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This move brought Britain and France to declare war against Germany.
What is Germany's invasion of Poland starting September 1st, 1939?
100
This international group formed as a result of WWII
What is the United Nations, formed on October 24, 1945?
100
This allowed for population growth and lower mortality in non-European countries.
What are new medical technologies developed during the war?
100
This new and powerful weapon forced the Japanese to surrender.
What is the atomic bomb, invented by the United States then used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
100
This country suffered the largest amount of casualties during WWII.
What is the USSR, which suffered over 20 million casualties to Germany's heavy attacks on the Soviet Union?
200
This weakness of the League of Nations was a contributor to the rise of Axis powers.
What is England and France's policy of appeasement towards axis powers?
200
These new major powers rose after the declines of old powers after WWII.
What is the Soviet Union and United States?
200
This set the stage for the collapse of European empires after the war.
What is the weakness of England and France that stimulated the fight for independence in Non-European countries?
200
This electronic device was used for communication in WWII, as well as to reveal secret Axis codes.
What are early computers used by almost all countries?
200
The Battle of the Atlantic dating from 1939 to 1945.
What was the longest continuous battle of WWII?
300
This Japanese attacked was a major cause of America's entrance into the war.
What is Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941?
300
This division of Germany was the result of Germany's defeat after WWII.
What was the division into 4 occupation zones by the victorious powers?
300
This indirect contribution caused by WWII caused an increase in women's rights.
What is the military draft left that left a job vacuum that women filled and kept?
300
These were used first in WWI for communication and transportation, but later in WWII as deadly modes of combat.
What are airplanes?
300
If Japan hadn't surrendered, this city would have been the target by the US for a third Atomic Bomb.
What is the city of Tokyo, Japan?
400
The Treaty of Versaille imposed these conditions on the central powers, contributing to the rise of axis powers and WWII.
What are humiliating conditions imposed on the central powers after WWI?
400
This nation dominated the economy and was the leading military power after the war.
What is the United States after being spared from physical destruction and the constant development of it's military?
400
These countries are of many that gained independence after the war.
What are India, Indonesia, the Philippines, a number of Arab nations, and Israel?
400
These technologies developed during WWII are still used today.
What are boats, aircrafts, and advance medical technologies?
400
This important medical advancement saved the most lives during WWII.
What are blood tranfusions?
500
These countries pursued expansionist policies which in part caused WWII.
What are Germany, Italy, and Japan?
500
This was the effect in Englands position of power after the war.
What is a fall from world dominance due to extensive bombing and reliance on the US for financial support during recovery?
500
These conflicts arose out of newly independent states after WWII.
What is conflict between Israel and Palestine as well as between Pakistan and India?
500
This caused a worldwide decline in technological development during WWII.
What is the Great Depression, which destroyed countries economically leaving them without funding for research for new and improved technology?
500
During WWII, Japan and Italy used this brutal weapon in China and Ehtiopia respectively.
What is chemical warfare?