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WWII: Causes, Leaders, Battles, Holocaust & Home Front

Delve into the factors leading to WWII, key leaders, significant battles, the atrocities of the Holocaust, and the impact of war on the home front. Uncover random facts about this pivotal historical period.

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WWII: Causes, Leaders, Battles, Holocaust & Home Front

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  1. Causes of World War II

  2. WWII Leaders

  3. Battles

  4. The Holocaust

  5. War at Home

  6. Random Facts

  7. Causes of WWII WWII Leaders Battles The Holocaust War At Home Random Facts $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500

  8. CAUSES OF WORLD WAR II $100 This policy allowed Hitler to take Austria, The Sudetenland and later all of Czechoslovakia without any response from the League of Nations.

  9. What is The Policy Of Appeasement?

  10. CAUSES OF WORLD WAR II $200 Italy’s invasion and occupation of Ethiopia along with Japan’s invasion of Manchuria in the 1930s is an example of the failure of this international organization

  11. What is The League Of Nations?

  12. CAUSES OF WORLD WAR II $300 This cause of WWII limited Germany’s army to under 100,000 men and forced Germany to pay for the damages caused during WWI

  13. What is The Treaty of Versailles?

  14. CAUSES OF WORLD WAR II $400 This style of government limits power to one individual and gives them “total” control over the country

  15. What is Totalitarianism/ Dictatorship?

  16. CAUSES OF WORLD WAR II $500 Ultra Nationalism, anti-unionism, and a desire for living space are all examples of this style of rule.

  17. What is Nazism?

  18. WORLD WAR II LEADERS $100 He was Prime-Minister of Canada throughout WWII

  19. Who is Mackenzie King?

  20. WORLD WAR II LEADERS $200 He wrote the book “Mein Kampf” after being arrested for treason during the failed Munich Putsch

  21. Who is Adolf Hitler?

  22. WORLD WAR II LEADERS $300 He signed a Non-Aggression Pact with Hitler because his military was ill-equipped to fight a war

  23. Who is Stalin?

  24. WORLD WAR II LEADERS $400 He was known as “Il Duce”

  25. Who is Mussolini?

  26. WORLD WAR II LEADERS $500 In a famous speech this world leader stated “Never was so much owed by so many to so few” After the German defeat in the Battle for Britain

  27. Who is Winston Churchill?

  28. BATTLES $100 The German Military Strategy is best described as an all out offensive attach and literally translates into “Lightning War”.

  29. What is Blitzkreig?

  30. BATTLES $200 Although this battle is the worst single day loss for Canada’s military, it also provided invaluable lessons for the Allied attacks on D-Day

  31. What is The Raid On Dieppe?

  32. BATTLES $300 This battle saw British citizens take their privately owned ships sail across to France and Belgium in order to help

  33. What is The Miracle of Dunkirk?

  34. BATTLES $400 This battle was fought against Japan on Christmas day 1941 resulting in several Canadians being taken as POWs

  35. What is The Battle of Hong Kong?

  36. BATTLES $500 This battle was fought entirely in the Air

  37. What is The Battle of Britain?

  38. The Holocaust $100 This organization trained young German boys to be good soldiers and Germans girls to be good German mothers

  39. What is The Hitler Youth?

  40. The Holocaust $200 Jewish people were sent to concentration camps on this method of transportation

  41. What is a train?

  42. The Holocaust $300 These men were brutal supervisors of the camps

  43. What are kapos?

  44. The Holocaust $400 Another term for prejudice against Jews and is one of the reasons for why the Holocaust happened.

  45. What is Anti-Semitism?

  46. The Holocaust $500 The Nazis used this gas to exterminate Jews in Auschwitz.

  47. What is Zyklon B?

  48. THE WAR AT HOME $100 This name of the camps used to house Japanese Canadian after the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii

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