"World War 2, the Holocaust, and the Beginning of the Cold War"

Why did the Allies refuse to bomb railway lines to Nazi death camps?

In the U.S.S.R a "cult of personality" developed around Joseph Stalin ___________________.

Poland, Czech., Hungary, Romania, Bugaria, & E. Germany become these after WWII; Soviet Annex.

46-year struggle between the U.S. & U.S.S.R; without a direct military confrontation

____ was the agree. made by Germany, Italy, Britain & France giving the Sudetenland to Germany.

Hatred of, and/or discrimination against Jewish people is known as ________________.

This is the line of latitude in which Korea was divided into two separate countries after WWII.

In the time between WW1 & Pearl Harbor, tensions between Japan & the U.S. were caused by ____.

Nazi mass murder of millions of Jews/ “undesirables”; a direct result of the Nazi ideology

The initial purpose of the Nazi concentration camps was supposedly to___________________.

Battle of Philipinne Sea was major turning point in Pac. war because it __________________.

This is the codename for the Allied Invasion of the Normandy Beach in France.

Confronting the spread of Soviet comm. wherever it appeared, & keeping it from spreading.

Agreement that created alliance with Germany, Japan, and Italy on September 27, 1940

When Soviet, British, & U.S. leaders met at Potsdam in 1945____ had succeeded FDR as U.S. Pres.

Arises when an individual uses propaganda to create an worshipful image of themselves

After the U.S. entered WWII ____________________.

What was the main reason that the U.S. & U.S.S.R allied with one another during WWII?

Secret code-name for the U.S. government’s development of atomic weapons during WWII

Theory of gov't in which a single party/leader controls all aspects of its people.

12 European and N. American countries formed this in '49 to counter Soviet communist expansion.

WW II officially starts on Sept. 1, 1939 when a Nazi ________, or "lightning war" hits Poland.

Nazi concentration camps used to systematically exterminate "undesirable" people

The willful annihilation of a racial, political, or cultural group is known as _____________.

The relationship between the U.S. & U.S.S.R during WWII was complicated because ______________.

How were the Allies able to keep the Normandy invasion plans a secret from the Nazis?

The "new" border of western Soviet Union; term coined by former Brit. P.M. Winston Churchill

1st time in which the U.S. Navy gained momentum from Japanese; while stopping their advance.

Who did Adolph Hitler angrily blame for the defeat of Germany during WW1?

On Dec. 7, 1941 _______ secretly attacked the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

The Pearl Harbor invasion damage was great; but these most important ships were out to sea.

1938 agreement to give the Sudetenland (a part of W. Czech.) to Germany to “preserve peace”

During/after 1943 Brit. & U.S. forces struck a major blow against Nazi capacity to make war __.

The Versailles Treaty, ending WWI, forced Germany to pay war debts, or ________________.

The Battle of Midway is considered a major turning point of Pacific War because __________.

When Hitler stationed troops in the Rhineland in 1936, it was a direct violation of _________.

After WWII the Allies controlled _____________, a city tucked deep inside communist E. Germany.

Why were Jew. refugees aboard The St. Louis turned away while trying to enter the U.S. in 1939?

Fear that communists inside and outside the U.S. were working to destroy America

He lead communists in defeating nationalist forces to create the People's Rep. of China.

The areas where Nazis confined members of specifically designated groups (i.e. Jews, gypsies)