Origins of World War II
A militant political movement that emphasized loyalty to the state and obedience to the leader.
What is fascism?
This term is used to describe the allied attacks on islands in the Pacific that were not well defended as they tried to get closer to invading Japan.
What is island hopping?
This was the leader of the United States for most of World War II.
What is Franklin Roosevelt?
This term describes the US position on World War II prior to the Pearl Harbor attack.
What is neutral?
This is country originally had an alliance with Germany, but later became allies with Britain and the U.S. after Germany invaded it.
What is the Soviet Union?
This battle is considered the turning point in the Pacific theatre (US vs. Japan) during World War II.
What is Battle of Midway Island?
This famous British Prime Minister that was a major leader during World War II.
What is Winston Churchill?
This is the name given to Hitler's genocide against the Jewish people and other "undesirable" groups during World War II
What is Holocaust or Final Solution?
This is the policy of giving in to an aggressor in the hopes of keeping peace.
What is appeasement?
This is the US/British invasion of the Normandy beaches in France.
What is D-Day?
This infamous and cruel dictator came to power in Germany through democratic means but used emergency powers to take complete control and begin taking territory around Germany, including Poland. This action began World War II.
What is Adolf Hitler?
These were camps found in the United States that kept Japanese Americans prisoner because the government feared they could be secretly working with Japan.
What is Japanese Internment Camps?
This is the conditions in Germany that Hitler took advantage of to make people believe what he believed.
What is an economic depression?
This battle (fought mainly in the air in 1940) taught the Allied Powers that Hitler could be blocked.
What is the Battle of Britain?
This was the dictator of Italy and a close friend/ally of Adolf Hitler.
What is Benito Mussolini?
Nuclear bombs were dropped on these two cities to force Japan to surrender and avoid an actual invasion of Japan.
What is Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
This is the country that Germany invaded (using blitzkrieg tactics) to officially begin World War II.
What is Poland?
Fortifications in France which stopped the Germans
What is the Maginot Line?
This was the US vice president for much of World War II until Franklin Roosevelt's death in 1944. This leader had to make the decision to drop the nuclear bomb in Japan.
What is Harry Truman?
This was the rescue of 380,000 soldiers from France.
What is the Miracle at Dunkirk?