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