World History Review (1930's and WWII)
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- President of U.S. during WW2
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- The Turning point of WW2 in the pacific
- Battle of Midway
- This item brought families together
- The radio
- These trails targeted the Holocaust
- Nurnberg Trials
- The British prime minister was...
- Winston Churchill
- Who did Hilter sign a non-agression with?
- Soviet Union
- What Does Blitzreig mean?
- "Lightning War"
- Why was Yamamoto famous?
- He was the commander of the Japenese navy for most of WW2
- What group was targeted in the Nuremberg Trials?
- Nazi Group
- What were third world countries?
- A country that were not friendly with other countries
- Where were the atomic bombs dropped at?
- Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- Who were the Axis powers?
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Germany, Italy, Japan
A.k.A(Rome, Berlin, Tokyo) - Why did the stock market crash?
- Stocks were sold for more than they were worth
- Munich conference exposed what?
- The Idea of Appeasement
- Why did we develop the internet?
- Scientific Research
- The Gulf war was all about what?
- Fighting
- Nazism was the German form of...
- racism
- Who signed the Non-agression pact? When?
- Minister Molotov; August 23, 1939
- Who did Germany attack on Sept. 1 1939, which marked the beginning of WW2?
- Poland
- When did WW2 start?
- (September 1)in 1939
- Why did Japan invade Manchuria?
- To gain it's ore and coal
- Why did the British and French declare war on Germany.
- Hitler invaded Poland
- Who was the French general?
- Charles de Gualle
- The LAUNCHING of this caused the U.S. to emphasize science and math in high schools?
- Sputnik 1
- What country did Germany first use blitzrieg?
- France
- Who was the U.S. trying to overthrow in the Bay of pigs?
- growing communisim ( cuban's from the island)
- a system to protect the U.S. against enemy missiles was called....
- Cuban Missiles crisis
- Who had the advantage in the Battle of Britain?
- Britain
- Island hopping?
- We hopped to islands that were less defended
- What was the significance about the battle of Midway?
- It was the turning point
- What was the worst and biggest of the extermination camps?
- the gas chambers
- Germany's last offensive attack
- Spring of 1918
- Who was the supreme commander of the allies against Germany?
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- The allied invasion of France is called...
- D-day (operation overlord, etc)
- Which country had the most lives lost in WW2?
- Britain
- Perestroika means..
- economic reform in the soviet union
- What marked the beginning of the great depression?
- stock market crashed