world war ii study guide
What years did World War II occur?
1939-1945
What occurred on D-Day?
Allied invasion of France
Who won World War II?
Allies
What event occurred on the day described as "a date which will live in infamy"?
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Who was the mastermind of the "island-hopping" strategy?
Douglas MacArthur
What domestic challenge mad it difficult for France, Great Britain, and the United States to halt German and Italian aggression in the 1930s.
Economic Depression
In his quest for a "New Roman Empire", Benito Mussolini invaded ___________________.
Ethiopia
What prompted Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany?
German invasion of Poland
What happened to the Sudetenland?
Germany annexed it
List the Axis Powers
Germany, Italy, Japan
What important role did Winston Churchill play during this period?
He was very against appeasement
Where were the atomic bombs dropped?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Why did Hitler target the Jewish population as scapegoats for all of Germany's troubles?
His massive hatred and he blamed them for the loss in WWI.
What did Germany do to the Rhineland?
It remilitarized the Rhineland
What was significant about the Battle of Midway?
It turned the tide of the war in the Pacific against the Japanese
What happened to the rest of Czechoslovakia?
It was annexed to Germany in 1939
What was the goal of Hitler's "Final Solution"?
It was genocide of people the Nazis considered inferior
What country invaded Manchuria in 1931?
Japan
What motivated Japan to build an empire?
Japan wanted to catch the US by surprise.
What policy of the Nazi party led to the Holocaust?
Nazi Foreign Policy
During World War II, General Eisenhower led the ______________ invasion.
Normandy
The Soviet Union signed a nonaggression pact in 1938 with
Poland
Which country did Germany conquer in September 1939?
Poland
What crucial lesson was learned in the Battle of Britain?
That Hitler's advances could be blocked
Which nation paid the greatest price in terms of the number of lives lost during the war?
The Soviet Union 24-25.5 million dead.
What does the use of kamikaze pilots show about Japanese culture?
They valued national honor more than individual life
Which event marked the final Allied victory in World War II?
V-e day
Auschwitz was the location of a Nazi _______________ camp.
extermination
What was the policy of appeasement?
giving into an aggressor to keep peace
What did the Soviet Union ask the Allies to do during the WWII?
make another front
Prior to WWII, what country was used by hitler as a testing ground for his new weapons?
spain
The German blitzkrieg was a military strategy that depended on what advantage?
surprise and overwhelming force
The Nuremberg Laws helped to set the Nazi Holocaust in motion by stripping jews of ______________________.
their natural rights
How were the Holocaust and Hitler's "Final Solution" related?
they both were anti-semitic
In the 1930s, why did Great Britain and France respond to German and Italian aggression with appeasement?
they did not want to be involved
Why did President Truman agree to use the atomic bomb?
to bring the war to the quickest possible end
How did Kristallnacht demonstrate Nazi persecution of Jews?
•Nazi troops attacked Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues •jews had to wear a yellow david's star •most jews departed on this day