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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 + 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