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WORLD WAR II NAME: _________________________________ DATE: ____________________PERIOD: ____ WORD BANK Adolf Hitler Franklin D. Roosevelt Hirohito Picasso Dwight D. Eisenhower Harry S. Truman Bernard Montgomery Winston Churchill Josef Stalin Henri Petain Benito Mussolini Charles DeGaulle General Tojo Neville Chamberlain Erwin Rommel Francisco Franco Manchuria Rhineland Japan China Lithuania Iwo Jima Hiroshima Stalingrad Okinawa Italy France El Alamein Sudetenland Nagasaki Ethiopia Soviet Union Vichy France Latvia Poland Nuremberg Britain Guernica Germany Great Britain Estonia Midway Normandy Free France Fuhrer German people Blitzkreig Lend-Lease Act USS Missouri Non-Aggression Pact Maginot Line Italian people Luftwaffe Neutrality Acts Treaty of Versailles Royal Air Force Loyalists Anschluss winter Il Duce Munich Conference Security Council appeasement democracy D-Day United Nations Barbarossa Sept 1, 1939 Aug 6, 1945 Dec 7, 1941 Aug 9, 1945 May 8, 1945 June 6, 1944 The War to End All Wars had ended with the signing of the ______________________. Then the unthinkable happened, the world started heading towards another major war. It began with dissatisfaction with the end of the last war. Then there was a world-wide Depression. A strong leader came to power in Italy, *__________________________ began the Fascist Party and was named to lead the Italian government. He eventually received the title of ______________________. Italy was longing for a colony, therefore Italy invaded and occupied the African country of ________________________. In Germany, *_________________________ was a leader in the Nazi Party and was named Chancellor. He eventually received the title of ________________. The desire for all ________________________________ to live in Germany was the excuse Germany needed to become aggressive. One of the first occasions for Germany to show it’s military might was in the Spanish Civil War. The Nationalist were lead by ___________________________. He received support from Nazi Germany. The United States supported the __________________. The Germans used the Spanish Civil War to experiment with new military techniques. In one such incident, the Spanish town of *_______________________ was targeted. The destruction of the town was immortalized in a famous painting by _____________________. Hitler began his aggressive expansion by moving his military into the _________________. This was seen as aggression towards France by most of the world. However, Hitler only received a reprimand. In 1938, Germany annexed Austria, which is known as the ______________________. Hitler then requested to take the area of the _____________________ in Czechoslovakia. The leaders of Europe meet at the ______________________________________ to discuss Hitler’s request. His request was granted due to the fact that most of the leaders of Europe feared another war and were following a policy of *__________________________. The Prime Minister of Great Britain *______________________________ returned from this meeting and announced that there would be “peace in our time.” Hitler realized that Germany was moving towards war. He feared the possibility of a twofront war, like World War I. In order to avoid this, Germany signed a __________________________________ with the Soviet Union. The agreement officially stated that the two countries would not get involved if the other went to war with a third party and that Germany and the Soviet Union would divide Poland. The dictator of the Soviet Union was *_________________________________. The patience of the European leaders ended with the Germany’s invasion of _________________ on ________________. Great Britain and France declared war on Germany. The Axis Powers were *_________________________, *________________________, and *______________________________. Many countries fell to a style of warfare that emphasized a lighting war, also known as _____________________. Germany took over the lowlands before moving onto France. France fell quickly to the Nazis, partly due to the false security that the __________________________ provided. The German army swung through the lowland countries and attacked from behind the massive fortification. Since the guns were mounted in concrete facing the German border the system of defense was useless. The USSR took its share of Poland, then took the Baltic Countries of __________________, ______________________ and ___________________. After *_________________________, the first major European country fell to the Nazis, the Germans violated the Non-Aggression Pact. In Operation ___________________, the Germans invaded the USSR. Initially there were German successes as the Red Army retreated. However the Nazis were then faced with the biggest obstacle when an army invades the USSR, which is Soviet ___________________. This decimated the Nazi troops. Stalin pleaded with England to open up a second front in Europe. England had its own battles to fight. Hitler wanted to invade England, but knew there would need to be an extensive bombing campaign first. This campaign is known as the Battle of _______________________. The ________________________ of England fought the ______________________ of Germany in a series of air battles. The Prime Minister of England ______________________________ through out most of the war said of the English pilots that fended off the German bombers that “never have so many benefited from the service of so few.” By this time, the sleeping giant had been awakened. The US had been staying out of the affairs of Europe. The Congress passed the *_______________________, to ensure that the US would not become involved. However after the war in Europe began, and France fell so quickly to the Nazis, the Congress reviewed its policy. A new act was passed, the *_______________________, which meant that the US would now provide aid to the Allies. The Japanese had been following a policy of expansion for a number of years in Asia. This expansion had offended the United States, which had been trading partners of the Japanese. Once the United States threatened to cut Japan from oil and steel shipments if Japan did not cease its expansion, then Japan knew that if there were to be a war with the US then Japan must strike first. Therefore on *______________________________, Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (which was a territory, but not a state). The US President *_____________________________________ announced that this was a “day that shall live in infamy,” then declared war on Japan. Promptly, Germany and Italy declared war on the US. After the US entered the war, the tide of the war began to change. The turning point on the North African front was the outstanding tank Battle of *______________________, between the German General __________________________ and the British General ___________________________. The turning point on the Soviet front was the Battle of *________________________________, which the Soviet leader was determined to win (because its just embarrassing to lose towns named after you). The Italian people helped to turn the tide on the Italian front. Disgusted with war, the people found Mussolini (and his mistress) dragged him from his car, beat him, shot him and hung him upside down in the town square. The women of the town (how do you say this politely), well treated him like a dog would a hydrant. This opened southern Italy to an invasion from Allied forces, led by the US. The first major assault into western Europe, was on the beaches of *____________________________ on the date of *_____________________________ which is known as *__________________________. This invasion was led by the American General *_________________________. This attack into Nazi occupied France was successful but deadly. The leader of southern France, which was also known as *_________________________, (named after the new capital city) was lead by *________________________________. He has been accused of collaborating with the Nazis. But another group in France, proved to be invaluable, *________________________________ led by *_______________________________. This underground group helped to provide secret information to the Allied forces and to cut telegraph lines just prior to the Allied invasion. By ___________________________, V-E Day was being celebrated. But victory was not complete. The turning point in the Pacific arena was the Battle of *_________________________. After that point the Japanese were on the defensive. The American forces were pushing to mainland Japan. Several military analysts were working on invasion plans. However after the Battles of ___________________________ and ______________________________, it became obvious that the Japanese would fight to the last man (after all the number that died to defend insignificant islands led the analyst to believe that millions would have to die defending the Japanese homeland). When the US President died and was replaced by *____________________________, he was informed of the US’s atomic capability. Japan was warned to surrender. The warning went unheeded. The first atomic bomb was dropped on the city of ______________________________ on ______________ __________. Japan did not surrender. The second atomic bomb was dropped on __________________________ on __________________________. A few days after that the Japanese Emperor *_____________________________ informed the Japanese military commander *__________________________ that Japan should unconditionally surrender. The official surrender was signed aboard the *_______________________________________. After the war, the countries of the world replaced the League of Nations with the *______________________________. With the Allied countries serving as permanent members of the ______________________________. The Nazi war criminals were tried at the _____________________________ Trials.