Transcript World War II Review

04-27-09
• Was the dropping of the atomic bomb on
Japan right or wrong? Justify your
answer.
World
War II
Review
The United States, Great Britain,
and eventually the Soviet Union
made up the?
• Allied Powers
Germany, Italy, and Japan made up
what is known as the ?
• Axis Powers
Who was the leader of the United
States during World War II?
• Franklin Delano
Roosevelt
• Harry S. Truman
Who was the leader of Great
Britain during WWII?
• Winston Churchill
Who was the leader of Germany
during WWII?
• Adolf Hitler
– Signed nonaggression pact with
the leader of the
Soviet Union.
Who was the leader of the Soviet
Union during WWII?
• Joseph Stalin
What political group did Hitler lead
that took power in Germany?
• The Nazis
What policy did European nations
adopt to meet the “resonable
demands” of Adolf Hitler?
• Appeasement
One of the appeasements given to Hitler
was granting him the northern part of
Czechoslovakia also known as…
• Sudetenland
Great Britain and France declared
war on Germany when they
invaded whom?
• Poland
“Lightning war” which used panzer
divisions supported by air attacks
was known as…
• Blitzkrieg
Hitler’s “final solution” included the building of
concentration camps to help exterminate the
Jews in a practice known as?
• Genocide
– They also killed
gypsies and
homosexuals
The slaughter of Jews by Nazi’s
became known as what?
• The Holocaust
Who led Hitler’s SS which was in
charge of the extermination of the
Jews.
• Heinrich Himmler
The most well known and deadly of
concentration camps was?
• Auschwitz
Deciding to attack the Soviet Union
was a mistake because just like
WWI it created what?
• A two front war
– In addition to that soon
after Japan
(Germany’s ally
attacked the United
States which forced
Germany to declare
war on the U.S. as
well)
At which battle did the Germans
loose their entire Sixth Army,
considered to be the best German
troops.
• The Battle of
Stalingrad
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The German Airforce was known
as what?
• The Luftwaffe
As the war continued the Luftwaffe
was forced to bomb military targets
as well as what?
• Civilian Populations
Why did the United States begin to
cut off relations with Japan?
• Their aggressive
expansion in the East.
– U.S. cut off their
supply of oil to the
Japanese.
At the beginning of the war the
United States practiced a strict
policy of ?
• Isolationism and
Neutrality
December 7,1941 the Japanese
conducted a surprise attack on
what U.S. territory?
• Pearl Harbor
What was the turning point of the
war in the Pacific?
• The Battle
of Midway
Midway
All the way
The biggest offensive in history
staged to beat Germany was know
as?
• D-day
– Main invasion force
landed on the beaches
of Normandy in France
Eventually Japan used the “divine
wind” or _________to defend their
country.
• Kamikaze
In order to defeat Japan the U.S.
used the practice of ?
• Island hopping
One of the last and most strategic
islands taken towards the end of
the war was?
• Iwo Jima
Which U.S. President decided to
drop the atomic bomb on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
• Harry S. Truman
What type of plane dropped the
atomic bomb on Japan?
• B-29 Superfortress
The Yalta conference established
the creation of what?
• The United Nations
At the Tehran Conference the Allies
decided to do what?
• Make a final offensive
on postwar Germany
At the Postdam Conference, Truman
demanded that there be _________
throughout Eastern Europe.
• Freely elected
governments
The period of tension between East
and West following WWII was
known as the?
• Cold War