Causes
These three countries are "most responsible" for starting World War Two.
What are Germany, Italy, and Japan?
This is the date that is considered the start of World War Two, when Germany invaded Poland.
What is September 1st, 1939?
This is what America did not immediately enter World War Two.
What is "isolationism?"
This was the turning point in the Pacific Theater between America and Japan.
What is "the Battle of Midway?"
This was the total number of people (civilians and prisoners) murdered by the Nazis.
What is approximately 17 million people?
This is the reason that Japan invaded China in 1937.
Japan wanted China's resources: land, manpower, food, etc.
This was the first country to use "terror bombing" of major cities.
Who are the Germans?
This attack led to America entering World War Two.
What is the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor?
This was the turning point in North Africa.
What is the Battle of El Alamein?
These were the two bombings that ended World War Two.
What are the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in Japan, by America?
This is was the only country in Africa not dominated by Europeans, and was attacked by Italy in 1936.
What is Ethiopia?
This is a list of the countries Germany conquered during the war and before invading the Soviet Union.
What are: Poland, Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Yugoslavia, and Greece?
This is how America paid for the war.
What are "war bonds?"
This was the largest tank battle in history.
What is the Battle of Kursk?
This is the number of Jews killed by the Nazis.
What is approximately 6 million?
This is the system of government that Italy and Germany shared.
What is fascism?
This tactic was used by Germany in Poland, France, and Russia, and these are the three parts of it.
What is blitzkrieg, use of armor to punch a hole in the enemy's rear, use of aircraft to attack the enemy and disorganize them, and infantry to encircle and destroy the survivors?
This is the total number of Americans who fought in World War Two.
What is approximately 16 million?
This was the last German attack in Western Europe.
What is the Battle of the Bulge?
These were the groups persecuted by the Nazis.
What are: the Jews, Roma/Gypsies, homosexuals, communists, socialists, trade-unionists, Roman Catholics, Lutherans, other Christians, and slavs (Russians, Poles, etc.).
This is how Hitler came to power (5 parts).
What are: becoming a politician, causing political fighting in the streets, the Great Depression, Germans wanted security, and winning elections?
These are the territories Germany gained before the start of the war.
What are: Saar, Rhineland, Austria, Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia, and Memel?
This is why America was considered the "Arsenal of Democracy."
What is America could out-produce all of the other nations when it came to making weapons, ammo, and equipment?
This was the largest seaborne invasion in human history (even to this day).
What is Operation Overlord/D-Day?
After world war two, these two countries were considered to be the new super powers.
What are America and the Soviet Union?