WWII

What was the direct war cost for the United States during World War II?

$288 Billion

During World War II, how many German military personnel were killed or reported missing?

3,300,000

What was the Allies' plan for victory over the Nazis?

Allies would fight Germany on two fronts to weaken it.

What happened to the rest of Czechoslovakia?

Annexed to Germany in 1939.

The Munich Conference came to symbolize the dangers of what?

Appeasement

Which of the following was the location of a Nazi extermination camp?

Aushwitz

What term was used to identify the alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan?

Axis Powers

Which of the following battles marked the final German offensive?

Battle of the Bulge

Why did President Truman agree to use the atomic bomb?

Bring the war to the quickest possible end

What was the result of Germany's invasion of Poland?

Britain and France declared war on Germany.

What was the U.S. response to Japanese aggression in Southeast Asia in mid-1941?

Cut oil supplies to Japan

What was the purpose of the Soviet state's Five-Year Plans?

Economic Development

What prompted Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany?

German invasion of Poland

What happened to the Sudetenland?

Germany annexed it.

Why were Great Britain and France so eager to appease Germany? Were the attitudes of the British and the French leaders reasonable? Explain your answer, citing evidence from the chapter.

Great Britain and France were so eager to appease Germany because of many things. One reason that they appeased Germany is that they had just finished a war and didn't want to send men to die again and start another war. Another reason is that they thought the cost of appeasement wouldn't be as bad as fighting. They thought that Hitler would stop at where he said that he was going to. An example is the Sudetenland. Hitler wanted the Rineland, so they gave it to him. Then Hitler wanted more. Hitler got the Sudetenland also. Hitler kept taking while Britain and France were willing to let him have it.

Why did Hitler target the Jewish population as scapegoats for all of Germany's troubles?

Hatred of Jews, or anti-Semitism, was a key part of Nazi ideology.

Where were atomic bombs dropped?

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

What crucial lesson was learned in the Battle of Britain?

Hitler's advances could be blocked

What is one thing that Hitler or the Germans did that, in your opinion, was an important cause of Germany's defeat?

Hitler's fanatical ideas and ego

How were the Holocaust and Hitler's "Final Solution" related?

Holocaust is the term for the genocide that resulted from the plan called the "Final Solution."`

Why was D-Day such an important historic event?

Largest amphibious invasion in history. Attack on a evil. The day the allies started making major progress to ending the war. Stormed the beaches at Normandy

Which of the following was an area targeted by the U.S. First Army?

Omaha Beach

Which of the officers did NOT command D-Day forces?

Patton

What event occurred on the day described as "a date which will live in infamy"?

Pearl Harbor

Who were the Bolsheviks?

Radical Russian Marxist revolutionaries

What did Germany do to the Rhineland?

Rhineland was re-militarized by Germany.

Why did millions of Germans turn against the leaders of the Weimar Republic?

Signed the Treaty of Versailles.

The German blitzkrieg was a military strategy that depended on what advantage?

Surprise and overwhelming force

In which of the following countries were the most civilians killed during World War II?

USSR

What important role did Winston Churchill play during the Chamberlain regime in Britain?

Warned that the policy of appeasement was a disaster.

How did civilians join in the war effort?

a. scrap metal drives b. rationing c. working in war industries