WWII

Question 1

Timeline towards war

Answer 1

Sep. 1, 1939: Germany invades Poland
Nov. 1939: Cash & Carry
July 1940: Japan moves into Pacific (US freezes Japanese assets)
September 1940: Destroyers for bases
March 1941: Land Lease Act
December 7, 1941: Pearl Harbor
December 11, 1941: Germany/Italy declare war on US

Question 2

Economic/political causes of WWII

Answer 2

• Desire in some countries for peace at any cost
• Hitler seen as defense against communism
• Economic depression

Question 3

WWI Peace Treaty (Treaty of Versailles)

Answer 3

German reparations
redrawn boundaries
creation of weak nations

Question 4

Diplomatic causes of WWII

Answer 4

appeasment

Alliances (Germany, Italy, Japan)

Question 5

Maginot

Answer 5

series of bunkers along French side of Rhine River

Question 6

Invasion of France

Answer 6

April 10, 1940