Important Events
Allies vs. Axis
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Ideology
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What event forced the USA to join World War 2?
Pearl Harbor December 7,1941
100
Name three of the major Allied powers.
Great Britain, France, Russia, the US, or China
100
Who was the German dictator?
Hitler
100
What were the main groups targeted by the Nazis in the Holocaust?
Jews, disabled, homosexuals
100
Which system supports a dictator having most power in the government, and usually focuses people against a common enemy or group?
Fascism
200
World War 2 began after Germany and the Soviet Union invaded this country...
Poland
200
What were the Axis powers?
Germany, Italy, and Japan.
200
Who was Britain's prime minister?
Churchill
200
Who was the Prime Minister of Japan
Tojo
200
What was America's project to help Europe recover from World War II so countries could rebuild and prevent another future world war?
Marshall Plan
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
This future president led the USA to victory on D-day
Eisenhower
300
What group of people worked for the Allies as codetalkers during World War 2?
Navajo
300
This capitalist country put their own citizens of Japanese descent into internment camps.
USA
400
This battle was a major turning point for the USA, defeating Japan at an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
Midway
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
Which person gave his approval to drop the atomic bombs on Japan to end the war?
Harry Truman
400
The USA allowed the allies to rent and lease military equipment and vehicles.
500
What battle in WWII is known as D-Day?
The Battle of Normandy
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
This city in the Soviet Union was as far east that the Germans made into their invasion before the Soviets stopped them.
Stalingrad
500
Which system involves the government having complete ownership of property and business, usually controlled by one leader or small group?
Communism