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Chapter 28
World War 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Or giving in to aggressive demands in order to maintain peace, had prevented an unnecessary war. | Appeasement |
| Had spoken out against Chamberlain's plans. | Winston Churchill |
| Not surprisingly, perhaps, the similarities between Germany, Italy, and Japan led to a series of agreements that joined them together in a military alliance. | Axis Powers |
| Is an agreement in which each side promises not to attack the other. | Nonaggression pact |
| Germ for "lightning war," it emphasized speed and close coordination between planes in the air and fast-moving forces on the ground. | Blitzkrieg |
| Between August and October of 1940 Germany sent thousands of aircraft over the English Channel to attack British targets. | Battle of Britain |
| Had been developing plans for a surprise attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. | Hideki Tojo |
| This desire to avoid involvement in the affairs of other nations. | Isolationism |
| The new German and Italian force in Africa. | Erwin Rommel |
| Axis power in North Africa was severely weakened. | Battle of El Alamein |
| In November 1942 a combined American and British force landed in North Africa. | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| In the winter of 1941-1942, Soviet civilians starved to death at a rate of 3,000-4,000 a day. | Siege of Leningrad. |
| Was one of the most brutal of the war. | Battle of Stalingrad |
| Tropical heat, lack of food and water, and brutal violence from their captors killed 600 American and up to 10,000 Filipino prisoners. | Bataan Death March |
| Led a small number of American soldiers and poorly equipped Filipino troops in a doomed defense. | Douglas MacArthur |
| A month later, in June 1942, Japanese and American carriers again fought on the high seas. | Battle of Midway |
| For six months, American forces fought Japanese troops on the swamp-and jungle-covered island | Battle of Guadalcanal |
| Were Japanese pilots who loaded their planes with explosives and deliberately crashed into Allied ships, sacrificing their own lives in the process. | Kamikazes |
| Is to be forced to leave a country. | Deported |
| The deliberate mass execution of Jews. | Final Solution |
| Or a confined area within a city. | Ghetto |
| Which were meant to hold the people Hitler called enemies of the state. | Concentration Camps |
| Today we refer to this mass murder of Jews. | Holocaust |
| Allied forces invaded France. | D-Day |
| Victory in Europe Day. | V-E Days |
| Nearly 7,000 Americans died to capture the tiny island. | Battle of Iwo Jima |
| Which lasted nearly three months, claimed 12,000 American lives. | Battle of Okinawa |
| Who had become president when Franklin Roosevelt died in May 1945, was forced to make a difficult decision. | Harry S Truman |
| Finally acknowledging Japan's utter defeat. | Hirohito |
| Surrendered on August 15, 1945, the date. | V-J Day |
| Held in Soviet territory. | Yalta Conference |
| Roosevelt also convinced Stalin to agree to join a new world organization proposed by the Allies. | United Nations |
| Took place amid growing ill will between the Soviet Union and the other Allies. | Potsdam Conference |
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