Unit 9 Pt. 2 Flashcards
The Pact of Steel was between Germany and _____.
Italy
On _____ the Allies landed on the beaches of Normandy, invading Nazi-occupied France.
D-Day
Hitler was confident that he could defeat the _____ because of their weak response to the German Army during WWI.
Soviet Union
This country initiated the Berlin Blockade.
USSR
Which nation was responsible for the construction of the Berlin Wall?
East Germany
What led to the outbreak of WWII?
Third Reich
United States President _____ made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan.
Truman
Winston Churchill was the _____ of Great Britain during World War II.
Prime minister
Who came to the aid of the British at Dunkirk?
Private boats
The United States used “_____” to fight the Japanese in the Pacific.
Island Hopping
_____, in the Eastern Bloc, did not follow the dictates of the Soviet Union but still practiced communism.
Yugoslavia
Who led the North Koreans during the Korean War?
Kim II-Sung
Who attacked Pearl Harbor?
Japan
_____ desire to “de-Stalinize” the USSR led to a greater amount of personal freedom for Soviet citizens.
Khrushchev’s
The Cold War was considered a(n) _____ and a(n)_____ between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Arms and space race
The death toll for both military personnel and civilians (Allied and Axis) was well above _____.
30 million
Which countries were NOT part of the Eastern Bloc?
Yugoslavia, Vietnam
What did the communist insurgents in South Vietnam call themselves?
National Liberation Front
NATO stands for _____.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
The Domino Theory of the spread of communism led the United States to _____.
Send American troops to fight in Vietnam
The Nazis called their plan to eliminate the Jewish people from Germanic lands the _____.
Holocaust
What significant promise did Adolf Hitler make at the Munich Conference?
To only take control of the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia and go no further
Normandy Invasion
Hitler commits suicide
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
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