Exam 15: The Second World War and the Origins of the Cold War, 1939–1949

The tide began turning against the Japanese with the Battle of

Please define the following key terms -partition of Germany

Please define the following key terms -Ashkenazim

Chiang Kai-shek became an ally of the Allied forces by fighting Japan in

Along with the estimated six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust,the Nazis also targeted other groups they considered undesirable,including especially

As a symbol of defiance and endurance,whose music was performed in Leningrad during its long siege?

Please define the following key terms -Bretton Woods Conference

Please define the following key terms -Félix Éboué

Of the major combatants,which nation´s home front suffered the least from the ravages of war?

Fearing Soviet control of Greece and Turkey,Truman sent aid to end civil war in both nations.

Please define the following key terms -Iron curtain

In both Europe and Asia,the Axis powers were dominant in the initial stages of the war.What were the key turning points respectively in the European theater and the Pacific theater that enabled the Allies to go on the offensive and eventually achieve victory?

Rather than surrender,how did the Russians fight and eventually drive the Germans out of the Soviet Union?

India finally became independent in

Please define the following key terms -Marshall Plan

Please define the following key terms -Nancy Wake (1912?2011)

Hitler´s forces eventually conquered Stalingrad after a gruesome three-year siege.

Please define the following key terms -Charles de Gaulle

As a result of World War II,which nations would emerge as the dominant world powers?

After the Soviet attempt to close off Berlin,the Allies reacted with the Berlin Airlift,which supplied West Berlin with all the necessary materials to resist Soviet takeover.