WW2 study guide

self-determination:

the right to rule themselves

Rhineland

a strip of land inside Germany that borders France

appeasement

giving in to hostile powers in order to maintain peace

Joseph Stalin

leader of the USSR during WW2

Adolf hitler

leader of Germany and the Nazi party during WW2

Benito Mussolini

leader of Italy during WW2

Franklin Roosevelt

President of the US during WW2

Winston Churchhill

Great Britain’s prime minister

RAF

Great Britain’s Royal Air Force

Luftwaffe

German Air Force

scorched earth policy

the Soviet order to burn everything the Germans could use

Axis Powers

Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria

Allied Powers

US, Great Britain, France, USSR,

Miracle of Dunkirk

when the British and French soldiers were ferried across the English Channel and were rescued from the Germans

D-Day

June 6, 1944, largest land and sea invasion in history

Pearl Harbor

US Naval Base in Hawaii that was attacked by the Japanese

Rhineland, Austria, Czechoslovachia

What areas did Germany occupy before war was declared on them?

because Hitler refused to retreat

Why were Germany’s losses at Stalingrad made even greater

he was fired and arrested

What happened to Mussolini when the Allies invaded Italy

1st Hiroshima and 2nd Nagasaki

where were the atomic bombs dropped

they ended Japanese naval supermacy in the Pacific

Why were the Battles of Coral Sea and Midway significant

Germany invading Poland

what event began WWII?

Denmark,Norway,Sweden,and Finland

What countries make up Scandinavia