World at War ...again Revenge of the Germans

REPARATIONS GREAT DEPRESSION ITALY GERMANY DICTATORS BENITO MUSSOLINI I. The Rise of Dictators 1) Germany was blamed for causing World War I and had to pay $33 million in war damages called ________________. 2) In the 1930s, a period of economic hardship called the ________ _____________ gripped the world. 3) Citizens in ________ & ________, suffering from the harsh economy, looked to ______________, or harsh rulers, for strong leadership. 4) _________ _____________ lead ________ to become the first Fascist country. REPARATIONS GREAT DEPRESSION ITALY GERMANY DICTATORS BENITO MUSSOLINI ITALY

ECONOMY TREATY OF VERSAILLES NAZI GREAT DEPRESSION JEWS SOVIET UNION 5) Fear about the ________ and bitterness about the _________ ____ _____________ lead to Hitler’s ________ Party taking control of Germany. 6) Germany was hard hit by the ______ __________, and Hitler blamed the _______ for their problems. 7) Joseph Stalin became dictator of the ________ _________. 8) His communist government controlled __________ and ___________. TREATY OF VERSAILLES NAZI GREAT DEPRESSION JEWS SOVIET UNION FARMS FACTORIES

SMALL BRITAIN POLAND 1939 GREAT BRITAIN FRANCE 1940 ITALY 9) The Treaty of Versailles was supposed to keep Germany’s military force _______, but Hitler refused to obey it. 10) When Germany took over western Czechoslovakia, ________ promised to protect _________ if they were invaded. 11) When Hitler invaded Poland in ______, France and ____________ declared war on Germany. 12) Germany attacked Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, and Belgium before taking over ______________ in June of ________. 13) That same year, __________ joined the war in support of Germany. SMALL BRITAIN POLAND 1939 GREAT BRITAIN FRANCE 1940 ITALY

RADAR WINSTON CHURCHILL SOVIET UNION PEARL HARBOR 1941 14) Hitler’s attempt invade Great Britain was stopped by a new technology called __________. 15) _____________________, Britain’s prime minister, declared that Britain would not surrender but would fight against Germany. 16) The Germans invaded the ________ __________ in 1941. 17) The Japanese attacked ________ ________on December 7, ________, prompting the United States to enter the war. RADAR WINSTON CHURCHILL SOVIET UNION PEARL HARBOR 1941

GENOCIDE JEWS D-DAY HITLER SURRENDERED ATOMIC BOMBS 18) _____________ is the killing of an entire group of people Hitler wanted to kill all of Europe’s ________. 19) ________ occurred June 6, 1944, when Allied soldiers invaded Normandy, France to take back Europe. 20) On April 30, 1945, ________ committed suicide. About a week later, Germany _____________. 21) In August of 1945, the US dropped two _______ ________ on Japan to finally end World War II. GENOCIDE JEWS D-DAY HITLER SURRENDERED ATOMIC BOMBS

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