Dates
1939-1945
When was WWII?
Fascist leader of Italy
Who is Mussolini?
Primarily Air war
What is the Battle of Britain
Coined the idea "iron curtain"
Who is Winston Churchill?
Big Three
December 7, 1941
Implements De-Stalinization
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
Leader of USSR after Stalin.
June 6, 1944
What is D-Day? Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy in "Operation Overlord."
US President during WWII
Franklin D. Roosevelt
1945
End of WWII, Yalta Conf, US &Russia meet at Elbe River, Mussolini executed, Hitler commits suicide
September 2nd, 1945
V-J Day
Ideological struggle of the Cold War
What is communism verses capitalism?
USSR vs US. 1945-1989
Hitler's last offensive.
What was Battle of the Bulge?
Implemented Collective Agriculture
Who is Stalin?
Victory of Europe Day
V-E Day, May 8, 1945
1961
Year Berlin Wall was constructed
Favoring a policy remaining apart from affairs of other groups
What is isolationism?
Marines on Mt. Surbachi
What is the battle of Iwo Jima?
Leader of Japan during WWII
Who is Tojo?
July 1945
What is Potsdam Conference?
Truman, Stalin, Atlee (French), Churchill gone
Germany divided into occupation zones1931
Japan invades Manchuria
Cause of Germany's problem after WWI
Jewish anti-semitism. Jews sub-human while German Aryan race superior.
Hitler's big blunder.
What was Barbarossa?
Hitler broke Pact. Largest offensive 80% of German Army committed. Strategic failure and Harsh winter.
Signed letter of appeasement in 1938 Munich Conference
Who is Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler?
6 million
Estimated number of Jews killed in Holocaust