World War 2

The idea of limiting communism to areas in which it already was is isolationism

The Axis Powers were arrested and tried for "crimes against humanity"

The battle of Stalingrad was one of the least costly battles of WW2

CHurchill, Stalin, and Mussolini were all a part of the Big Three

The Cold War only lasted 30 years

When was the atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki

When was D-Day

What became a symbol of the Cold War, dividing Europe into EaStern and Western Zones

When did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?

The 2nd atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945

D-Day was the start of the liberation of France on which beach?

This was a massive aid package that the US used in Europe to help strengthen democratic govt.

This is defined as any authoritarian govt that is not communism

The Axis Powers and Rome/Berlin Tokyo Axis were both an alliance bt Germany, Italy, and Austria

This was used by the Germans and meant "lightening war"

Nuremberg Laws were laws that severely limited the rights of germans

Name of the failed attempt to invade Soviet Union by Germany

The Marshall Plan is a policy that has been used by Great Britain to support free people who are resisting defeat

Genocide is the deliberate murder of a group of people

Germany invaded Poland on September 2, 1939

When was Operation Barbarossa

An Alliance bt Soviet Union and other E. European satellite states

This was a secret meeting bt Roosevelt and Churchill to decide on goals for war

Over 75 million people worldwide died during WW2

Kristallnacht happened on the night of November 9-10, 1938

After WW2 Germany was split into East Germ (communist) and West Germ (democratic)

When did Japan surrender, officially ending WW2

This is an international organization that tries to ensure peace

Hitlers "final solution" for the Jewish people in Europe was their extermination

When did the war end in Europe

The Cold War was a state of tension without armed conflict bt the United States and Soviet Union