Pathways to War
Name of the empire Germany would build for the Aryan race.
The German word for "Lightning War", it describes the new tactic of mechanized and mobile warfare.
Blitzkrieg
The only country in WWII to use women as combat soldiers.
Soviet Union
Hitler never said he was going to exterminate the Jews. Instead, he always referred to this plan by this name.
The Final Solution
Name of the conference that laid out the allied plan for WWII
Tehran Conference
Allowing Hitler break certain parts of the Treaty of Versailles in an attempt to avoid another war was called...
Appeasement
The part of France that was turned into a puppet state for Germany was called this.
Vichi France
These towns in the US attracted so many workers to them that they couldn't keep up with the infrastructure to accommodate everyone. What were these towns called?
Boomtowns
the name of the biggest death camp built by the Germans was called...
Auschwitz
Name the countries that made up the Big Three
US, Great Britain, and the USSR
This country was the Redline for Great Britain and France. If Hitler invades here, it will mean war.
Poland
Germany was not able to conquer these two countries as he had hoped. What were they?
Great Britain and the USSR
Which country felt that family was most important and therefor would not let their women work in factories or fight in war. They imported their labor to fill the gap left by men leaving for war.
Japan
The Einsatzgruppen followed behind the regular army when they would capture cities and towns. They would sweep up surviving Jews to send to the camps. What 2 letters were used to describe them.
SS
Meeting where Truman demanded that E. Europe have free elections.
Potsdam Conference
Name of the incident where Japanese soldiers dressed as Chinese soldiers blew up a Japanese Railroad in Manchuria.
Mukden Incident
List the three Axis Powers
Germany, Italy, and Japan
Name given to the nightly German air raids over London, England.
The Blitz
The deliberate mass murder of a particular race, political or cultural group
Genocide
Who won control of China and made it a Communist country?
Mao Zedong
Japan's attack on the US Pacific Fleet to eliminate possible US interference in their imperialistic conquest of SE Asia was carried out at Pearl Harbor on this date. Roosevelt called it a date that would live in infamy.
December 7, 1941
Who were Europe's two fascist leaders?
Mussolini and Hitler
the biggest bomber, produced by the US towards the end of the war. It was used to drop the A-bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
B-29
A person who assists the enemy is called a ____
collaborator
How many occupations zones was Germany divided into after they surrendered?
Four