policy practiced by Britain and France satisfying the "reasonable" demands of dissatisfied powers(Germany) in an effort to maintain peace and stability
What is appeasement?
100
this country signed a nonaggression pact with Germany and later joined the Allies after Germany invaded
What is Soviet Union? (or Russia)
100
series of forts along the France/Germany border. Hitler invaded France by going around this through Luxembourg and Belgium
What is Maginot Line?
100
First territory invaded by Japan, using a railroad bombing as an excuse to do so
What is Manchuria? (Manchukuo)
100
US President that made the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan
Who is Harry Truman?
200
lightning warfare used by the Germans
What is blitzkrieg?
200
name given to the mass murder/attempted genocide of the Jews by the Nazis
What is the Holocaust?
200
the only country that used women in battle during WWII
What is Soviet Union?
200
Japanese Prime Minister from 1941 to 1944
Who is Hideki Tojo?
200
conference at this location with the Big Three created the United Nations
What is Yalta Conference?
300
Japanese suicide pilots, term means "divine wind"
What is kamikaze?
300
country Hitler invaded that led to Britain and France finally declaring war
What is Poland?
300
plan of only attacking and conquering necessary islands rather than every island in the Pacific as the Allies moved toward Japan's main islands
What is "island hopping?"
300
US General who led many successful missions against the Japanese and helped retake the Philipines and other territories
Who is Gen. Douglas MacArthur?
300
date of the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, a date that will forever live in infamy according to President Franklin Roosevelt
What is December 7, 1941?
400
ideological conflict between the democratic west and communist east following the war. Mainly a conflict between US and USSR
What is the Cold War?
400
Largest of the German extermination centers for the Jews and other "undesirables. Set up in Poland
What is Auschwitz?
400
Allies landed on Normandy beach at 5 locations in the largest amphibious invasion in history. (date and codename of the invasion)
What is June 6, 1944/D-Day?
400
turning point naval battle in the Pacific that established US naval superiority over Japan
What is Midway Island?
400
British Prime Minister that boasted the Munich Conference of 1938 had created "peace for our time" WWII began about 1 year later
Who is Neville Chamberlain?
500
German task force created by Reinhard Heydrich to first force Jews to ghettos, and later round them up and kill them
What is Einsatzgruppen?
500
Hitler and his leadership chose this fate rather than face defeat and punishment for their war crimes
What is suicide?
500
France was conquered in only about 6 weeks by the Germans. This name was given to the "free" Southern area of France
What is Vichy France?
500
These two cities were hit with atomic bombs during August 1945, leading to Japan's unconditional surrender
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
500
country referred to as "the soft underbelly" of Europe by Winston Churchill