The War Begins
Along with Germany and Italy, this country was one of the Axis Powers.
What is Japan?
The policy of giving in to an aggressive country's demands to avoid war.
What is appeasement?
These were the two main areas of World War II where fighting took place.
European Theater and Pacific Theater
The holocaust was a genocide that mainly targeted this group.
Who are Jews?
Biased information used to influence public opinion is
Propaganda
The United States was on this side of the war.
What is the Allied Powers?
"lightning war"; a sudden and overwhelming military attack
What is blitzkrieg?
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
As a result of WWII, two new superpowers emerged in the world; The United States and this country.
What is the Soviet Union?
This dictator was overthrown by his own people after they captured Rome.
Who is Benito Mussolini
This Allied Power joined after Germany broke their non-aggression pact.
What is the Soviet Union?
A form of government in which citizens are under strict control by their leaders.
What is totalitarian state?
Pearl Harbor or D-Day, which one came second.
D-Day
People that the Nazis wanted to exterminate were sent to these.
What are concentration camps?
This is the holiday that celebrates the end of the European theater of World War II.
What is V-E Day?
This agreement, signed after World War I, was one of the main causes of World War II.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
A ban on trading or doing business with another country.
What is embargo?
This was the official name of the operation known as D-Day.
What is Operation Overlord?
These people took over the jobs that were left by soldiers going away to war
Who are women?
This nation was the first to be invaded and occupied by the Empire of Japan.
What is Manchuria?
This country was forced to give the Sudetenland to Germany in order to appease Hitler.
What is Czechoslovakia?
A period of low economic activity marked especially by rising levels of unemplyment.
What is a depression?
The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki and this Japanese city.
What is Hiroshima?
Japan, Germany, and Italy surrendered in this order
Italy
Germany
Japan
What is the B-26 Marauder?