WWII Causes: Versailles Treaty to Nazi Rise

The ______ Treaty was signed in 1919 to establish a republican government in Germany.

The ______ of Nations had no army to prevent military aggression.

Adolf Hitler withdrew Germany from the ______ of Nations in 1933.

The ______ Socialist Republics was the official name of the Soviet Union.

Joseph Stalin was the harsh ruler of the Soviet Union from ______-1953.

Lenin was the leader of the ______ party in Russia.

______________ became a dictator over USSR.

Benito Mussolini promised to bring Italy back to the glory years of the ______________ Empire.

An army general, ______, assumed the role of Japan’s premier – leading it through World War II.

Adolf Hitler wrote “______________ Kampf” in jail in 1923.

Japan attacks ______ of China, a region with rich natural resources.

Hitler viewed Jews as a national enemy and began implementing his Final Solution, also known as the ______________.

The ______ of Nation did nothing but condemn Japan formally after it attacked Manchuria.

Germany helped the ______, a rebellious group led by General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War.

Japanese Emperor ______________ began his reign in Japan in 1926.

The Japanese military introduced the national slogan, “Bringing the ______________ Corners of the World under one roof”.

Hitler demanded ______ (part of Czechoslovakia) because of its large German-speaking population.

The immediate cause of WWII was Germany's attack on ______ on September 1, 1939.

The Americans continued to bomb Germany and attack from the Western front, while the Soviets continued their attacks on Germany from the ______.

Hitler retreats & hides in underground ______ for last month of war.

War in Europe ended as Germans surrender in May of ______.

The “Big Three” met at Yalta in the USSR to plan the postwar ______.

The Manhattan Project produced the 1st atomic bombs ______ - Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945.

The bomb on Nagasaki was equally destructive and led to a Japanese ______.

Japan agreed to an unconditional surrender on ______ 14, 1945.

The formal surrender was signed on ______ 2, 1945 on the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

England and France lost their place as ______ after World War II.

The United Nations was founded to ______ world peace.

The Cold War was a period of ______ rivalry between the U.S. and Soviet Union.