World History- World War ll Test Flashcards
Japan’s expansionist policies during the 1930’s was supported by these two groups : ultranationalists & _________________ leaders
military
______________ was the type of government that was found in the Soviet Union & the totalitarian dictator who was its leader was named _________________________
- Communism
- Joseph Stalin
_____________________ was the Fascist dictator of Italy beginning in 1929, while ___________________ became the Fascist dictator of Germany in 1935.
- Benito Mussolini
- Adolf Hitler
_________________ was the Emperor of Japan but by 1940, the military leader, General _______________ was the chief minister & was in charge of all government policy.
- Hirohito
- Hideki Tojo
One of the reasons for Japanese oversea expansionism during the 1930’s was to gain food sources & _______________________ that their islands needed & were not getting through trade due to the ongoing ___________________.
- raw materials
- Great Depression
The ______________________________ was fought from 1936-1939 & it acted as a testing ground for the troops & military technology of Germany, Italy, & the USSR
The Spanish Civil War
Anschluss, the union of ___________ & their forced annexation of _______________ happened in March of 1938.
- Germany
- Austria
______________ or giving into demands in order to avoid a war was used by both ______________ & ____________ at the Munich Conference in September of 1938 and allowed __________ to take the German area of Czechoslovakia which was called the _______________.
- Appeasement
- Britain
- France
- Germany
- Sudetenland
In August of 1939, the ____________________ Pact was made. It was an agreement between Hilter & Stalin not to fight each other in the event of a war, but also to secretly split _______________ in half.
- Non-agression
- Poland
WWll began in Europe when Germany invaded _______________ on September 1, 1939 when Hitler had demanded the strip of land called the ____________________
- Poland
- Polish Corridor
WWll began in Asia in the year ________ when Japan invaded ________.
- 1937
- China
The “Rape of Nanjing” occurred after ___________ troops were allowed by their commands to rob, rape, and murder the Chinese troops & civilians of that city in 1937.
Japanese
________________, also known as lightning warfare (aerial attacks followed by mehcanized ground forces) was used by _________
- Blitzkrieg
- Germany
The original three Axis Powers in the year 1940 were- ________, __________, & ________
- Germany
- Italy
- Japan
In the spring of 1940, the Germans were able to move their forces without being noticed through the thick __________ Forest & therefore invade France without having to attack against the __________ Line, which was the very strong French defense on their shared border.
- Ardennes
- Maginot
_______________ was the evacuation/rescue of over 340,000 British & French soldiers who were trapped by advancing German troops on the French coastline of the _________ Channel in June of 1940.
- Dunkirk
- English
The collaborator government that controlled the southern France for the Nazi’s was called _________.
Vichy
During the summer of _________, the Battle of _________ was fought and for over 2 months, the German ______________ (air force) bombed English cities in order to try to make them surrender.
- 1940
- Britain
- Luftwaffe
The Prime Minister of Britain during WWll was _____________
Winston Churchill
The US President at the start of WWll was ___________________ & he ended up serving into a ________ term.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 4th
The leader of Nationalist China during WWll was ____________ & his forces along with Mao Zedong’s ____________ rebel forces started to fight the Japanese after their 1937 invasion.
- Jiang Jieshi
- communist
The two goals for the Japanese in Asia & the Pacific was to gain new lands in order to acquire the natural _______________ their military, industry & population needed. The other goal was to create an empire by __________ all Asian ethnicities under their rule while expelling all _______ influences.
- resources
- uniting
- Western
The Lend-Lease Act was made by the ______ in the year ___________ and it helped ________ as well as the USSR & China acquire much needed military supplies.
- US
- 1941
- Britain
December 7, 1941; the _________ enters WWll following the Japanese attack on their naval base at _______________ in Hawaii.
- United States
- Pearl Harbor
Hitler broke his pact with Stalin when he ordered his troops to invade the __________ in June of 1941. Known as ____________________, the German forces attack in three different directions through the summer.
- USSR
- Operation Barbarossa
The northern USSR city of ________________ was surrounded & laid siege to by the Germans for over 900 days fron the fall of ______ to January _______. Over half of the city’s population died, but the city never ________________.
- Leningrad
- 1941
- 1944
- surrendered
The Battle of ___________ in North Africa during the summer/fall of 1942 was important because the British stopped the combined German/Italian attack cross Egypt as they tried to capture the important _________ Canal.
- El Alamein
- Suez
Soon after the Allied (British & US) invasion of ________________________, which was called the “soft underbelly of Europe,” their leader __________________ was arrested. This led to their surrender to the Allies in the year ____________. However, Hitler sent in German troops to defend the country against the advancing Allies.
- Italy
- Benito Mussolini
- 1943
The turning point Battle of the war in Europe was at _________. This Battle took place in the ________________ & it lasted from October 1942 to February 1943. ___________ forces surrounded the German army leading to nearly 1 million soldiers being killed or taken prisoner & then began their own advance westward against the retreating Axis forces.
- Stalingrad
- USSR
- Soviet
The largest land, Sea, & air invasion ever assembled was made by the Allies. It was known as ___________ & it successfully attacked the Axis defended beaches of the ______________ region in France on the date _______________.
- D-Day
- Normandy
- June 6, 1944
The last German offensive of WWll was called _____________. It was named as such due to the balloon shaped wedge it created in the line soft the US troops within the ______________ Forest in Belgium. The ______________ also played an important part of the initial success in the German attack because the conditions kept US O’Kanes on the ground.
- The Bulge
- Ardennes
- weather/winter
The name of the strategy that the US used in the war against Japan in the Pacific was called ________________.
Island hopping
The forced March of Allied POWs after Japan’s capture of the _____________ in the May of 1942 was know as the _________ Death March.
- Philipines
- Baatan
________________ was the overall commander of the American forces in the war against _________ in the Pacific.
- Douglas Macarthur
- Japan
In May of 1942 the aircraft from US Naval aircraft carriers stopped a Japanese invasion fleet off New Guinea. The name of the battle was called _____________________________, & it resulted in preventing a Japanese attack on Port Moresby, helping to keep _________________ from being within range of Japanese air attacks.
- Battle of the Coral Sea
- Australia
The turning point in the war in the Pacific was at the Battle of ___________. This Battle cost the Japanese navy 4 ____________ and this led to the Japanese navy having to become more _________ in the war.
- Midway
- aircraft carriers
- defensive
Bombing of Japan from land-based US first began when American forces captured islands in the ______________ Island chain. But the distance & pilot fatigue too much from her. So it wasn’t until Februaury-March of 1945 when US forces captured the island of _____________ & could now bomb Japan from the air because of its closer distance.
- Marshall & Marina
- Iwo Jima
The final island that the US captured before they could get to Japan was ______________. It was here that huge number of ____________________ crashed their planes into US Naval vessels & also civilians were expected to help resist Americans on the island.
- Okinawa
- Kamikaze pilots
The Allied air attacks on German industry, transportation, military bases, & cities grew in both the number & intensity during the summer of _________. Not only was the ability of German to produce war needs harmed, but thousands of ____________ (non-soldiers) were killed in these raids.
- 1944
- civilians
The top secret making of the atomic bomb was called the ___________________ & it was constructed in many locations. One location was ______________ in Tennessee due to the TVA hydroelectric power. It was eventually tested out in the desert near ________________ in New Mexico.
- Manhattan Project
- Oak Ridge
- Los Alamos
The laws that stripped civil & economic rights away from Jews in Germant starting in 1935 were called? ________________. Besides Jews having to wear the identification Star of David and not allowing marriage with non-Jews, what were 2 other restrictions that were placed on the Jewish population of Germany in 1935?
- the Nuremburg laws (for the blank)
OTHER ANSWERS:
1. can’t hold government jobs
2. can’t provide law or medicine
A ___________ is the planned murder of a specific people based on their ethnicity or religion. This was carried out against Europe’s ___________- population by the Nazis during WWll & it was known as the _____________.
- Genocide
- Jew
- Holocaust
many ships together
many ships together
US, USSR, Britian
Big 3
court meeting for Nazis in Germany
Nurembrug Trials
resistance fighters
partisans
supreme commander of all allied Europe troops
Dwight Eisenhower
president after FDR
Harry Truman
leader of maleina - atomic bombs
J. Robert Oppenheimer
atomic bombs attacks
Hiroshima & nagasaki
