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World History
Module 28 test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what was the name given to the Aryan racial state that Hitler thought would dominate Europe for a thousand years? | Third Reich |
| name the act committed by German forces that prompted Britain and France to declare war on hitler. | On Dec. 1 1939, Hitler's forces invaded Poland and Great Britain and France had declared war on Germany |
| what did hitler stun europe with? | his speed, strength, and efficiency of his attack on Poland. |
| what was hitler's blitzkrieg? | his "lightning war" which used panzer divisions supported by airplanes |
| what happened to Poland? | They surrendered within four weeks of Hitler attacked them |
| who did the German airforce launch a major offensive on? | Great Britain |
| German airplanes bombed what British territories? | -airbases -harbors -navy bases -communication centers -war industries |
| what happened on June 22, 1941? | Hitler invaded the soviet union |
| what halted the German advance? | an early winter and fierce soviet resistance |
| what happened on dec 7, 1941? | japanese aircraft attack the U.S. navy base at pearl harbor |
| who did the U.S. join to defeat japan? | european nations and nationalist china |
| who are the allied powers? | great britain, US, and the soviet union |
| what happened in the fall of 1942? | the war had turned against the germans |
| an aryan racial state that hitler would dominate for a thousand years | third reich |
| what was hitler convinced of? | the the western states had no intention of using force to maintain the Treaty of Versailles |
| buffer area between france and germany that was demilitarized | forbidden area of the Rhineland |
| area where there are no military forces | demilitarized |
| policy that sought peace and stability by satisfying the reasonable demands of dissatisfied powers | appeasement |
| hitler and mussolini's alliance (between italy and germany) | Rome Berlin Axis |
| promised a common front against communism | Anti-comintern Pact |
| who signed the anti-comintern pact? | Japan and Germany |
| what did hitler demand for Germany? | that they be given the Sudentenland--area in northwestern Czecho... that was inhabited by Germans |
| what happened at the Munich conference? | peace was secured |
| gave hitler the freedom to attack poland | Nazi-soviet nonaggression pact |
| when did britain and france declare war on Germany? | when germany forces invaded poland |
| Japans excuse to seize Manchuria | Mukden incident |
| tried to avoid conflict with japan so he could deal with the communists | Chiang Kai-shek |
| a form of attack that used tank dividions supported by air attacks | blitzkrieg |
| german term for the german air raids | blitz |
| series of fortifications that separated france and germany | maginot line |
| policy that initially kept the US from becoming involved in the war against germany | isolationism |
| german air force | Luftwaffe |
| who were the axis powers? | Germany, italy, japan |
| turning point of the war in the pacific | june 4, at the battle of midway |
| what happened in the battle of coral sea on may 7 and 8 in 1942 | american naval forces stopped the japanese advance and saved austrailia from invasion |
| history's greatest navy invasion on normany beach | D-Day |
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