Causes/Battles of WW2 - European Theatre

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Which of the following was NOT a cause of World War 2: The Treaty of Versailles, Policy of Appeasement, The Rise of Hitler, The Election of FDR?

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The Election of FDR

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Hitler's invasion of ______________ was the spark that started WW2

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Poland

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July 1940: A three-month battle fought in the skies over Britain will include destructive bombing raids on London and other cities, but by the end of October, the British will hand Hitler his first defeat

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Battle of Britain

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President Franklin Roosevelt convinces a largely isolationist Congress to pass the _____________________, allowing the U.S. to sell or lend war materials to "any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States."

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Lend - Lease Act

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The United States is thrust into war when Japan launches a devastating surprise attack on the U.S. Naval fleet at ___________________, Hawaii. President Franklin Roosevelt will ask the Congress to declare war on Japan the following day, December 8th​, ​______________.

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Pearl Harbor, 1941

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This battle that will rage for six months, and take hundreds of thousands of German and Russian lives, the Red Army finally defeats invading Nazis. The long, bloody battle proves to be a turning point in the war, as Germany begins a retreat from the Eastern Front.

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Battle of Stalingrad

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December 1943: _____________ is named supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe

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Eisenhower

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June 6 1944: Over 160,000 Allied troops and 30,000 vehicles are landed along a 50-mile stretch of fortified French coastline and begin fighting on the beaches of Normandy

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Operation Overlord (D-Day)

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A tank general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh United States Army in Italy and later into France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944.

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George Patton

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Who was hand-picked by General Dwight Eisenhower to command the 1st U.S. Army to distract the Nazis during the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France?

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Omar Bradley