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Who attacked the U.S. at Pearl Harbor?
Japan
Where was the Battle of Stalingrad?
Russia/Soviet Union
What is Appeasement?
giving people what they want to prevent them from harming you or being angry with you
The invasion of this country started WWII
Poland
Why was it urged to use and drop the Atomic Bombs?
End war early and save lives
What did the Treaty of Versailles do?
Blamed Germany for the War
Why was the Battle of Britain important?
This was the first major defeat for Hitler’s military and showed that Germany could be resisted.
What 2 countries signed a Nonaggression Pact?
Germany and Soviet Union
This term was a German military plan that include surprise attacks and quick movements to overwhelm enemies. Also known as a lightening war
Blitzkrieg
What 2 Japanese cities were bombed
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What is a Ghetto?
Segregated neighborhood
plan “Operation Overlord,” the greatest land-sea and air operation in history.
D Day Invasion
What is a concentration camp?
A prison camp operated by the Nazis where Jews and others were starved while doing slave labor, or murdered
What was the Sudetenland?
German-speaking areas of Czechoslovakia
The bombs were developed during a secret U.S. project known as?
The Manhattan Project
What was the Munich Agreement?
Agreement to give Hitler the Sudetenland,a part of Czechoslovakia where many Germans lived
This battle was an important American victory and a turning point in the Pacific war.
Battle of Midway
What was the goal of Hitler’s “Final Solution”?
It was genocide of people the Nazis considered inferior
What 3 countries made up the Axis Powers?
Germany, Italy, and Japan
Why did people argue against using the atomic bombs?
Japan was already close to surrender and that the bomb was used to demonstrate power
What was the Anschluss?
When Germany took over Austria
Marked the limit of Japanese expansion toward the Hawaiian Islands and put Japan on the defensive
Battle of Midway
What was the group of people Hitler believed were the superior race?
Aryan
Which two countries declared war on Germany after the invasion of Poland?
Britain and France
After the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, many people who were not injured in the blast still died later due to exposure to this?
Radiation