Causes of WWII
Signed in 1918 to end WWI this had severe consequences for Germany
Treaty of Versailles
This attack was Japan's attempt at keeping the US from entering the war, it backfired
Pearl Harbor
The physicist stole the US's nuclear secrets and gave them to the USSR
Klaus Fuchs
An attempt to overthrow a sitting government
coup
This term refers to the division between the Western and Eastern Bloc in Europe
The Iron Curtain
Countries forming these with another resulted in tensions between sides
Alliance systems
This battle was the last to occur in Europe
Battle of Berlin
These two physicists created the first self sustaining nuclear chain reaction
Enrico Fermi and Leo Szilard
genocide
Realizing that the struggling countries in Europe may fall to communism that US designed an aid package named this
Marshall Plan
This is the belief that countries should expand their empires, especially when they are in need of resources
Imperialism
This battle helped persuade President Truman that invading mainland Japan was not a viable option and should instead drop the atomic bombs
Battle of Okinawa
Adolf Hitler sent his political opponents to these places
concentration camps
Adolf Hitler believed that a "pure" German super-race should rule the world. He called them this
Aryans
The period of tension immiediatly following the war until 1991 between the USSR and the US
The Cold War
German Soviet Non-aggression Act
The first atomic bomb test took place here
Trinity site, New Mexico
He wrote, Mein Kampf, to tell what his solutions to fix Germany were
Adolf Hitler
This term referred the worldwide economic slump that occurred prior to WWII
The Great Depression
How many zones was Germany divided into?
4
Great Britain and France practiced this towards Germany, they would allow them to take small countries in the hopes that they would not go after larger ones
appeasement
During the Blitz, Germany was unable to conquer Great Britain because...
Radar, they were an island
These trials were to hold those responsible for the Holocaust accountable for their actions
Nuremberg Trials
Media used to convince people to support your cause is called this
Propaganda
Following the Holocaust, the United Nations split this place into an Arab and Jewish State
Palestine