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Hitler justified Germany's aggression by stating that Germans had the right to conquer inferior peoples
Which was one reason for the development of the policy of appeasement? Fascism was considered less of a threat than communism.
What was the result of the civil war in Spain? Francisco Franco came into power and created a fascist dictatorship.
What event marked the beginning of World War II? the German invasion of Poland
Which statement best describes the Munich Pact? Hitler broke his promises.
giving in to the demands of an aggressor to keep peace appeasement
opposition to all war pacifism
a group of laws enacted by the United States to avoid involvement in a European conflict Neutrality Acts
What was a result of Operation Sea Lion? Hitler gave up his plan to invade Britain.
Why did Germany invade the Soviet Union? Hitler wanted the country's natural resources.
Hitler's "final solution" was his plan to ruthlessly murder all European Jews.
"lightning war" using improved tanks and air power. blitzkrieg
Nazi detention and killing centers for civilians considered enemies of the state concentration camps
the systematic genocide of about six million European Jews by the Nazis during World War 2 Holocaust
law allowing FDR to sell or lend war materials to those who were fighting for freedom Lend-Lease Act
The Atlantic Charter was an agreement between the United States and Britain to destroy the Nazis
Midway and the Coral Sea were sites of U.S. naval victories over Japan.
who were the Big Three Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill
The Yalta Conference was held in an atmosphere of mistrust
The concept of total war included the regulation of wages and prices
the character who symbolized the millions of women working in essential war industry jobs Rosie the Riveter
a ship from which aircraft can take off and land aircraft carrier
June 6, 1944, the day of the Allies' invasion of France D-Day
the February 1945 meeting between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin where they agreed on the Soviet Union's joining the Pacific war, and on postwar arrangements Yalta Conference
What was one reason given for dropping atomic bombs on Japan? to end the war without invading Japan
Who made the final decision to use the atomic bomb? President Harry Truman
After intense battles on Iwo Jima and Okinawa, the Japanese rejected any suggestions of surrender
65-mile march suffered by American and Filipino prisoners of the Japanese Bataan Death March
the act of recapturing some Japanese-held islands while bypassing others island-hopping
city in Japan where the first atomic bomb was dropped in August 1945 Hiroshima
code name for a collaboration of Allied scientists who raced to test the first atomic bomb Manhattan Project
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