World War II Begins
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- 2. _____ Stalin ruled the Soviet Union.
- 3. The political party controlled by Adolf Hitler
- 7. Britain and France were known as the __________.
- 11. This ended World War I
- 13. The __________ temperatures stopped the Germans from invading any further.
- 14. The British defense of their island nation is called the ______________.
- 16. Hitler broke the _________ with Stalin and invaded the Soviet Union.
- 18. After World War I, the United States returned to its prewar policy of _____________.
- 19. ____________ banned all trade with Japan, and this caused tension.
- 20. The bill that allowed the United States to sell, lend, or give ships, planes, tanks, and other equipment to Allies.
- 22. A ruler who has total power over a country.
- 23. In 1941, this country controlled much of China and Southeast Asia.
- 24. In less than _______ weeks of fighting, Germany conquered France.
- 25. Roosevelt took action, by remaining _________ at the beginning of the war.
- 27. On December 7, 1941, Japan launched a surprise attack on
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- 1. World War II began because the Nazis moved into ____________.
- 4. The law that required more than 1 million young men to serve in the military by the fall of 1941.
- 5. The Soviet Union became an important _______ of the Allies.
- 6. Benito Mussolini was the dictator of __________.
- 8. On December 7, 1941 congress declared ______ on Japan.
- 9. The alliance between Mussolini and Hitler.
- 10. British fighter __________ shot down many bombers.
- 12. This policy left nothing behind for the Germans to claim.
- 15. A movement that gives all power to the government and does away with individual freedoms.
- 17. He asked President Franklin Roosevelt for help in World War II.
- 21. The United States gave the Soviet Union a _______ of $1 billion to buy equipment and supplies.
- 26. This is what the land in Russia was called in 1941.