Causes
who engaged in the expansion of japan
emperor Hirohito and Tojo Hideki
where was the atomic bomb dropped and its casualties
dropped on Hiroshima, killed 200,000, and caused radiation
what was the stalin pact
hitler and stalin promised not to attack eachother and secretly planned to dived Poland
what was the final battle of ww2 in the pacific
okinawa april - june 1945
what replaced the league of nations
purpose of the league of nations? what were the failures?
it was to prevent future wars/conflicts
slow to react and not everyone was a member
what weapons made people flee
flamethrowers, and machine guns
what was the blitzkrieg
the ussr changed sides and is now with the allies, on june 1941
what battle made the us enter ww2
japans attack on pearl harbor forced the us to join the alliance.
what nations did the westerns occupied
germany and japan
totalitarian government definition and examples.
a form of censoring/oppressing
hitler/stalin/mussolini
how did the united kingdom come to capitulation
german u boats had a stranglehold on british supply lines
what started the battles in europe
the invasion of poland by the germans
what happened on august 6 1945
the atomic bomb dropped on the city of hiroshima
what caused the expansion of japan and who did they invade
lack of resources
invaded korea, mancchuria, china and vietnam
what advances did german air planes have
allowed low
who conquered most of europe?
the soviet union
Germany invaded poland
because they wanted poland back
what made germany surrender
the soviet unions territorial gain over the western area
what were the tokyo trials
a form of punishment for crimes commited in japan from 1931 to 1945