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WWI - BETWEEN THE WARS - WWII - COLD WAR

GAME USED TO TEST BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF WWI, TIME B/T THE WARS, WWII, AND THE COLD WAR

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Eddie RickenbackerWWI Flying Ace
Franz FerdinandSon of the leader of Austria-Hungary, was assaassinated--started WWI
Alvin YorkAmerican War Hero
Franklin D. RooseveltAsst. Sec. of the US Navy WWI
Georgis ClemenceauLeader of France WWI
Czar Nicholas IILeader of Russia WWI
David Lloyd GeorgeLeader of England WWI
Kaiser William IILeader of Germany WWI
John J. PershingGeneral in charge of the AEF WWI
Woodrow WilsonLeader of the US WWI
Franz JosephLeader of Austria-Hungary WWI
Alliesww1France, Great Britain, Russia
Central Powersww1Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary
Franz Ferdinand killed by who?serbian Black Hand group
Factors leading to Great Warincreased militarism, competing rivalries in Europe, intensifing nationalism
Reason Russia entered WWISupport Serbia against Austria-Hungary
German's miscalculation at beg. of WWIAssumed Russia would be slow to mobilize
Fourteen PointsWoodrow's Plan for Peace
Reason US entered War--WWIGerman submarines sank 4 American merchant ships
Where most of WWI was fought inTrenches
4 Basic causes of WWINationalism, Imperialism, internation rivalries, alliance systems
Those who controlled the Sov. Gov't b/twarsProletariat
CollectivizationSystem in which gov't owned and used land so Peasants could farm it
New Dealplan for fed. gov't aid to help economy
Brown shirtsHitler's private army
NEPRussia's economic program
Third ReichHitlers new gov't
CominternOrg. est. by lenin to spread communism
Weimar RepublicGermany's post-WWI gov't
Adolf Hitlerdictator of Germ. after Weimar Rep. failed
technique used by stalin to strengthen Sov. Unionpurging rivals and enemies
Mein Kampf"My Struggle" by Adolf Hitler
Leon TrotskyFormer Red Army General assassinated in Mexico City
Fascists & CommunistsAdvocated Totalitarian Gov'ts
Black ShirtsMussolini's followers
opposition of The U. S. Congressreason US didnt join League of Nations
formed New Deal legislationRoosevelt
Bernard MontgomeryMonty; British General
George PattonUS general; "ole blood and guts"
Dwight EisenhowerUS general; later became President
Joseph StalinSoviet leader WWII
Erwin RommelGerman general; Desert Fox
MussoliniLeader of Italy WWII
Harry S. TrumanPresident of US after Franklin Roosevelt
TojoLeader in Japan WWII
ChurchillWWII leader of Great Britain
Operation OverlordCode name for the Invasion of Normandy(D-Day)
Operation Barbarossacode name for the invasion of Russia
Operation Torchcode name for the invasion of N. Africa
Battle of Midwayturning point in Pacific
El AlameinN. Africa turning point
HitlerWWII leader of Germ; der Fuerer
FacistForm of gov't used in Germ. & Italy
Axis Power WWIIItaly, Japan, Germany
Allied Power WWIIUS, Russia, France, Great Britain
Signers of Rome-Berlin AxisHitler & Mussolini
Sept. 1, 1939Hitler & Germany invaded Poland
Blitzkrieg"Lightning War" used by Germany
Last German attackBattle of the Bulge
Douglas MacArthurUS commander in the Phillipines
Cities US bombed with Atomic BombHiroshima & Nagasaki
helped British win Battle of BritainRadar
US strategy in Pacificisland hopping
The pilot and plane that dropped 1st A-bombColonel Tibbetts; Enola Gay


Jim Weiss

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