WWII Origins & Battles
What treaty did Hitler seek to destroy to rebuild Germany’s power?
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
What U.S. program provided materials to Allies before entering the war?
What is Lend-Lease?
After WWII, what region did the Soviets occupy to establish pro-communist governments?
What is Eastern Europe?
What war (1950–1953) ended with an armistice but no peace treaty?
What is the Korean War?
What physical barrier was built in 1961 to stop East Germans from fleeing to the West?
What is the Berlin Wall?
What event marked the start of WWII in Europe on September 1, 1939?
What is the invasion of Poland?
What were the first regions targeted by Hitler's expansion?
The Rhineland and Czechoslovakia
What 1947 U.S. policy pledged to support “free peoples” resisting communism?
What is the Truman Doctrine?
What conflict involved the U.S. fighting against North Vietnamese and Vietcong forces?
What is the Vietnam War?
What did the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 symbolize?
What is the end of the Cold War?
What 1942 battle marked the turning point on the Eastern Front and Germany’s first major defeat?
What is the Battle of Stalingrad?
What U.S. strategy in the Pacific involved skipping heavily fortified islands?
What is island-hopping?
What plan provided billions to rebuild Europe and prevent the spread of communism?
What is the Marshall Plan?
What term describes conflicts where the U.S. and USSR backed opposing sides?
What are proxy wars?
What Cold War concept held that nuclear war would result in mutual annihilation?
What is Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD)?
What major Pacific battle in June 1942 led to the sinking of four Japanese aircraft carriers?
What is the Battle of Midway?
What does the term “total war” mean in the context of WWII?
What is the full mobilization of civilian and military resources for war?
What alliance did the USSR form in 1955 in response to NATO?
What is the Warsaw Pact?
What tactic made U.S. victory difficult in Vietnam?
What are guerrilla warfare and jungle terrain?
Berlin was divided into four sectors controlled by which countries?
What are the US, UK, France, and the USSR?
What was the name of Hitler’s 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union?
What is Operation Barbarossa?
What estimated number of deaths occurred during WWII?
What is 70–85 million?
What two economic institutions were created by the Bretton Woods Agreement?
What are the IMF and the World Bank?
During what process did the U.S. and USSR compete for influence in new nations?
What is decolonization?
The 1960s counterculture opposed what major issues?
What are militarism, racism, sexism, and conformity?