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WWII: Facts to Know
The following questions thoroughly cover World War II. As you read the chapters, answer them as best you can.
Afterwards…this will be a great study guide for the WWII quiz on Wednesday. ***Remember …working hard now
pays off later!!!☺
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What were the dates of WWII?
What was the peace settlement of WWI and who was unhappy with it?
How did Hitler violate the Treaty of Versailles?
What is Fascism?
Who was the first nation to reveal territorial ambitions in 1931?
What did they take?
What
did they rename it?
Who was the leader of the Chinese Government?
Italy wanted to make a colony in what nation?
How did the League of Nations react?
What are Sanctions?
Who was Haile Sellasie?
What did he do before WWII began?
What is weird about him?
Explain the situation in Spain. Who took over?
How were the Germans involved in Spain?
Who was the Leader of Italy?
Describe his corporate state.
What was his goal for Italy?
Who was the leader of Germany?
What was the name of the German Government at the end of WWI?
The Legislature?
How did Hitler and the Nazis take over the government?
What did Hitler write that helped make him famous?
Describe it.
What is the Luftwaffe?
What is Lebensraum?
Why was the Sudentenland important?
Explain how appeasement was used, who used it and where.
Why did the Soviets sign a pact with Hitler?
What was it called?
Why did Hitler call his government the “Third Reich”?
What type of warfare is Germany known for in WWII?
Describe it.
What was the “Phony war” and what was the other name for it?
What was the Maginot Line?
What about this defense had the French not learned from WWI?
What was Vichy France?
Where were the Free French and who led them?
What was the series of air raids on Britain known as?
What invention did the British have that let them win the Battle of Britain?
What was the US determined to do during WWII?
What was the cash-and-carry policy and what was the Lend-Lease policy?
What was the difference between them?
Why did Hitler want the USSR?
What did Stalin use to prevent the Nazis from taking the USSR?
Describe how it
worked?
What have we learned about invading Russia in the Winter? ☺
What were the two biggest Axis mistakes?
What was the Holocaust?
Besides Jews, what other groups were
involved?
How many people died?
What was the “final solution”?
What did Hitler want to create?
Who would be in this group?
Why did the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor?
What was Pearl Harbor?
What was FDR’s really famous quote about the attack? “
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When did the US enter the war?
What were the Kamikaze?
What was a major cause for the Soviet victory at Stalingrad? *turning point for the Soviets on the Eastern
Front!*
Who was the German commander in Africa?
What was his nickname?
Who was the Commander of the Allied troops in Europe?
What would he later become?
How did the Allies decide to take back Europe?
Who led the troops in the Pacific?
The naval forces?
What was the strategy called for the Pacific?
Describe it.
What happened on June 6, 1944?
What was another name for it?
What was the
purpose of it?
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Who was leading the US forces?
What was his nickname?
Where did the Invasion take place?
What were the names of the beaches?
What were the Italian resistance fighters known as?
Who did they kill?
What happened to Hitler?
Who met at Yalta and what were they deciding?
What did they decide to do with Germany?
What happened at the Potsdam Conference?
What was decided to do about Japan?
Who gave the order to use the bomb?
Why did they drop two?
When was WWII officially over?
Summarize the results of the war?
Where were war criminals tried?
Why was the US once again in a better position at the end of the war than other countries?