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Global WWII
WWII Vocabulary Terms
Question | Answer |
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The League of Nations placed sanctions on Italy for invading this country in 1936. | Ethiopia |
The effectiveness of the League of Nations would be put to the test for the first time when Japan invaded this country. | Manchuria |
Hitler sent troops to this area that was supposed to be demilitarized. | Rhineland |
Hitler forced a union with this country against the terms of the Treaty of Versailles | Austria |
Hitler wanted to annex this part of Czechoslovakia | Sudetenland |
To give in to the demands of an aggressor in hopes of keeping peace or avoiding war is known as | appease or appeasement |
This is the conference held by western powers to create a policy that would bring "Peace in our Time" by halting Hitler's aggressive acts | Munich Conference |
This was a pact signed by hitler and Stalin that said they woul dnot attack each other and that they would split control of Poland. | Mazi-Soviet Pact |
Hitler's invasion of this country marked the beginning of WWII. | Poland |
When WWII broke out The United States followed this policy. | Neutrality |
Military tactic used by Hitler to destroy and conquer most of Europe. | Blitzkrieg |
The miracle at this location was the turning point that allowed British soldiers to return to Britain to fight off the Battle of Britain. Had this not happened and British troops evacuated Britain may have been taken over. | Dunkirk |
This is the first military campaign fought entirely by air forces . Nazi's launched an arial assault on Britain. | Battle of Britain |
This was Hitler's invasion of the USSR in order to take control of natural resources and to try to crush Communism. | Operation Barbarossa |
The United States officially entered WWII after this event. | Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor |