Vocabulary
Define Appeasement
Allowing concessions in hopes that it will prevent war
The Battle that liberated France
Normandy or DDay
He was Austrian and wrote "Mein Kampf"
Hitler
In WWII more ___________ died than soldiers
Civilians
The Allies declared war on Germany after they attacked which country?
Poland
What does blitzkrieg mean?
Lightning War
This battle resulted in Londoners hiding in subways and basements
Battle of Britain
Who was the President of the United States during WWII and the one at the end of WWII?
Roosevelt(during), Truman(end)
How many people died (soldiers and civilians) died in WW2.
75-85 million
What was the Maginot Line
An array of defenses on the border between France and Germany
The systematic plan for exterminating the Jewish people
The Final Solution
This battle was the first major defeat of the Japanese and the turning point of the war in the Pacific
Battle of Midway
The Prime minister of Great Britain who refused to appease Hitler
Churchill
What country had the most casualties because of WWII?
Soviet Union
What does Kristallnacht mean?
"Night of the Broken Glass"
Japanese suicide bombers
Kamikaze
This was the last German offensive
Battle of the Bulge
Who led the forces into DDay? Who led the forces in the pacific?(name either)
Eisenhower(DDay), MacArthur(Pacific)
Name the 3 main AXIS nations
Germany, Japan, and Italy
Japanese mass murder of Chinese civilians
Rape of Nanking
Term for hatred against Jewish people
Anti-Semitism
The battled that ended the Axis’s eastern Europe advances
Battle of Stalingrad
Emperor of Japan, Military leader of Japan (name either)
Hirohito(emperor), Tojo(military)
What two cities were the atomic bombs dropped and who was the U.S. President who made that decision? (2 out of 3)
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Truman
What did Stalin repeatedly urge the Allies to do in order to relieve German pressure on the Soviet armies?
Open up a second front in the west