1. A Quick Review of the Big Picture
Key Events of WWII
A Quick Review of the Big Picture

2. Question #1
Name 4 main Causes of WWII…

3. 4 Causes Treaty of Versailles Global Depression
Rise of Totalitarianism
Appeasement/Isolationism
Invasion of Poland

4. Question #2
Name 4 main Allied Powers
Name 3 main Axis Powers

5. Axis and Allies Allies Axis Great Britain France Soviet Union
Other Allied nations:
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
China
Czechoslovakia
Ethiopia
Greece
India
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Philippines
Poland
South Africa
Yugoslavia
Allies
Great Britain
France
Soviet Union
United States
Axis
Germany
Italy
Japan
Other Axis nations:
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Co-belligerents
San Marino
Finland
Iraq
Thailand

6. Question #3
Name 4 Allied Leaders
Name 4 Axis Leaders

7. Leaders Allied Axis Winston Churchill Charles DeGaulle Joseph Stalin
F.D.R.
Truman
Chang kai Shek
Axis
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Emperor Hirohito
Hideki Tojo

8. Question #4
What was the battle of Stalingrad and why was it important?

9. Battle of Stalingrad
Failed German invasion of Russia. Major Turning point in the War in Europe.

10. Question #5
What was the name given to the Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944?

11. D-Day

12. Question #6
What was the Holocaust and why is it significant?

13. The Holocaust

14. Question #7
How did the war in the Pacific end?

15. Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki