Western Front
Explain the Munich Agreement:
Identify what land it was over and the countries involved:
Hitler could take the Sudetenland but was to go no further.
It was an agreement between Britain, France, and Germany.
Explain the Nonaggression Pact of 1939.
Hitler and Stalin invade Poland but promise not to attack each other.
Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?
To destroy the U.S. Pacific Fleet so they could invade the Philippines without resistance.
Dwight D Eisenhower
Supreme Allied Commander
D-Day Commander
Future President
What is the name of the treaty that ended World War I?
How did it plant the seed for World War II?
Treaty of Versailles
Put total blame on Germany
What does blitzkrieg mean?
Overwhelm the enemy.
To create a two front war.
Explain the Doolittle Raid.
What were the two main goals?
U.S. sent bombers to bomb Japan.
Boost American morale and avenge Pearl Harbor.
Prime Minister of Great Britain in World War II.
How did dictators rise to power in Europe?
Who were the three big dictators and what country did each represent?
Desperation
Stalin (Soviet Union), Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy)
What was the Battle of the Bulge?
Hitler's last ditch effort to break through allied lines on the western front.
What countries were part of the Axis Powers?
Germany, Italy, Japan.
What is Island hopping?
How did fighting change?
Moving from island to island in the Pacific towards Japan.
The fighting became more intense and desperate.
MacArthur
General of ground troops in the Philippines.
"I will be back"
"People of the Philippines I have returned"
Define fascism and totalitarianism:
Identify what dictators used each?
Fascism: extreme nationalism with one leader. Needs of country above your needs (Hitler and Mussolini)
Totalitarianism: Total government control (Soviet Union)
Explain how we tricked the Nazis during the D-Day invasion.
Fake General. General Patton
Fake HQ
Balloons
Why did Hitler attack Stalingrad?
Why is this the turning point of the war in eastern Europe?
Both sides desperately wanted it.
Why was Midway important to the Japanese and why is it the turning point of the war in the Pacific?
Would give Japan access to Hawaii and the west coast of the U.S.
U.S. destroyed Japanese aircraft carriers meaning Japan could no longer go on the offensive and invade further into the Pacific.
Oppenheimer
Lead scientist of the atomic bomb project.
What was the purpose of the Neutrality Acts?
Keep the United States neutral and out of war.
What were Truman's two options to end the war in the Pacific?
Which did he choose and why?
Atomic bomb or invasion.
He chose atomic bombs to protect American lives and end the war quickly.
First naval battle where the two ships did not see each other.
Battle of the Coral Sea.
Chester Nimitz
Admiral of the U.S. Pacific Fleet after Pearl Harbor.