Chapter 26: World War II

Pearl Harbor

The attack on ________ unified American opinion about becoming involved in the war.

Benito Mussolini

________ had long dreamed of creating a new Roman Empire in the Mediterranean, and, in October 1935, Fascist Italy invaded Ethiopia.

Hiroshima

The first bomb was dropped on ________ on August 6.

Poland

On September 1, German forces invaded ________.

US planes

________ destroyed four attacking Japanese aircraft carriers.

Soviet women

________ played a major role in the war effort.

Eastern Europe

The issue of free elections in ________ caused a serious split between the Soviets and the Americans.

major American concern

The creation of the United Nations was a(n) ________ at Yalta.

Japanese aircraft

On December 7, 1941, ________ attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian Islands.

Adolf Hitler

By January 1945, ________ had moved into a bunker 55 feet (almost 17 m) under the city of Berlin to direct the final stages of the war.

Heinrich Himmler

________, the leader of the SS, was put in charge of German resettlement plans in the east.

Labor shortages

________ in Germany led to a policy of rounding up foreign workers for Germany.

World War II

Bombing was used in ________ against a variety of targets, including military targets, enemy troops, and civilian populations.

Japanese war policy

________ in the areas in Asia occupied by Japan was basically defensive.

Hitlers

________ architect, Albert Speer, was made minister for armaments and munitions in 1942.