Causes
Treaty that punished Germany after WWI
Treaty of Versailles
Leader of Germany
Adolf Hitler
Country Japan invaded in 1937
China
Surprise attack on Dec. 7, 1941
Pearl Harbor
Turning point battle against Germany in Russia
Stalingrad
Big economic crisis in the 1930s
Great Depression
Leader of Italy
Benito Mussolini
Country Italy invaded in Africa
Ethiopia
President who gave the “Day of Infamy” speech
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Allied invasion of France in 1944
D-Day/ Normandy
Policy of giving Hitler land to avoid war
Appeasement
U.S. president during most of WWII
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Germany invaded this country in 1939 to start WWII
Poland
Program where U.S. gave supplies to Allies
Lend-Lease
U.S. strategy of attacking islands one by one
Island Hopping
Extreme pride in one’s country
Nationalism
Japanese military leader during the war
Hideki Tojo
Alliance of Britain, France, U.S., and USSR
Allied Powers
The U.S. tried to stay out of war using this policy
Neutrality / Isolationism
Important naval turning point in the Pacific
Battle of Midway
Group of countries led by Germany
Axis Powers
System where the government has total control
Totalitarianism
Which country wanted a new "Roman Empire"?
Italy
The U.S. declared war on this country first
Japan
Two islands fought over before the atomic bomb
Iwo Jima & Okinawa