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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nazi concentration camps used to systematically exterminate "undesirable" people

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

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

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

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

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

After the U.S. entered WWII ____________________.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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