Question | Answer |
This area was annexed in the 1938 Anschluss | Austria
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In 1935, Mussolini made aggressive moves here in an effort to avenge a loss in 1896. The western powers did nothing to stop the move either...and Hitler learned a valuable lesson... | Ethiopia
| Member of the Axis Powers | Germany
| Member of the Axis Powers | Italy
| Member of the Axis Powers | Japan
| By sending troops here, Hitler was in violation of the Treaty of Versailles AND the Locarno Treaty | Rhineland
| In 1936, a civil war broke out here but its effects reached far beyond this one country. Fascist Italy and Germany aided Francisco Franco against the republic (aided by the Soviet Union). Right-wing against left-wing...this was the 'practice round' for what was about to hit the world! | Spain
| Francisco Franco | see photo
| This British leader feared war so much that he convinced the Czechs to make concessions to Germany and give them what they wanted | Neville Chamberlain
| This was the French prime minister, Edouard Daladier | see photo
| This symbolizes appeasement, or giving in to an aggressor in order to avoid conflict | see photo
| In this speech, the British leader promises "peace for our time" as he returns from what 1938 meeting? | Munich
| The invasion of this land officially began World War II | Poland
| This symbolizes the ill-fated Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact | see cartoon
| This was the new fighting style of the German army called blitzkrieg, meaning 'lightening warfare' | see photo
| These neighboring territories became puppet governments of the Soviet Union by 1940 | Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
| The Soviet Union invaded in 1939 but met fierce resistance for the next six months. Seeing the difficulty that the USSR had with this nation MAY have compelled Hitler to move against the USSR | Finland
| On your map, draw in the Maginot Line and discuss its importance | see drawing
| Germany overran these areas, giving Hitler air and naval bases closer to Britain | Belgium, Luxemburg, Netherlands
| This is Winston Churchill, he replaced Neville Chamberlain as prime minister of Great Britain in 1940 | see photo
| The German Luftwaffe was larger in size than the British RAF (Royal Air Force) but the RAF had better training | see photo
| Franklin D. Roosevelt, the American president, found ways to help the Allied Powers even before the U.S. entry into the war | see photo
| Bombings took place here every night for more than 2 months; 15,000 people were killed but the survivors were united in their struggle against German forces...they never were taken over | Battle of Britain
| This country was the intended target of Operation Barbarossa | Russia
| General Erwin Rommel, known as the Desert Fox, was stopped at this battle | El Alamein
| In 1941, Britain assisted this nation in their fight against Germany; this diversion, along with extended fighting in the Balkans and Yugoslavia slowed Hitler's advances into Russia...just in time for winter | Greece
| In the summer of 1943, Allied Powers invaded this area...Mussolini was ousted but Germany tried to defend Italy | Sicily
| Hitler was determined to take this city and the Soviet leader was equally as determined to defend it; Soviets lost more men in this one battle than the Americans did in the entire war | Stalingrad
| This was the site of the largest amphibious landing in world history; it was necessary for the western powers to re-gain a foothold in continental Europe after the event dubbed the 'Miracle at Dunkirk' | D-Day |