Causes/Beginning
These three countries originally composed the Axis Powers.
Who are Japan, Germany, Italy?
This was the largest extermination camp and is considered a stark reminder and memorial of the Holocaust.
What is Auschwitz?
America joined the war after this event
What is Pearl Harbor?
Considered to the be the turning point in the Pacific Theater
What is the Battle of Midway?
Hitler’s famous strategy for attacking quickly, both surprising and overwhelming the opposition.
What is Blitzkrieg?
The founder of the Fascist Party
Who was Benito Mussolini?
On September 1, 1939 Hitler invades here, officially beginning WW2.
What is Poland?
The first open attack on Jewish homes and businesses characterized by broken glass covering the streets.
What is Kristallnacht?
Information, generally of a biased nature, used to promote and/or publicize the war effort
What is Propaganda?
This battle ended the European theater
What is the Battle of Berlin?
Codename for Allied invasion of Normandy
What is Operation Overlord?
He gave the order to commence Operation Dynamo
Who was Winston Churchill?
These countries had not recovered from World War 1 and wanted to avoid war at all costs.
Who are England & France?
An idea from Eichmann that led to mass extermination of European Jews by the Nazis.
What is the Final Solution?
The term given when a majority of a country's resources are dedicated to the war effort
What is Total War?
The battle that ended Hitler's westward expansion
The two places we dropped bombs on in Japan.
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Commander of both Operations Torch and Overlord
Who was General Dwight D. Eisenhower?
This is a system of government that is highly militaristic with an incredibly strong sense of nationalism.
What is Fascism?
This was the first concentration camp created by Himmler and located in Bavaria.
What is Dachau?
These were the two American Presidents during World War II
Who were (Franklin) Roosevelt and Truman?
The last major offensive by the Germans
What is the Battle of the Bulge?
The Allied forces' strategy to take over Japan.
What is Island Hopping?
The mastermind behind the Pearl Harbor attack
Who was Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto?
This is the act of giving into aggression in order to avoid war.
What is appeasement?
The name of Himmler's elite death squads that answered only to himself and Hitler.
What is the Schutzstaffel (SS)?
Japanese Americans were thought to be potential spies and put into these
What are Internment (Relocation) Camps?
This battle ended Japan's Pacific expansion
What is the Battle of the Coral Sea?
Codename for the German invasion of the Soviet Union
What is Barbarossa?
He was credited with the routing of the Japanese at Midway
Who was Admiral Chester Nimitz?