World War II Flashcards
Who was the leader of Italy?
Benito Mussolini
Who was the leader of Germany?
Adolf Hitler
What were the 3 major political parties during this time?
The Fascist Party, the Nazi Party, and the Communist Party
30,000 ______, also called the Black Shirts, Lead the March on _____.
Fascists
Rome
Communists were blamed for the _______ fire.
Reichstag
The German air force was known as ________.
The Luftwaffe
What started World War II?
The invasion of Poland.
What book did Hitler write?
Mein Kampf
Once Germany invaded France, the southern part was called ______ France and was a puppet state.
Vichy
Winston Churchill was the ______ ______ of Great Britain.
Prime minister
What strategy did Hitler use to conquer Poland?
Blitzkrieg or lightning war
What happened at Dunkirk?
All types of navel boat were sent to rescue soldiers. The ships sailed through the English Channel.
What country did Hitler invade, even though he had signed an agreement with their leader.
Soviet Russia or U.S.S.R.
What American navel base was bombed by the Japanese?
Pearl Harbor
What was the significance of Doolittle’s Raid?
It showed that Japan was vulnerable to attack.
Which battle stopped Japan’s expansion southward?
The Battle of the Coral Sea
What was the significance of the Battle of Midway?
It turned the tide of war in the Pacific.
What happened at the Battle of Guadalcanal?
The Japanese tried to build and air base but the Allied troops destroyed the progress. Allies won and the Japanese abandoned the island.
What did Douglas MacArthur give the idea of?
Island-hopping
What two Japanese cities were nuclear bombed?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What country did Allied troops invade from Africa?
Italy
What are the two important concentration camps?
Auschwitz and Dachau
What did the Battle of Stalingrad do for the Soviets?
They were able to push the Germans back westward.
What Allied invasion also known as Operation Overlord?
D-Day
What two general’s helped in defeating the German general Erwin Rommel?
Dwight D. Eisenhower and General Bernard Montgomery.
