People
__________ led Germany from 1933 to 1945 and into World War II by attacking Poland in 1939.
Adolf Hitler
________ officially began World War II in Europe.
Germany invaded Poland.
Britain and France used _____ in the 1930s to avoid conflict with Hitler.
Appeasement
____________ were hit with atomic bombs in 1945.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
_________ suffered the highest number of military and civilian deaths.
Soviet Union
________ was Prime Minister of Britain during most of WWII.
Winston Churchill
United States entered WWII after the _______.
Pearl Harbor Attack.
_________ were used to attack Japan.
Atomic Bombs
After WWII, _______ was formed to promote peace.
United Nations (UN)
________, ________, and ________ were members of the Axis Powers.
Germany, Italy, and Japan
_______ led America during most of WWII.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The _______ is considered the turning point of the war in the Pacific.
Battle of Midway.
Germany’s fast-moving style of warfare is called ______.
Blitzkrieg
________ was the main goal of Adolf Hitler’s expansion policy.
To gain land and power for Germany.
Rosie the Riveter symbolized ________.
Women working in factories during the war.
________ commanded Allied forces during D-Day.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
D-Day was _______.
The Allied invasion of Normandy, France
United States used __________ in the Pacific to move closer to Japan.
Island Hopping
Concentration camps were used for _________.
Imprisonment and murder of targeted groups.
The Lend-Lease Act's purpose was ______.
To provide aid and supplies to Allied nations.
__________ planned the Attack on Pearl Harbor. Was shot down in his plane during WWII (1943) by the Americans as revenge for Pearl Harbor.
Yamamoto
The Battle of Stalingrad is known for being ___________.
A turning point on the Eastern Front.
Japan used ________ tactics late into the war.
Kamikaze
The Holocaust was _______.
The murder of millions of Jews and others by the Nazis.
The _________ discussed the postwar division of Germany.
Potsdam Conference.