Road to War
This country took over Manchuria in 1931 to gain land and natural resources.
Japan
True or False:
The League of Nations said Japan’s invasion of Manchuria was wrong but did very little about it.
True
This German strategy used fast, powerful surprise attacks.
Blitzkrieg
This attack caused the United States to enter World War II.
Pearl Harbor
This economic crisis made many Germans support Hitler and strong leaders.
Great Depression
This treaty was broken when Hitler sent troops into the Rhineland in 1936.
Treaty of Versailles
Britain and France reacted this way when Hitler took over Austria.
Condemned, but did nothing
This battle was important because Britain’s air force stopped Germany’s invasion.
Battle of Britain
This strategy involved capturing key islands to get closer to Japan.
Island Hopping
These laws took away rights from Jewish people and forced them to wear identification.
Nuremberg Laws
This is the term when Germany took control of Austria in 1938.
Anschluss
This policy was used by Britain and France to avoid war by giving in to Hitler’s demands.
Appeasement
This was the largest water landing in history that helped free France.
D-Day/Normandy
These pilots crashed their planes into ships as suicide missions.
Kamikaze Pilots
Japanese Americans were placed into these because the U.S. suspected they might be spies.
Internment Camps
This agreement between Hitler and Stalin in 1939 shocked the world.
Nonaggression Pact
Because of appeasement, Hitler felt this way and kept taking more land.
More bold/confident
The term that celebrates Germany’s surrender and the end of the war in Europe.
V-E Day
President Truman dropped the atomic bomb mainly to do this.
Save American lives and avoid invading Japan.
Or
End the War in the Pacific
This group became the first Black military pilots in the United States.
Tuskegee Airman
This event officially started World War II.
Invasion of Poland
After Italy invaded Ethiopia, the League of Nations did this.
Gave small punishments but did little.
Hitler wanted Austria and the Sudetenland for this reason.
Unite all German-speaking people
The term that celebrates Japan’s surrender and the end of World War II.
V-J Day
This was Hitler’s plan to kill Jews in death camps.
Final Solution