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WWII Study Guide
Axis and Allies
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Be able to list countries from each side Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan Allies: United States,
Canada, Great Britain, France, Soviet Union
Theaters of Waro
What were the two theatres of WWII?? Pacific/European
Causes of the War
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What were the causes of WWII? Pearl Harbor attack; Invasion of Poland
What parts of the Treaty of Versailles did Hitler break? Answers Vary
Why do you think Hitler was able to come to power? Give at least 2 reasons. Answers Vary
Important dates and Agreements
When did WWII officially begin? September 1, 1939; With the invasion of Poland
Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941; Japanese attack
D-Day – June 6, 1944
V E Day May 8, 1945; Victory in Europe
V J Day August 15, 1945; Victory over Japan
Leaders/Country
Adolf Hitler Leader of Germany- Nazi Party
Joseph Stalin Leader of the Soviet Union
Benito Mussolini Leader of Italy- Extreme Fascism
Franklin Roosevelt President of the United States; Has disease Polio
Winston Churchill Prime Minster of Great Britain
Harry S. Truman Vice President of United States
Hideki Tojo Prime Minster of Japan
Policy of Appeasement – what is it? Who is involved? Why does it not work? Vocab word. Involved
Britain, France, and Germany. Hitler invades Rhineland
Munich Conference- what was this? Who was it between? What was its goal? Did it work? Leaders
agreed to give Hitler the Sudetenland; and Hitler wouldn’t expand his military into any further territory.
Between Hitler and Chamberlain. And it do not work.
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Italian form of Government called - Fascism
German form of Government called – Nazism
Soviet German non-aggression pact – what was this? Who was it between? What was its goal? The pact
the freed Hitler to use force against Poland with out Fear
FDR’s Dies – when, where, from what? Who becomes president after FDR? April 12, 1945, Warm
Springs, Georgia, Polio
Atom Bomb:
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Who, what, when, where, and why Who: United States What: Atom Bomb Where: Hiroshima
August 6, 1945; Nagasaki August 9, 1945 Why: Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor
Home front
Victory Gardens US told families to plant the own food
Japanese Internment Camps (Nisei) United States Capture all the Japanese Americans; Biggest mistake in FDR
presidency
Pertinent Vocabulary
Dictator
Fascism
Anti-Semitism
Totalitarian
Appeasement
Blitzkrieg
Lend-Lease
Disarmament
Mobilization
Ration
Internment Camp
D-Day
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Genocide
Holocaust
Island Hopping
Kamikaze