Alliances/Organizations
This country WAS part of NATO
What is Belgium
This U.S. policy aimed to stop the spread of communism.
What is Containment?
This Pacific battle gave the U.S. a major advantage.
What is the Battle of Midway?
This U.S. president approved the atomic bomb.
Who is Harry Truman?
This event brought the U.S. into WWII.
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
NATO stands for this
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
The Cold War began at this time.
What is immediately after WWII?
This Eastern Front battle was a turning point against Germany.
What is the Battle of Stalingrad?
This man led Allied forces in Europe.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
This describes a far-right, ultra-nationalist dictatorship.
What is fascism?
This was the original “enemy” of NATO.
What is the Soviet Union?
This crisis was a standoff between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This invasion opened the Western Front in Europe.
What is D-Day?
This was the dictator of Germany.
Who is Adolf Hitler?
This is a system where the government controls all property.
What is communism?
The Warsaw Pact was signed in this country.
What is Poland?
This term describes nations under Soviet influence.
What is the Soviet Bloc?
This strategy involved attacking weaker islands in the Pacific.
What is Island hopping
This was the dictator of Italy.
Who is Benito Mussolini?
Hitler invaded this country to start WWII.
What is Poland?
This alliance was also known as the Warsaw Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
This country joining NATO led to the creation of the Warsaw Pact.
What is Germany?
These two battles helped the U.S. end the war in the Pacific.
What are Iwo Jima and Okinawa?
This was Japan’s leader during WWII.
Who is Hideki Tojo?
These were Japanese suicide pilots.
What are kamikaze?