Rise of Dictators
Prelude to War
European Theater
Pacific Theater
End of the War
100
When the government prints more money to meet needs which makes money less valuable
What is inflation
100
Hitler re-arms Germany & occupies the Rhineland
What are two ways Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles
100
lightning war
What is Blitzkrieg
100
A surprise attack from Japan on the U.S. that brings the U.S. into the war - *Date
What is Pearl Harbor - December 8, 1941
100
Plan for the invasion of Normandy to take France back
What is Operation Overlord
200
A strong leader
What people want when they are desperate
200
He won 4 gold medals in the 1936 Olympics humiliating the Germans
Who is Jesse Owens
200
A top secret program to build an atomic bomb
What is the Manhattan Project
200
This general surrendered the Philippines but promised to return
Who is General MacArthur?
200
General who planned the invasion of Normandy.
Who is General Eisenhower
300
When political leaders totally control the way people think and live
What is totalitarianism
300
This was a dress rehearsal for Hitler
What is the Spanish Civil War
300
French line of defense
What is Maginot Line
300
This battle was the turning point in the war in the Pacific.
What is the Battle of Midway
300
The largest sea-and-land invasion in history - turning point in the war in the European theater. *Date
What is D-day June 6, 1944
400
The use of books, newspapers, the arts, schools, films, and the radio to spread the government's point of view
What is propaganda
400
Territory in Czechoslovakia with German speaking people that Hitler demanded and was given to him the Munich Conference
What is the Sudetenland
400
Britain evacuates 335,000 British and French troops across the English Chanel
What is the Miracle of Dunkirk
400
Japanese suicide pilots who crashed their planes into U.S. ships
What are kamikaze
400
This battle ended Germany's ability to wage offensive war
What is Battle of the Bulge
500
Party that Mussolini created in Italy
What is Fascist Party
500
"the night of broken glass" when Jews are openly persecuted in Germany
What is Kristallnacht
500
Strategy Stalin used against the Germans
What is scorched-earth?
500
The last wall of air defense for Japan where the most brutal fighting in the Pacific took place
What is Okinawa & Iwo Jima
500
The U.S. dropped atomic bombs on these two Japanese cities to end the war. (You must list them in the order they happened)
What is Hiroshima & Nagasaki
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