WWII FlashcardsCreated for student review

TEST MARCH 9th!TH!

WHAT IS A GULAG?

LABOR CAMP THAT STALIN SENT ENEMIES TO

who was the italian dictator?

benito mussolini

who was the german dictator?

adolf hitler

who was the japanese dictator?

hideki tojo

who was the british prime minister known for his

foreign policy of appeasement?

neville chamberlainbritish prime minister 1937-1940

Who was the British prime minister during wwII?

winston churchill 1940-1945 British prime minister

who was the american president for most of

wwii?

Franklin Delano RooseveltAmerican president 1933-1945

who succeeded roosevelt after his death in 1945?

harry s trumanamerican president 1945-1953

who were the axis powers?

germany, italy, japan

who were the allies?

united states, england, russia

what are the 3 parts to an army?

artillery-launching projectiles

calvary-using riding as a way to disrupt the enemy

infantry-foot soldiers

what was the german strategy that meant

“lightning quick” strikes

blitzkrieg

when did wwii begin?

september 1, 1939

what is facism?

extreme nationalism

where did hitler first send german troops

rhineland, german land made neutral by treaty of

versailles

what area of czechoslovakia did hitler

want?

sudetenland, a german speaking area of czech

How did hitler get sudetenland without

fighting?

Munich conference=appeasement

What date will “live in infamy”

December 7, 1941 japan attacks pearl harbor

what happened june 6, 1944

D-Day, allied invasion of normandy, france

What is the term for systematically wiping out an entire group of people?

genocide

hitler killed _______ jews in the holocaust

6 million

what amerian general used “island hopping” in

the pacific theater?

douglas macarthur

where did the u.s. drop an atomic bomb?

the japanese islands of hiroshima and nagasaki

when was v-j day?

august 15, 1945

how many people died in WWii?

55 million

three pronged attack