Causes
Europe
The Pacific
Terms
The End and Results
100
This treaties harsh treatment of Germany helped lead to W.W. II
What is the Treaty of Versailles
100
Site of the evacuation of over 300,000 Allied soldiers
What is Dunkirk
100
the Japanese bombed the US fleet at
What is Pearl Harbor
100
The killing of 6 millions Jews and other "inferior" peoples by the Nazis
What is the Holocaust
100
Name of the operation in which the allies stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day
What is Operation Overlord
200
fascist group that emerged in Germany during the 1930's
What is the Nazis
200
The country that was considered Germany's "eastern front."
What is the USSR or Russia
200
The turning point in the war in the Pacific where the US sunk 4 Japanese aircraft carriers
What is The Battle of Midway
200
Term for applying natural selection and the survival-of-the-fittest to humans. The Nazis took the idea way too far.
What is Social Darwinism
200
Name of the top secret project to build the atomic bomb
What is the Manhattan Project
300
Country that invaded China in the 1930's
What is Japan
300
Location of the D-Day invasion
What is Normandy, France
300
Called for the immediate surrender of Japan
What is the Potsdam Declaration
300
Term for the Russian army of the USSR
What is the "Red Army"
300
Man that killed Adolph Hitler
Who is himself
400
Term used to describe Britain and France's failure to promptly deal with Hitler
What is Appeasement
400
After Germany invaded this country, Britain and France declared war
What is Poland
400
The Emperor of Japan that had his people believe he was a god
Who is Hirohito
400
Term for governments founded on and supported by extreme nationalism
What is "fascism"
400
The US's plan to rebuild Europe after WWII
What is the Marshall Plan
500
What country did Germany annex in 1938 ("Anschluss")
What is Austria
500
Hitler's German army pushed too far into Russia and failed to capture this city before freezing and starving
What is Stalingrad
500
Location of the only atomic bombs used in warfare
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki
500
terms given to the date which Germany and Japan surrendered
What is VE-day and VJ-Day
500
Following WWII the USSR and USA were left as the 2 "superpowers" thus starting this conflict
What is the "Cold War"
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