World War II Looms What do you know??

Identify the leader of each of the following countries during World War II. 1. The United States 2. Germany 3. United Kingdom 4. Italy 5. France 6. Spain 7. Japan 8. USSR 9. Dalgriminian Hideki Tojo Adolf Hitler Neville Chamberlain Francisco Franco Charles de Gaulle Benito Mussolini Franklin Roosevelt Winston Churchill Jack Vanderflught Joseph Stalin

Answers 1. The United States 2. Germany 3. United Kingdom 4. Italy 5. France 6. Spain 7. Japan 8. USSR 9. Dalgriminian FDR Hitler Churchill Mussolini de Gaulle Franco Tojo Stalin Vanderflught

Identify the sides. Who were the Allies? Who were the Axis Powers? Who attacked Pearl Harbor? What country invade Poland to begin the war in Europe? What country stayed neutral as it fought its own civil war? US UK France Italy Germany USSR Spain Japan China

Answers Who were the Allies? Who were the Axis Powers? Who attacked Pearl Harbor? What country invade Poland to begin the war in Europe? What country stayed neutral as it fought its own civil war? UK, France, USSR (US joined in 1941), others Germany, Italy, Japan, others Japan Germany Spain

Totalitarianism What is it? Where was it found? What was the symbol of National Socialism? What did they call the political system in Italy? What totalitarianistic country was communist?

Answers What is it? Where was it found? What was the symbol of National Socialism? What did they call the political system in Italy? What totalitarianistic country was communist? A country controlled by one individual or small group that oppresses all opposition and takes charge of most aspects of its peoples lives. Italy, Germany, Japan, USSR, Spain Swastika Fascism USSR

What was the Holocaust? What country was responsible? Who was taken and placed in camps? How many died? Did the US put anyone in camps? What group was the first to suffer a Holocaust in the 20 th century?

Answers What country was responsible? Who was taken and placed in camps? How many died? Did the US put anyone in camps? What group was the first to suffer a Holocaust in the 20 th century? Germany Jews, Gypsies, political prisoners, homosexuals, mentally and physically disabled, religious leaders 6 million Jews, 6-8 million others possibly Yes, Japanese and Japanese Americans Armenians in World War I at the hands of the Turks

Why did the US enter the war? Democracy Freedom Economics Attack on Americans and American soil (Pearl Harbor)

What President ordered the use of atomic weapons? Where? Harry Truman Hiroshima Nagasaki

Name three or more battles or operations of World War II Europe: D Day Battle of the Bulge Battle of Britain Sicily Pacific: Midway Philippines Iwo Jima

Long term effects of the war? Cold War Split of Europe into East and West Korean War Vietnam War Berlin Airlift Berlin Wall Spread of Communism to Cuba, SE Asia Divided Germany Growth of US power End of the Depression