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Totalitarian Powers |
Germany, Italy, Japan |
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List the economic and political causes of WWII |
-Aggression by totalitarian powers -Nationalism -Treaty of Versailles failure -Weakness of the League of Nations -Appeasement -Isolationism and pacifism in the US and Europe |
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Define appeasement |
To bring to a state of peace or contentment. A political policy of conceding to aggression by a warlike nation. |
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Example of appeasement in WWII |
Between Munich Pact and Neville Chamberlain. (Prime minister of Britain) Chamberlain allowed Hitler to annex part of Czechoslovakia to Germany |
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Major event of WWII |
-German Invasion in Poland -Fall of France -Battle of Britain -German invasion of the Soviet Union -Japan attack Pearl Harbor -D-Day -Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
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when was the German invasion in Poland? |
1939, during the beginning of Blitzkrieg |
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Define Blitzkrieg |
an intense military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory. |
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When was the Fall of France? |
1940, during the London Blitz |
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Who were the major leaders in the war? |
-Franklin D. Roosevelt - U.S. President -Harry Truman - U.S. President after Roosevelt death -Dwight Eisenhower - U.S. |
