The Ideology that promoted ideas like extreme authoritarianism, nationalism and a “pure” race
What is Fascism?
This technological advancement helped end the war.
What are nuclear bombs?
A tool used by the government to influence people into supporting the war effort
What is propaganda?
A huge invasion by Europe in Normandy, France which guranteed Germany's loss in the East
What is D-Day?
This international organization was established in 1945 to promote peace and prevent future global conflicts.
What is the United Nations?
The Treaty signed after WW1
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This revolutionary aircraft, invented during World War 2, played a significant role in shaping aerial warfare.
What is a jet fighter?
Countries implemented this tactic as a way to ensure that civilians had necessary supplies while conserving resources and food.
What is Rationing?
This battle in 1942 is considered the turning point of the war in the Pacific Theater.
What is the Battle of Midway?
This country split up after WW2. With the East Communist and the West being Democratic.
What is Germany?
This global economic event in the 1930s contributed to the political instability and rise of totalitarian regimes in Europe.
What is the Great Depression?
The Allies used this technology to find enemy ships and planes.
This iconic image encouraged American women to work in factories and shipyards during WWII.
Who is Rosie the Riveter?
Russia launches a counteroffensive and begins to gain the upper hand against Germany
What is the Battle of Stalingrad?
The aftermath of the Holocaust and the displacement of Jewish survivors led to the establishment of this nation in 1948.
What is the State of Israel?
The formation of military alliances like the Rome-Berlin Axis Pact and the Tripartite Pact among these countries created a unified front against the Allied powers leading up to World War II.
What are Germany, Italy, and Japan?
This technological advancement in medicine significantly reduced the number of deaths from infected wounds.
What Is Penicillin?
During World War II, citizens could purchase these bonds to support the war effort. They were essentially loans to the government, which promised to repay the buyer with interest after the war.
What are war Bonds?
This operation marked the beginning of the invasion of Russia.
What is the Operation Barbarossa?
This plan aimed to restore the economies in Europe.
What was the Marshall Plan?
This policy allowed for the annexation of Austria and Czechoslovakia
what is appeasement?
This technological advancement was used to seal ammunition cases during WW2
what is Duct Tape?
The government encouraged citizens to grow food in these gardens for troops.
What were Victory Gardens?
The decisions to end the war and handle the post-war period were made by Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Stalin during this conference.
The process of decolonization accelerated after World War II due to the exhaustion of resources from these countries.
What were the European colonial powers?