Wrld His Final

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This war contributed to the start of WWII

WWI

This German leader used Germany's poor treatment at the end of WWI as a cause to go to war

Adolf Hitler

Name the Axis Powers

Germany, Japan, Italy

Name the Allied Powers

US, Great Britain, USSR, France

Name the Axis leaders

Adolf Hitler, Hideki Tojo, Benito Mussolini

Name the Allied leaders

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, Charles de Gaulle

The giving up of this country to Hitler was seen as appeasement to prevent a war

Czechoslovakia

Hitler invaded this country to officially start WWII

Poland

Hitler's violation of the non-aggression pact angered this Soviet (Russian) leader

Joseph Stalin

Hitler's plan to move & kill European Jews was known by this phrase

"the final solution"

The invasion of Normandy was known by this phrase

Operation Overload

The actual day of this invasion of Normandy is referred to by this famous phrase

D-Day

The biggest land battle of WWII in Europe

Battle of the Bulge

What happened to Hitler at the end of the war?

he commits suicide

This concentration camp killed more people than any other

Auschwitz

How did the Allies deal with German soldiers who committed war crimes?

Nuremberg Trials

Describe what happened to Germany & Berlin after WWII ended.

divided into east (Communist) & west (Democratic)

This international organization was founded at the end of WWII

United Nations (UN)

These two countries were involved in the Cold War.

US & USSR

Which political system did American leaders fear the most?

Communism

Who fought in the Korean War?

N. Korea, S. Korea, US & UN helped S. Korea (democratic); China & USSR helped N. Korea (communist)

How did the Korean War end?

a truce was signed but nothing changed & technically the war is still on

The boundary between N. Korea & S. Korea

38th Parallel

Why did the US intervene in the Vietnam War?

to stop the spread of communism

(term) stopping the spread of communism

containment

Leader of North Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh

name of Communist fighters in South Vietnam

Vietcong

An alleged attack here allowed Pres. Lyndon Johnson get this resolution to begin attacking N. Vietnam

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

The election of this president started the end of America's involvement in Vietnam

Richard Nixon

This country launched the first object into space & the name of it was...

USSR - Sputnik

The first person in space & the country they were from

Yuri Gagarin (USSR)

this US president wanted to send a man to the moon

JFK

The first man to step on the moon

Neil Armstrong

This president is given credit for ending the Cold War

Ronald Reagan

The Soviets were afraid of this future American weapon which was never built

Star Wars (a strategic defense mechanic)

The fall of this icon was the beginning of the end of the Soviet Union

Berlin Wall

The war in this country helped bankrupt the Soviet Union

Afghanistan

The giving over of the war to the S. Vietnamese was known as

vietnamization