World History WWII Review

In the years before WWII Japan invaded

• France

• India

• China

• The United States

Instead of standing up to Hitler, European leaders chose to give in to his demands to keep peace. This policy is known as

• Lend-Lease Act

• The Nazi - Soviet Pact

• Blitzkrieg

• Appeasement

Immediately before WWII started, the world was stunned when Hitler signed a Nonaggression Pact with

• The Soviet Union

• France

• Poland

• Czechoslovakia

WWII started in September, 1939 when Germany invaded

• The Soviet Union

• Poland

• France

• Great Britain

Fast-paced invasion strategy used by the Nazis

• Kamikaze

• D-Day

• Holocaust

• Blitzkrieg

During the invasion of France, over 400k Allied soldiers were rescued by a wide variety of British vessels. This event is known as

• D-Day

• The Miracle of Dunkirk

• The Blitz

• Island Hopping

Which of the following countries remained free from Nazi occupation?

• France

• Great Britain

• Poland

• Czechoslovakia

The Nazis used a great portion of their men and resources to brutally kill over 6 million Jews in what is known as

• The Holocaust

• Pearl Harbor Invasion

• Lend-Lease Act

• The Pogroms

Before Jews were sent to concentration camps they were segregated into poor, crowded neighborhoods called

• Stalingrad

• Sudetenland

• Ghettos

• Newport Beach

Preferring the policy of isolationism, the US avoided joining the war but did support Allied forces with money and weapons because of the

• Yalta Conference

• Lend-Lease Act

• The United Nations

• The Blitz