400

What treaty did Hitler continuously violate during the 1930s?

The Treaty of Versailles

400
Who lost the most men out of the Allies
USSR (Soviet Union)
400
Who was the cruel dictator of the Soviet Union who changed it into a industrial and military powerhouse?
Joseph Stalin
400
What is the term "Final Solution"?
Germany's plan to exterminate all Jews in Europe
400

What is the form of government with no private property, businesses or social classes?

Communism 

500

What Axis country did the US drop two atomic bombs on for refusing to surrender unconditionally?

Japan

500
What was the major difference of the Allies and Axis in the form of government?
The Allies were mostly Democratic and the Axis were Facist.
500
What Italian leader was overthrown and put in jail but rescued by the Germans in 1945?
Benito Mussolini
500

Why were Jewish people singled out?

They thought the Jews were planning world domination. Long history of anti-Semitism 

500

What is the type of government based on extreme nationalism, racism and violence?

Fascism 

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