World War II Causes
The 3 countries in the Axis Powers
What are Japan, Germany, and Italy?
Battle in France that killed thousands of soldiers at a beach
What is the Battle of Normandy (D-Day)?
America joined World War II after this event.
What is Pearl Harbor?
The 2 Japanese cities where the United States dropped atomic bombs.
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
The most well known concentration camp.
What is Auschwitz?
Giving into aggression in order to avoid war.
What is appeasement?
FDR met with this leader in secret after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Who was Winston Churchill?
Presidents during World War II
Who are Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), and Harry S. Truman?
Hitler’s famous strategy for attacking other countries.
What is Blitzkrieg?
The Holocaust killed this many Jews
What is 6 Million?
September 1, 1939- Hitler invades this country, officially beginning WWII.
What is Poland?
Due to Japan's aggressive acts in China, the U.S had cut off trade of?
What is steel and oil?
Character used to recruit women into the workforce.
Who is Rosie the Riveter?
International organization that replaced the League of Nations.
What is the United Nations?
Hitler gained support for his racist ideas against Jews by blaming Jews for these two events.
What is Germany’s defeat in World War I and economic problems?
These 2 countries had not recovered from World War I and so didn't want to go to war again.
What are England and France?
Date of the attack on Pearl Harbor
What is December 7, 1941?
Japanese Americans were put into what because we thought they might be spies?
What is Internment Camps?
What was the Allied forces strategy to defeat Japan?
What is island hopping?
Jewish girl who hid with her family from the Nazis for two years. She later became famous for the diary that she wrote.
Who is Anne Frank?
Absolute control of government and strong sense of nationalism.
What is Fascism?
3 after the attack on Pearl Harbor, these 2 countries declared war on the United States.
What are Germany and Italy?
Famous General that led invasion of Normandy.
Who is Dwight Eisenhower?
American general that helped Japan rebuild its government
Who is General Douglas McArthur?
The two words Hitler used to describe his plan to wipe out all Jews from Europe
What is the Final Solution?