WWII and the Cold War

Following D Day all of France was Free by this year.

______, meaning "the leader," was the nickname given to Mussolini.

_____________ was a Fascist leader who led a revolt that resulted in bloody civil war in Spain.

The Allied Powers included The United States, Britain, France, Russia, Canada and __________.

The period of tension and hostility between two superpowers after WWII was called:

With FDR's death this man became the next United State president.

•160,000-180,000 allied soldiers stormed the beaches of Normandy during this attack.

The Battle for Britain was the first major campaign fought entirely by __________.

_________ was the name of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

142 Nazi and Austrian leaders were found guilty at these post war trials.

The formal peace treaty ending WWII was signed on:

FDR, Churchill, and Stalin, met to discuss Europe's postwar reorganization at this conference.

This international governing body was the replacement of the League of Nations after WWII.

He was the leader of Italy during WWII.

This international incident was the closest the two superpowers came to nuclear war.

The Nazi-Soviet Pact called for the division of what Eastern European Country?

The Fall of this in 1989 was a symbol of the end of the USSR.

German forces in Africa were led by ________, otherwise known as the "desert fox."

Giving into the demands of an aggressor to keep peace.

WWII officially began in :

Hitler and Stalin made a non-aggression agreement in August 1939 based on mutual needs called:

Hitler's _____________ called for the deliberate extermination of Europe's Jewish population.

The Axis Powers were:

The Attack on Pearl Harbor was conducted by what country?

At this third conference the allies discussed punishment for Germany and the post-war order.

During the Tehran Conference it was decided to invade Europe via this country.

What were these leaders commonly known as?

Coordinated use of Air power, Mobile Armor, and Ground Troops was known as:

The name of the first satellite in orbit was:

England and France signed this thinking it would appease Hitler by giving him Czechoslovakia.

By 1945 ___________ Jews had been killed by the Nazis.

The Attack on Pearl Harbor occurred on _____________.

____ sent a letter to FDR setting the stage for the creation of the world's first nuclear bomb.

This first major conference aimed at finding a strategy for the war against Nazi Germany.

___________________________ was the Prime Minister of Britain (England) for most of WWII.

Hitler annexed ths area in western Czechoslovakia because of its large German speaking pop.

This sea battle significantly weakened the power of the Japanese navy.

"Operation Barbarossa" was Hitler's nickname for what?

The Germans bombed this city for 57 nights.

He was the leader of Russia during WWII.

Eliminating a race or a large group of people is known as:

This was the term Hitler used to describe his need for "German living space."

WWII helped to develop the use of all of the following in warfare for the first time EXCEPT:

The "Night of Broken Glass" is otherwise known as this in German.

____________ was the name given to the top secret creation of a nuclear bomb.

In August 1945 the United States dropped nuclear bombs on ___________ and ________.