Key Events of WWII

A Quick Review of the Big Picture

Question #1

• Name 4 main Causes of WWII…

4 Causes

1. Treaty of Versailles2. Global Depression3. Rise of Totalitarianism4. Appeasement/Isolationism5. Invasion of Poland

Question #2

• Name 4 main Allied Powers• Name 3 main Axis Powers

• Allies– Great Britain– France– Soviet Union– United States

Other Axis nations:• Hungary• Romania• Bulgaria

Co-belligerents • San Marino• Finland• Iraq• Thailand

Other Allied nations:• Australia• Belgium• Brazil• Canada• China• Czechoslovakia• Ethiopia• Greece• India• Mexico• Netherlands

• New Zealand• Norway• Philippines• Poland• South Africa• Yugoslavia

Axis and Allies

• Axis– Germany– Italy– Japan

Question #3

• Name 4 Allied Leaders• Name 4 Axis Leaders

Leaders

• Allied– Winston Churchill– Charles DeGaulle– Joseph Stalin– F.D.R.– Truman– Chang kai Shek

• Axis– Adolf Hitler– Benito Mussolini– Emperor Hirohito– Hideki Tojo

Question #4

• What was the battle of Stalingrad and why was it important?

Battle of Stalingrad

• Failed German invasion of Russia. Major Turning point in the War in Europe.

Question #5

• What was the name given to the Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944?

D-Day

Question #6

• What was the Holocaust and why is it significant?

The Holocaust

Question #7

• How did the war in the Pacific end?

Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki