| Terms |
Definitions |
|
Lend-Lease Act
|
?
|
|
Pacifism
|
NO WAR
|
|
Luftwaffe
|
the German airforce
|
|
1938
|
Hitler took Austria
|
|
D-Day
|
beginning of Operation Overlord
|
|
Executive Order 9066
|
Feb, 1942
|
|
Disarmament
|
giving up military weapons
|
|
Appeasement
|
to give into aggression
|
|
Date- Non-Aggression Pact
|
August 23, 1939
|
|
National Socialist Party; political group led by hitler that rose to power in Germany in the 1930s
|
Nazi's
|
|
Bunker
|
Rooms built of thick concrete
|
|
Ghettos
|
dismal, overcrowded, segregated Jewish areas where Jews were put
|
|
Panzer
|
an armored vehicle or tank
|
|
Hideki tojo
|
premier of japan in 1941.
|
|
Munich Agreement
|
agreement between Chamberlain and Hitler that Germany would not conquer any more land, and if did, would declare war
|
|
Fascism
|
A system of government characterized by strict social and economic control and a strong, centralized government usually headed by a dictator. First found in Italy by Mussolini.
|
|
Blitzkrieg
|
"Lighting war", typed of fast-moving warfare used by German forces against Poland in 1939
|
|
hedgegrows
|
row of shrubs/trees surrounding a field, often on a dirt wall
|
|
Fascist Party
|
group led by Benito Mussolini
|
|
Atlantic Charter
|
Anglo-American declaration that stated the countries aims for the outcome of the war. Stated people of every nation should be free to choose their own form of governmetn and live free of fear and want, disarmament, and a permanent system of general security.
|
|
Hitler's propaganda
|
radios, press, movies, speeches, sensorship,olympics and brainwashing
|
|
Final Solution
|
Hitler's term for the Holocaust
|
|
Germany, Italy
|
The Allies' strategy included defeating ______ and _____ before sending their combined forces to fight Japan.
|
|
Black Shirts
|
attacked socialists, legalized 1923 after M prim minister
|
|
Benito Mussolini
|
Fascist party leader who became dictator of Italy
|
|
Albania
|
Mussolini invaded this state in early 1939 because of the success of german aggression; Mussolini needed to justify his policy to the Italian electorate
|
|
OPERATION SEA LION
|
an amphibious invasion of England.
|
|
Island Hopping
|
the American navy attacked islands held by the Japanese in the Pacific Ocean. The capture of each successive island from the Japanese brought the American navy closer to an invasion of Japan.
|
|
Allied Nations
|
Those countries fighting against the Axis powers. i.e. Britain, France, USA, Canada, USSR etc
|
|
appeasment
|
meeting demands of hostile power to avoid war
|
|
Einstein
|
headed the team by telling Roosevelt that the Germans were developing a nuclear weapon
|
|
Ardennes Forest
|
The unprotected area between Germany and France that was invaded by the Germans in 1940
|
|
Treaty of Versailles is signed
|
June 28, 1919
|
|
Mussolini
|
founded fascism and ruled Italy for almost 21 years, most of that time as dictator. He dreamed of building Italy into a great empire, but he led his nation to defeat in World War II (1939-1945) and was executed by his own people.
|
|
Nazi-Soviet (nonaggression) Pact
|
A ten-year agreement between once-enemies Hitler (Fascist Germany) and Stalin (Communist Russia); each pledged never to attack the other, and they secretly agreed to divide Poland between them
|
|
Bracero Program
|
United States labor agents recruited thousands of farm and railroad workers from Mexico. The program stimulated emigration from Mexico.
|
|
FDR's death
|
died from polio on April 14
|
|
Alsace-Lorraine
|
Territory taken by Germany from France as a rest of the Franco Prussian war. Was later returned to France as a result of German defeat in WWI
|
|
Totalitarianism
|
A political system where the state, usually under the power of a single political person, faction, or class, recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible.
|
|
Dwight Eisenhower
|
United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany
|
|
Guernica
|
Small Spanish town that Germany bombed and shot civilians to test new war equipment during the Spanish civil war
|
|
Okinawa
|
An island 350 miles away from mainland Japan and battle the Americans won handily in April 1945. During this battle, many Japanese soldiers committed suicide rather than accepting the defeat.
|
|
why-nonagression pact
|
important because it helped them take over poland, WWIB it showed everyone else that they meant business
|
|
Nuremberg Trials
|
trials of former Nazi Party Leaders held in Nuremberg, Germany
|
|
Winston Churchill
|
Minister of Defence Prime Minister and of Britain during World War II
|
|
1,000
|
The 3rd Reich was supposed to last _______ years
|
|
Chamberlain
|
This was the leader of Great Britain at the time
|
|
convoy system
|
a system in which merchant ships travel with naval vessels for protection
|
|
Nationalists
|
Group lead by Fransico Franco in the Spanish Civil War; Germany and Italy supported
|
|
OPERATION BARBAROSSA
|
German plan to attack the Soviet Union
|
|
Relocation Centers
|
the Japanese internment camps in the US, to stop any spying, conspiracy, etc.
|
|
Bataan Death March
|
April 1942, American soldiers ere forced to march 65 miles to prison camps by their Japanese captors. It is calle dth eDeath March because so many of the prisoners died en route.
|
|
Military Strategy
|
the planning and coordination of how the military will operate
|
|
Axis Powers
|
Italy, Japan, Germany, and 6 other nations
|
|
During Operation Torch Germany was under General ___________
|
Rommel "Desert Fox"
|
|
Benito Mussulini
|
Italian dictator who lead his country through WWII
|
|
Auschwitz
|
Nazi death camp in Poland, the largest center of mass murder during the Holocaust. Close to a million Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and others were killed there.
|
|
Josef Stalin
|
dictator of the Soviet Union, turned the Soviet Union into a totalitarian state
|
|
Enigma Code
|
a secret German code used during WWII and created with an Enigma machine. almost impossible for the Allies to break.
|
|
why-manhattan project
|
they made the bomb first, WWIB it showed that they were the most powerful in the world with that contraption
|
|
what countries could not help Britain?
|
spain, us, france,soviet union
|
|
General D.D. Eisenhower
|
When the Americans landed in North Africa he became the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied forces there. He later led the D-Day invasion of Europe.
|
|
1944
|
by the summer of ___ us bombers were pounding japan from the air constantly
|
|
Operation overload
|
(FDR) , Name given to the planned Allied invasion of France
|
|
Neutrality Acts
|
Laws that banned arms sales or loans to countries at war.
|
|
Munich Conference
|
Just as GB and France were prepping for war, Mussolini called a conference in Germany to discuss Germany's threatened annexation of the Sudetenland, the border area in between Germany and Czechoslovakia. Attendees: Germany, Italy, France, GB (but NOT the Czechs). France and GB agreed to let Germany have the Sudetenland (see "appeasement," above); however, it didn't really work since there was a war anyway.
|
|
Code Talker
|
Used a special code based on the Navajo language to send messages. The Japanese never broke the code.
|
|
Katyusha Rockets
|
a type of rocket artillery first built and fielded by the Soviet Union in World War II. Compared to other artillery, these multiple rocket launchers deliver a devastating amount of explosives to an area target quickly, but with lower accuracy and requiring a longer time to reload. They are fragile compared to artillery guns, but inexpensive and easy to produce. Katyushas of World War II, the first self-propelled artillery mass-produced by the Soviet Union, were usually mounted on trucks.
|
|
Japanese-American Internment
|
An order for the removal of Japanese and Japanese-Americans to intern camps due to mistrust after Pearl Harbor.
|
|
yalta conference
|
2nd time, meet in the crimean, discuss what to do (assuming they win) with the countries of europe. big thing: self-determination
|
|
Great Britain fights Germany and Italy sucessfully during the invasion of North Africa until __________ takes over
|
General Erwin Rommel
|
|
Battle of Stalingrad
|
1942-1943 battle of WWII, in which German forces were defeated in their attempt to capture the city of Stalingrad in the Soviet Union.
|
|
German surrender
|
germans give up after US kept fire bombing cities
|
|
Harry S. Truman
|
33rd US President, ended World War ll after dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan
|
|
Battle of Midway
|
battle that took place near a small island located northwest of Hawaii
|
|
Battle of the bulge
|
WWII battle in which German forces launched a final counterattack in the west
|
|
Nuremburg trials
|
..., Series of trials after WW 2 held in Germany in which former Nazi leaders were charged with crimes against humanity, and war crimes
|
|
Fascist
|
a person who is a dictator (a ruler of a country that is to controlling)
|
|
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
|
Cities in Japan that were decimated by atomic bombs dropped by the United States
|
|
Office of Price Administration (OPA)
|
an agency established by Congress to control inflation during WWII.
|
|
Nazi sovient non agression pact
|
the Nazis and soviet's wouldn't fight eachother so the natzis wouldn't have to fight a to front war
|
|
Which 3 countries were involved in the Munich Conference?
|
Germany, France, Great Britian
|
|
Rosie the Riveter
|
a symbol of American women who went to work in factories during the war. (a rivet is a a small metal nail that joins two pieces of metal.)
|
|
What was decided at the Munich Conference?
|
Germany could have part of Czecholosvakia, but could not invade any more countries.
|
|
"The beach was not any general's business. They had no say. None whatsoever."
|
it made no difference who commanded the soldiers, the decisions were made by individuals in the hopes of survival
relation to theme:
it was the individual soldier's bravery and courage that made the difference in how successful the invasion was
|
|
what do the following men all have in common?
mussolini
stalin
franco
|
they were all totalitarian leaders during world war II
|
