Key Figures & Events of World War II

The dictator of Germany during world war 2

The Dictator of Italy during world war 2

The Prime minister of Great Britain during world war 2

The Dictator of the soviet union during world war 2

Agreement between Germany and the USSR not to fight each other. They also agreed to divide Poland

The German air force launched an all-out air battle to destroy the British Royal Air Force

The economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s

Surprise attack by the Japanese on December 7, 1941 that resulted in the United States' entry into world war 2

In 1942 the U.S. Government removed more than 100,000 people of Japanese birth and ancestry from their homes on the pacific coast to relocation centers

The symbol of the campaign to hire women to work in the factories during world war 2

A German member of Adolf Hitler's political party

The Nazi campaign to exterminate the Jews during world war 2

Adolf Hitler's title as chancellor and head of state in Germany.

A political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance of opposition

A national policy of avoiding involvement in world affairs

The Emperor of Japan during WWII. His people viewed him as a god

The 33rd President of the US. Led the U.S. to victory in WWII making the decision to use atomic weapons for the first time.

Countries that worked together during WW2: Great Britain, US, France and Russia

Alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II.

An agreement to work together

To take control of a country

Military leader of Japan leading up to, and during World War II

Hitler's invasion of Poland in 1939

Treaty of Versailles leaving Germany angry and weak

Treaty that ended WWI. It blamed Germany for WWI and handed down harsh punishment.

Dropped by an American bomber on Hiroshima and Nagasaki destroying both cities

to set free

Prison camps used under the rule of Hitler in Nazi Germany. Jewish people, were generally starved or worked to death, or killed immediately.

Soviet city where the German army was forced to surrender after a battle that lasted for months

City in Japan, the first to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, in 1945

A bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders

Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944

Victory in Europe and Victory in Japan during WWII

An international organization formed after WWII to promote international peace.

to divide and distribute evenly

A person killed or injured in a war or accident

U.S. naval victory over the Japanese fleet in June 1942, It marked a turning point in World War II.

A military strategy used during World War II that involved selectively attacking specific enemy-held islands and bypassing others

Bomb dropped on Nagasaki

Name of the bomb that exploded over Hiroshima

Base in Hawaii that was bombed by japan on December 7, 1941, which eagered America to enter the war.

FDR's Speech after Pearl Harbor

General in the U. S. Army who helped lead the allies to victory in the battle of the bulge

Army general and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United State

British General who cut off Rommel from advancing into Africa

American general, who commanded allied troops in the Pacific during World War II.

leader of the French government

the President of the US during WWII. He was the only president in U.S. history to be elected to four terms

famous segregated unit of African-American pilots

Unsuccessful German attack on the Soviet Union during World War II

Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944

A 1944-1945 battle in which Allied forces turned back the last major German offensive of World War II.

1942 World War II battle between the United States and Japan, a turning point in the war in the Pacific

Hatred of Jews

The laws passed by the U.S. allowing us to give aid to Great Britain during WWII

Grew Victory gardens, food and gasoline rationing, collected old tires, fabrics, scrap metal to make weapons.

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escaped Germany and informed FDR about the Germans working on an Atomic Bomb

A secret U.S. project for the construction of the atomic bomb.

Native Americans from the Navajo tribe used their own language to make a code for the U.S. military