Beginning of WWII

How were dictators able to rise to power throughout Europe during the Great Depression?

• People want strong leaders to solve their problems.

• Dictators promise freedom.

• Dictators allow everyone to vote.

• Dictators promise to end fascism.

The dictators Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini are described as fascist because

• They granted freedom of speech and religion to all

• each assumed total power and individual

  freedoms were denied

• They both shared power with the legislative branch and the judicial branch

• Both of them had a father who was king before them.

Which leader was the fascist dictator of Italy, believed in nationalism, and was an Axis ally?

• Joseph Stalin

• Benito Mussolini

• Winston Churchill

• Adolf Hitler

What countries did Hitler take over before without force BEFORE WWII began?

• France and England

• Austria and Czechoslovakia

• The Soviet Union and Poland

• Belgium and the Netherlands

Why did Hitler take over annex Austria before WWII?

• He eventually wanted to open up concentration camps there

• It was where he was born and wanted to control his hometown

• To scare other countries

• He wanted to unite all ethnic Germans and have them under his control

What event led to the start of WWII?

• Germany invaded Poland

• Germany invaded Austria

• Germany formed an alliance with Italy

• Germany formed an alliance with Japan

When did WWII begin?

• June 6, 1944

• December 7, 1941

• September 1, 1939

• January 30, 1933

When Germany invaded Poland on September 1st, 1939, they used an invasion known as a Blitzkrieg. What is a Blitzkrieg?

• "Lightening War" Rushing concentrated forces with superior firepower into a specific area to scatter the enemy

• Invading a country using only your naval and air forces to attack

• Bombing an area with planes first before invading by land

• Using a nuclear bomb to scare the enemy into surrendering quickly

Hitler took over France in June of 1940.

• True

• False

In the Battle of Britain, Germany bombed southern England from air for months in 1940 in order to get them to surrender.

• True

• False