World II - Oldknow
***This is just an outline. Make sure you look over your notes. There
may be more info on them.***
1. What were the causes of World War II?
1. Aggression by Fascist powers (Germany, Italy, Japan)
2. Nationalism
3. Failures of the Treaty of Versailles after WWI
4. Weakness of the League of Nations
5. Appeasement
2. What were the major events of World War II? ***Know the timeline worksheet***
1. German invasion of Poland (Blitzkrieg)
2. Fall of France
3. Battle of Britain (The Blitz)
4. German invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa)
5. Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
6. Island Hopping Campaign (know the sheet: Battle of Midway, Battle of the Philippines, Battle of
Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa
7. D-Day (Operation Overlord)
8. Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
3. Who were the major leaders of World War II?
1. Franklin D. Roosevelt – U.S. President
2. Harry Truman – U.S. President after death of President Roosevelt
3. Dwight D. Eisenhower – U.S. general in charge of D-Day
4. Douglas MacArthur – U.S. general in charge of the Pacific, Island-hopping
5. Neville Chamberlain – British Prime Minister who gave into Hitler
6. Winston Churchill—British Prime Minister
7. Joseph Stalin – Soviet dictator
8. Adolf Hitler – Nazi dictator of Germany
9. Hirohito – Emperor of Japan
10. Benito Mussolini – Fascist leader of Italy
11. Hideki Tojo – General of Japan, planned Pearl Harbor attack
4. What were the Allied conferences of WWII?
1. Yalta Conference (in USSR to decide what to do with post-war Germany)
2. Potsdam Conference (in Germany to decide what to do with post-war Japan)
5. What were some major events of post-WWII?
1. United Nations
2. Nuremberg Trials
3. Conditions of the Japanese surrender
6. Why did the Holocaust occur?
1. Genocide: The systematic and purposeful destruction of a racial, political, religious, or cultural
group
2. Hitler’s belief in the master race
3. Final solution — Extermination camps, gas chambers
7. What are some other 20th Century genocides? Know where these happened, why, and who
the leaders were.
1. Armenians (Armenia, part of Turkey)
2. The Great Purge (USSR)
3. Cambodia
4. Rwanda
5. Yugoslavia
8. Misc.:
1. The Great Depression
2. V-E Day
3. V-J Day
4. Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
5. Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis
9. KNOW BOTH THE EUROPE AND PACIFIC MAPS!!!!!!