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The Italian dictator who founded Italy’s Fascist Party in the 1920s and used the anger over the Treaty of Versailles to gain power was

The leader of the 1917 Russian “Bolshevik” Revolution who set up Communists governments throughout the Russian empire after taking over was

The Soviet dictator who had 8 to 10 million people put to death for opposing Communist policies and would led the Soviet Union through World War II and into the Cold War was

The dictator of Nazi Germany who would lead Europe into war and would also be primarily responsible for the Holocaust

Why did Japan want control of Manchuria

After the Prime Minister of Japan was assassinated, what group took control of Japanese government?

What THREE countries made up the Axis Powers?

Following World War I, many Americans supported ____ and wanted to stay out of foreign affairs.

What was the Neutrality Act of 1935?

What was the policy “cash-and-carry” established by the Neutrality Act of 1937?

Prior to 1939, why didn’t European leader stand up to Adolf Hitler?

Give FOUR of Hitler’s territorial demands before invading Poland to start WW2

In March of 1938, Hitler añexed ___ without a shot being fired, completing the Anschluss, of unification of the two German speaking countries

Hitler wanted region of Czechoslovakia known as the______, a region belonged to Germany before WWI and most of the population spoke German

What was the result of the Munich Conference

The policy of giving in to someone’s demands in order to keep peace is called

Hitler wanted a part of Poland that was taken from Germany at the Treaty of Versailles that became known as the ____ because it split German East Prussia from the rest of Germany.

In 1939, Hitler shocked the world when he signed a peace treaty with ____- the arch-enemy of the Nazis

WW2 began when germany used to take over EUrope was called ____

What 2 countries declared war on Germany two days after Germany’s i nvasion of Poland?

The air battle between Germany and Britain which took place from late 1940 until early 1941 when the British RAF defeated Hitler’s vaunted air force- known as the Luftwaffe - was

The British war hero and British Prime Minister during WW2 whose leadership led the British through the tough times of the war was

What did losing the air battle over Great Britain prevent Hitler from doing?

What did the revised Neutrality Act provide for in 1939?

What was the destroyers-for-bases idea FDR offered Churchill?

Why did President Roosevelt decide to run for a third term as president?

The law that allowed the U.S. to send weapons to Great Britain if Britain promised to return or pay rent for them after the war was the

In June of 1941, Hitler violated the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact and started a massive invasion of

Why did Japan want control of Manchuria and Indochina?

What was the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere?

What did the US do when Japan refused to pull out of East Asia?

What led Congress to declare war on Japan?

On what date did Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?

What did FRD call the date Americans was attacked?

The Commander of the Allied forces in Europe during WW2 who was also the person who oversaw the Allied Invasion of Europe in 1944(Operation Overlord/D Day) was

The U.S. President who took over following the death of FDR in 1945 who made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan in August of 1945 was ____

The Outspoken American general who played a large part in the US victories in Italy and North Africa during WW2 who was nicknames “old blood and guts” was Patton

The American general during WW2 who played a key part as a commander of the American forces in North Africa, Italy, and France

The American general who played a prominent role in the Pacific Theater during the WW2 who vowed “I shall return” after the Japanese captured the Philippines