Start of War and Battles
This battle was a turning point in the Pacific Theater.
Midway
He was the President of the United States during WWII until his death in 1945.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler was the dictator of this country.
Germany
The United States Government encouraged citizens to grow these to help with the food supply.
Victory Gardens
This event included the murder of 6 million European Jews
the Holocaust
This invasion was a turning point for the Allies on the Western Front in the European Theater of WWII.
D-Day
Name the 3 major Allied countries.
UK, USA, USSR
Who was the leader of Japan?
Hideki Tojo
US citizens were issued books of stamps to help control purchasing of specific goods. What was this called?
Rationing
Where did the nazis make Jewish people go right after they took over new land in Europe
Ghettos
What is fascism?
is a type of government in which total power is given to a dictator and individual freedoms are denied.
This allied country was invaded by Germany early in the war.
France
Name the 3 Axis powers in WWII.
Germany, Italy, Japan
These were where Japanese Americans from the West Coast were sent during WWII.
Internment Camps
This treaty was considered a cause of WWII.
The Treaty of Versailles
This country was taken by Germany in 1939 and is considered the start of WWII.
Poland
He was appointed Prime Minister of the UK in 1940.
Winston Churchill
He was the dictator of Italy.
Benito Mussollini
The name of the icon on WWII posters that encouraged women to work in factories and the military industry.
Rosie the Riviter
This policy was used by UK to try and avoid war with Germany.
Appeasement
Name three of the issues related to political instability and economic devastation in Europe resulting from World War I that led to WWII
Worldwide depression
High war debt owed by Germany
High inflation
Massive unemployment
He was the dictator of the USSR during WWII.
Joseph Stalin
Germany used this tactic to invade Poland.
Blitzkrieg
The name of the African American military aviators that fought in the European Theater of WWII.
Tuskegee Airmen
The date when Pearl Harbor was bombed by Japan.
December 7, 1941