Leaders of WWII
Who was the leader of Germany during WWII?
Adolf Hitler
Define anti-semitism.
Hatred of Jews
Who were the Allied Powers?
US, Britain, France, USSR (later)
What was Hitler's Final Solution?
Genocide of all European Jews (Holocaust)
What was D-Day?
"Operation Overlord"
Allis liberated Normandy, France
Who was the leader of the US at the start of WWII?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Define pacifism.
Opposition to all war
Who were the Axis Powers?
Japan, Germany, Italy, USSR (beginning)
Who were the Aryans?
Hitler's "perfect race" (full German blood, blonde hair, blue eyes)
What was the Munich Conference?
Britain and France decided to keep practicing appeasement
Germany took over Czechoslovakia
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII?
Joseph Stalin
Define appeasement.
Giving into the demands of an aggressor to keep the peace
What caused the start of WWII?
Germany's invasion of Poland
What was Kristallnacht?
"Night of Broken Glass"
Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools, and businesses
Close to 100 Jews were killed
What was Operation Barbarossa?
Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union
Who was the leader of Italy during WWII?
Benito Mussolini
What was the Non-Aggression pact?
Hitler and Stalin agreed not to go to war with one another.
What caused the US to enter WWII?
Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor
Project that allowed the US to create the atomic bombs
What was the Yalta Conference?
Who was the leader of the US at the end of WWII?
Harry Truman
What was the Lend-Lease policy?
The United States could lend or lease war supplies to any nation "vital to the defense of the United States."
What caused WWII to end?
The US dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan
Which country was formed as a result of the brutality shown towards the Jews during WWII?
Israel
Prohibited citizenship for German Jews
Jews could not marry other Germans
Jews had to wear a yellow Star of David badge