World War Two Begins.
This country was the first to be invaded by Germany?
Poland
This surprise attack by Japan in Hawaii brought the United States into the war.
Pearl Harbor
This term is used to persuade people to support a cause, such as in posters during the war.
propaganda
The majority of people who were persecuted against and murdered were of this religious group.
Jewish
This was the nickname of a military operation that led to the liberation of France.
"D-Day"
What was the purpose of the Treaty of Versailles?
To bring peace and punish Germany
This term was a German military plan that include surprise attacks and quick movements to overwhelm enemies.
blitzkrieg
The Manhattan Project sought to create this type of weapon before the Germans.
What is an atomic bomb/weapon?
How many people are estimated to have died in the Holocaust?
6 Million
This leader committed suicide, along with his wife, following the invasion of Berlin.
Adolf Hitler
This country signed a non-aggression pact with Germany at the beginning of the war.
Soviet Union
Who are the allied and axis powers in WW2?
Allied: UK, Soviet Union, USA,
Axis: Germany, Japan, Italy
Who was the president of the USA during WW2?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What was the name of the policy that Hitler created to cleanse Germany?
The final solution
These two (2) cities were where atomic bombs were dropped and eventually led to the surrender of Japan.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Explain how it is that Hitler rose to power?
Germany was reeling after the signing of the treaty of versailles.
Hitler was charismatic and made lots of promises to restore Germany to its full strength.
This battle was considered to be one of the bloodiest during World War Two.
What were three of the restrictions on Germany from the treaty of versailles?
Reduced military presence
Reparations
Loose territory
This term is used to describe the mass execution of the certain group of people.
Genocide
What were some short term and long term impacts of the atomic bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Short term - death and destruction
Long term - radiation poisoning, cancer, contamination of the environment.
Identify and explain 3 reasons why WW2 began?
Treaty of Versailles
Great depression/Rise of Hitler
Invasion of Polland
This battle in the Pacific turned the tide of the war against Japan.
What was the Battle of Midway?
Which country had the highest number of causalities in World War Two? What was the approximate number of causalities?
Soviet Union
70 and 85 million people
Make the case as to why the Holocaust was the worst of the war?
huge death toll
systemic killing of 6 million jews/minorities
brutal concentration camps
genocide
etc
What were the two main events that ended world war two and in what year did that occur?
1945
Battle of Berlin - surrender of Germany
Atomic Warfare on Japan - surrender of Japan