Causes of WWII
The two main causes of WWII
Economic Instability
Rise of Fascism
The immediate cause of WWII
German invasion of Poland
WWII Battle where Germany bombed London.
Battle of Britain
The two reasons the United States wanted to remain isolationist.
Great Depression
Legacy of WWI
The leader who was overthrown by his own citizens during the Allied invasion.
Benito Mussolini
The treaty that blamed Germany for WWI, imposed heavy reparations and military restrictions.
Treaty of Versailles
Policy where Britain and France gave Hitler the Sudetenland to avoid war.
Appeasement
The June 6, 1944, Allied invasion of Normandy, France, began the liberation of Western Europe.
D-Day
The act where the US gave war supplies to Britain in exchange for military bases.
Lend-Lease Act
Leaders of the Axis powers
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Hideki Tojo
A system where power is held by a dictator who denies individual freedoms, promotes extreme nationalism, and often uses racism.
Fascism
The pact where Hitler and Stalin agreed not to attack each other and secretly divided Poland
Non-Aggression Pact
After failing in the Battle of Britain, Hitler opened up his war in the East, invading this country, prompting it to join the Allied forces.
The Soviet Union
The Japanese surprise attack on the US Naval Base in Oahu, Hawaii, is also known as the "Day of Infamy."
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
Leaders of the Allied powers
Franklin D Roosevelt --> Harry S Truman
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Four economic problems faced by European countries after WWI
High war debt
Inflation
Massive unemployment
Worldwide depression
An agreement between Britain, France, and Germany, where Hitler received the Sudetenland
Munich Agreement
The battle that was the turning point in the war in Eastern Europe.
Battle of Stalingrad
The US President that took over after President Roosevelt died.
Harry S Truman
American General that led the North Africa campaign, the invasions of Sicily and Italy, and the D-Day invasion.
Dwight D Eisenhower
Leaders who take all power, crush all opposition, and totally control all areas of society.
Dictator
The three territories Hitler invaded during the interwar period.
Rhineland
Austria
Czechoslovakia
The two battles that weakened Germany at the end of the war in Europe.
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Berlin
This is what Franklin D. Roosevelt called the day of the Attack on Pearl Harbor in his speech to Congress.
"Day of Infamy"
or
"A date that will live in infamy"
Leader of the German & Italian Afrika Korps, is also known as the "Desert Fox"
Erwin Rommel