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Lieutenant Roy Rickerson operated behind enemy lines in this European country occupied by Germany.
What is France?
"Walk worthy of the calling with which you were called," hales from this testament.
What is the New Testament?
After World War II, this nation became the key power in the world.
What is the United States?
In 1936 Mussolini sent his army to conquer this poor African country.
What is Ethiopia?
After his success in France Lieutenant Roy Rickerson fought in this country occupied by Japan.
What is China?
This geological formation is an apt metaphor depicting a great world event.
What is a volcano?
This nation believed is was composed of a superior race of people.
What is Germany or Japan?
This nation conquered Ethiopia in 1936.
What is Italy?
This Allied leader vociferously opposed appeasement.
Who is Winston Churchill?
This tendency, a major cause of World War II, describes nations' desire to make colonies of weaker countries.
What is imperialism?
In 1936 Hitler placed soldiers in this land west of the Rhine river.
What is the Rhineland?
Italy seized this Balkan nation in 1939.
What is Albania?
This renowned general led German forces in Africa.
Who is Erwin Rommel?
This national sentiment that was a cause of World War II describes nations' motivations from feeling they were treated unjustly.
What is revenge?
Though Hitler ordered his troops entering the Rhineland to return if opposed, this nation did not oppose the remilitarization of the Rhineland.
What is France?
Japan seized this region of China in 1931.
What is Manchuria?
This British prime minister led the European nations into a policy of appeasement.
Who is Neville Chamberlain?
This cause of World War II emanated from nations' giving in to Axis demands.
What is appeasement?
Unlike earlier nations, this nation resisted when Germany invaded it.
What is Poland?
In 1937 Japan staged a major assault on this entire country.
What is China?
This French prime minister followed Britain's lead in attempting to appease Hitler.
Who is Edouard Daladier?
Imperialism causes nations to conquer and _______ (bring under their control) their neighbors.
What is subjugate?
At this German concentration camp many Jews, Poles, Gypsies, and Russians were murdered.
What is Auschwitz?
In December 1937 Japan launched a rampage in this region of China.
What is Nanjing?
This European leader famously declared he had achieved "peace for our time" in attempting to appease Hitler.
Who is Neville Chamberlain?
Imperial nations hope colonies will provide this need.
What is space (land) or resources?
In 1942 the British exerted great effort to supply this island in the Mediterranean.
What is Malta?
Hitler's dispatch of troops into Austria is given this name.
What is the Anschluss?
This prime minister met with Hitler at the Munich Conference.
Who is Neville Chamberlain?
This Allied demand following World War I required Germany to pay huge sums of money but destroyed the German economy.
What are reparations?
This was the first Battle to occur completely in the air.
What is the Battle of Britain?
Hitler demanded this area of Czechoslovakia.
What is the Sudetenland?
This man was president during World War II and died shortly before the war ended.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
What was Hitler's phrase for his belief that German politicians betrayed their nation at the end of World War I?
What is "stabbed in the back"?
Those fighting for this nation's government in 1936 were communist.
What is Spain?
This occurred on June 6, 1944.
When did the Allies invade France?
This American general led U.S. troops in North Africa and Europe.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor destroyed many ships but largely not this type.
What is an aircraft carrier?
The fascists opposing the Spanish government in 1936 were supported by this nation.
What is Germany?
This happened on June 6, 1944.
The Allies successfully launched an invasion of France along a front of fifty miles along five beaches.
This president authorized this important act because he saw it as the best option for ending the war.
What was President Harry Truman's motivation for authorizing the use of the atomic bomb?
This was the German name for its air force.
What is Luftwaffe?
This event occurred on September 2, 1945.
When did Japan surrender and end its involvement in the war?
This is how the Allies won the war.
What resulted from the Allies' outproducing the Axis nations?
This extremely destructive weapon was used in 1945 against Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
What is the atomic bomb?
In this famous Battle Hitler's forces unsuccessfully attempted to break through the Allied lines.
What is the Battle of the Bulge?
This means putting oneself under the total control of the conquering enemy.
What is unconditional surrender?