WWII Review Sheet Chapter 14

-How was the Spanish Civil war a dress rehearsal for WWII?

-Why did Hitler invade the Soviet Union?

-Which French city did Germany set up a puppet government?

-Why was the battle of the Bulge important?

-What was the US strategy in the Pacific?

-What did the US strategy allow the US to do?

-What was one of Stalin’s major goals in Eastern Europe after WWII?

-What was usually the first stage of Hitler’s blitzkrieg strategy?

-How did the Germans change their tactics in preparing for Operation Sea Lion?

-What US action influenced the Japanese decision to attack the US in 1941?

-What did Rosie the Riveter symbolize?

-In 1942 what did Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill set as a priority?

-What stopped the German advance in 1941? (Russia)

-Who were the kamikaze?

-The league of Nations voted sanctions against which country for invading Ethiopia in 1935?

-Through what action did Hitler violate the Versailles treaty in 1936?

-What did the British and French do at the Munich Conference in 1938 to avoid war?

-What did the Soviet Union do during Germany’s invasion of Poland in 1939?

-What happened at Dunkirk in 1940?

-What was the importance of El Alamein?

- What action did the Western Allies take after WWII that caused the Soviets to strengthen their hold on East Germany?

-The German air force was almost grounded by D-Day because?

-What was the Manhattan project?

-The Truman Doctrine was rooted in the idea of what?

-The purpose of Yalta?

-Which countries suffered high civilian and military causalities?

-Why did Poland, Czechoslovakia and Romania become satellites of the Soviet Union?

-What did the recovery of Japan focus on primarily?

-What was the outcome of WWII?

-Which region did not fall under the Axis rule between 1939 and 1941?

VOCAB TO KNOW:

Lend Lease Act

Nuetrality Acts

Berlin

Nuremburg

Appeasement

Nuetrality

Blitzkrieg

Anschluss

Pacifism

Berlin

Stalingrad

Anti-aggression

Hiroshima

Nagasaki