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WWII Review

President of France during WWII?

a. Benito Mussolinib. Charles de Gaullec. Douglas MacArthurd. Dwight D. Eisenhowere. Franklin Rooseveltf. Harry Trumang. Hirohitoh. Joseph Stalini. Winston Churchill

Commander in the Pacific during WWII?


Prime Minister of Britain during WWII?


President of the United States at the beginning of WWII?


President of the United States at the end WWII and made the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan?


Fascist dictator of Italy during WWII?


Commander in Africa (Operation Torch) and Europe (Operation Overlord)

during WWII?a. Benito Mussolinib. Charles de Gaullec. Douglas MacArthurd. Dwight D. Eisenhowere. Franklin Rooseveltf. Harry Trumang. Hirohitoh. Joseph Stalini. Winston Churchill

Communist leader of the U.S.S.R. during WWII?


Emperor of Japan during WWII?


Official start of WWII (Great Britain and France declare war on Germany)?

a. Atomic Bombsb. Battle of Britainc. Battle of Guadalcanald. Battle of Stalingrade. D-Dayf. Hitler’s invasion of Polandg. Japan’s invasion of Manchuriah. Nuremberg Trialsi. Pearl Harborj. Yalta Conference

1st Japanese defeat on land?


A turning point in Europe (Soviets defeated Germans with help from the Russian winter)?


Also known as Operation Overlord?


Divided Germany into 4 zones?


Nazi leaders punished for “crimes against humanity?”


Dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (thousands died instantly due to explosion or later due to radiation

poisoning)?


Brought the United States officially into WWII?


Japan needed resources (one of the aggressive actions leading to WWII)?


German air raids on [country] ([country] was able to force Hitler to “postpone” battle because of their

advanced radar system)?


Allowed aggressive actions of Germany to go unchecked?

a. Allied Powersb. Anti-Semitismc. Appeasementd. Axis Powerse. “The Big Three”f. Blitzkriegg. Fascismh. Final Solutioni. Genocidej. Ghettosk. Kamikazel. Kristallnachtm. Luftwaffen. Maginot Lineo. Nazism

Fortifications on the border of France and Germany (Meant to prevent an attack on France by Germany)?


Great Britain, France, U.S.S.R., United States?


Japan, Italy, Germany?


Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin?


Attack with speed and force using planes and tanks (German war tactic that means “lightening war”)?


Government controlled by a single political party and focuses on nationalism?


Similar to fascism (Focus on nationalism and racism)?


Nazi plan for mass extermination of Jews?


Small areas within a city sealed off by barbed-wire and high walls?


Nazis looted and smashed windows of Jewish owned stores and destroyed Jewish synagogues (“Night of

Broken Glass”)?


German air force?


Suicide pilots crashed planes into Allied warships (Japanese war tactic)?


Discrimination, prejudice, and persecution against Jews?


Mass murder of an entire race (Holocaust/Final Solution is an example)?


Why did Hitler and Stalin form the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact?

To avoid a 2-front war

How was the Treaty of Versailles a major cause of WWII?

Germany was mad and desperate.

Why did Hitler want to eliminate Jews, gypsies, beggars, handicapped people, etc.?

He wanted to purify the German/Aryan race.

What type of leaders are Hitler and Mussolini?

Fascist dictators

Why did President Truman decide to use the atomic bombs against Japan?

To bring the war to a quick end

For what problems did Hitler and the Nazis blame the Jews?

Economic problems and Germany’s loss in WWI

Why were fascist leaders able to gain popularity and power in the 1920s and 1930s?

Their countries were going through economic depression/problems and people looked to somebody to fix those problems.

Place the following Axis Powers in the order of their surrender from WWII?

Japan Italy Germany

Italy Germany Japan

Place the following events in chronological order?

Rise of Nazism Treaty of Versailles German invasion of

the Soviet Union

Treaty of Versailles Rise of Nazism German invasion of

the Soviet Union

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