Important Figures
Was elected as chancellor of Germany before becoming Fuhrer
Adolf Hitler
This treaty blamed Germany for WWI and forced them to pay billions of dollars in war reparations
Treaty of Versailles
Dictator of Italy during World War II
Benito Mussolini
The ideology & form of government that the United States tried to promote
Democracy
Was the 33rd U.S. President who decided to drop the atomic bombs on Japan
Harry Truman
This law allowed the U.S. to support the Allied war effort in this manner, without yet committing soldiers to fight in World War II
Lend-Lease Act
Prime minister of Great Britain during World War II
Winston Chruchill
Combines ultra nationalism and the widely held belief among people that the nation must and will be somehow saved or reborn
Facism
Led the U.S. invasion of France at Normandy
George Patton
This charter outlined the post-World War II goals. of the U.S. and the United Kingdom
Atlantic Charter
He ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor that caused the US to enter the war, contributing to the Allied victory.
Hideki Tojo
A form of government that permits no individual freedom and where rule is enforced by a single dictator
Totalitarianism
Was the flight instructor from Tennessee who first saw the incoming Japanese planes into Hawaii
Cornelia Fort
Who made the Four Freedoms Speech?
Franklin Roosevelt
Played a key role in World War II by developing the US war plan to defeat the Axis Powers.
George Marshall
Under this ideology, Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler sought to promote nationalism and consolidate power by creating totalitarian governments
Facism
Was an African American cook stationed at Pearl Harbor who helped them shoot down several Japanese planes
Dorie Miller
What are the four freedoms in the four freedoms speech?
Freedom of speech
Freedom of worship
Freedom from want
Freedom of fear
Directly responsible for the atrocities committed by Pearl Harbor, the 2nd Sino-Japanese War, and WWII
Emperor Hirohito of Japan
Form of government that Russia was promoting during this time
Communism