Causes and Course of WWII

Invasion of Ethiopia

Benito Mussolini’s Italy attacked and conquered Ethiopia

Rome-Berlin Axis

Alliance between Italy and Germany

Concentration camps

Camps where Nazis imprisoned and killed millions

Kristallnacht

Violent attacks on Jews across Germany

Anschluss

Germany annexed Austria

Appeasement

Giving in to Adolf Hitler to avoid war.

Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

Non-aggression pact between Germany and Soviet Union

Battle of Britain

Air war between Germany and United Kingdom

Operation Barbarossa

Germany invaded the Soviet Union.

 Pearl Harbor

Japan attacked the United States.

Holocaust

Murder of six million Jews by Nazis.

Potsdam Conference

Allies decided how to manage defeated Germany.

Blitzkrieg

very fast, powerful attack used to defeat an enemy quickly