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Key Events of WWII

Key Events of WWII. A Quick Review of the Big Picture. Question #1. Name 4 main Causes of WWII…. 4 Causes. Treaty of Versailles Global Depression Rise of Totalitarianism Appeasement/Isolationism Invasion of Poland. Question #2. Name 4 main Allied Powers Name 3 main Axis Powers.

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Key Events of WWII

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  1. Key Events of WWII A Quick Review of the Big Picture

  2. Question #1 • Name 4 main Causes of WWII…

  3. 4 Causes • Treaty of Versailles • Global Depression • Rise of Totalitarianism • Appeasement/Isolationism • Invasion of Poland

  4. Question #2 • Name 4 main Allied Powers • Name 3 main Axis Powers

  5. Other Allied nations: • Australia • Belgium • Brazil • Canada • China • Czechoslovakia • Ethiopia • Greece • India • Mexico • Netherlands Axis and Allies • New Zealand • Norway • Philippines • Poland • South Africa • Yugoslavia • Allies • Great Britain • France • Soviet Union • United States • Axis • Germany • Italy • Japan • Other Axis nations: • Hungary • Romania • Bulgaria • Co-belligerents • San Marino • Finland • Iraq • Thailand

  6. Question #3 • Name 4 Allied Leaders • Name 4 Axis Leaders

  7. Leaders • Allied • Winston Churchill • Charles DeGaulle • Joseph Stalin • F.D.R. • Truman • Chang kaiShek • Axis • Adolf Hitler • Benito Mussolini • Emperor Hirohito • Hideki Tojo

  8. Question #4 • What was the battle of Stalingrad and why was it important?

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

  10. Question #5 • What was the name given to the Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944?

  11. D-Day

  12. Question #6 • What was the Holocaust and why is it significant?

  13. The Holocaust

  14. Question #7 • How did the war in the Pacific end?

  15. Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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