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Key Events of WWII
A Quick Review of the Big Picture
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Question #1
• Name 4 main Causes of WWII…
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4 Causes
1. Treaty of Versailles2. Global Depression3. Rise of Totalitarianism4. Appeasement/Isolationism5. Invasion of Poland
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Question #2
• Name 4 main Allied Powers• Name 3 main Axis Powers
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• Allies– Great Britain– France– Soviet Union– United States
Other Axis nations:• Hungary• Romania• Bulgaria
Co-belligerents • San Marino• Finland• Iraq• Thailand
Other Allied nations:• Australia• Belgium• Brazil• Canada• China• Czechoslovakia• Ethiopia• Greece• India• Mexico• Netherlands
• New Zealand• Norway• Philippines• Poland• South Africa• Yugoslavia
Axis and Allies
• Axis– Germany– Italy– Japan
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Question #3
• Name 4 Allied Leaders• Name 4 Axis Leaders
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Leaders
• Allied– Winston Churchill– Charles DeGaulle– Joseph Stalin– F.D.R.– Truman– Chang kai Shek
• Axis– Adolf Hitler– Benito Mussolini– Emperor Hirohito– Hideki Tojo
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Question #4
• What was the battle of Stalingrad and why was it important?
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Battle of Stalingrad
• Failed German invasion of Russia. Major Turning point in the War in Europe.
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Question #5
• What was the name given to the Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944?
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D-Day
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Question #6
• What was the Holocaust and why is it significant?
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The Holocaust
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Question #7
• How did the war in the Pacific end?
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Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki