ABC's of WW2 Flashcards
How did the people in Europe feel about the democratic governments?
they were too weak to solve any problems
What did the people in Europe turn to instead of democratic governments?
dictators
,What is a dictator?
person exercising absolute power and has absolute central in government without hereditary succession
During 1929, what did Josef Stalin believe in?
believed in totalitarianism states
What is a totalitarianism state?
nation where single party controls government/ every aspect of people’s’ lives
What would happen if you resisted the government if it was a totalitarianism state?
would be forced into labour camps
How many people (Soviets?) were unalived/imprisoned with false charges of disloyalty?
4 million people
What did Benito Mussolini believe in?
fascism
What is fascism?
political system based on militarism, huge nationalism, blind loyalty to state/leader
What did Benito argue?
that better superior nations had right to destroy inferior nations
What did Benito want Italy to do?
Italy to return to the glory of Roman Empire
What did Benito end/banned?
- freedom of press
- all political parties but his own
Mussolini’s motto
“Mussolini is always right.”
Who was Adolf Hitler?
(1921) leader of small party called “National Socialist party” or “Nazis”.
what is Nazism a form of?
Fascism
What was the center of Fascism?
Racism
What did Hitler tell the Germans?
that they were “master race” and destined to rules over Slavs, gypsies, and others they consider inferior
What was Anti- Semitism considered?
the hatred of Jews
What did Hitler falsely accuse Jews of?
being the reason that Germany lost WW1
What was Hitler called in 1933?
“Chancellor” or “leader” of German parliament
What kind of state did he create?
totalitarism state
What happened to Jews when Anti- Semitism laws were passed?
- banned from public schools
- banned from professions (medicine/laws)
- their communities were attacked
- were sent to labour camps
What did the Japanese think about themselves to other nations?
thought they were superior to other Asian nations as well as non-Asians
What did Japan do without government approval in 1931?
Japanese attacked Manchuria, China
In six weeks, what had happened inside Manchuria, China because of the Japanese?
- pillaged city of Nanjing
- 300,000 people unalived
What does Mussolini do in 1935?
attempted to attacks Ethiopia
What did Haile Selassie do?
appealed to League of Nations for help with defending against attack on Ethiopia. failure because they responded weakly
Who did Hitler want to unite?
all German people throughout the world
What is appeasement?
policy of giving into aggression in order to avoid war.
What treaty did Hitler not obey?
the Munich Pact. it was the promise from Hitler to stop occupying places after Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia
March 1939
Hitler occupied reminder of Czechoslovakia. became apparent to Allies that he would not listen to them.
Neutrality Act, 1935
forbid president from selling arms, making loans, giving assistance of any to another nation involving war. designed to keep U.S. at peace
What did U.S. do to strengthen ties with Latin America?
the Good Neighbor Policy. it withdrew American troops from Nicaragua and Haiti and cancelled Platt Amendment which had limited independence of Cuba
August 1939
Hitler and Stalin sign non aggression agreement (Nazi-Soviet Pact). then secretly decided to divide Poland
September 1939
Hitler invaded Poland and captured most of Eastern Europe. 2 days later Britain and France declare war on Germany, Lithuania, and Latvia
April 1940
Hitler seized Denmark and Norway
May 1940
Hitler had seized Netherlands, Luxemburg, and Belgium. then began to set sights on France.
What did Britain do to help France against Hitler?
sent troops over to France
June 22, 1940
not even six weeks after Germans have stormed Paris, Hitler accepted full surrender to France
What did Germany do to Britain as an attack?
Hitler ordered air assaults on Britain. Everyday, London was bombed. Soon Hitler gave up plans for Great Britain.
June 22, 1941
Hitler broke pact with Stalin. Soviets joined Britain in fighting the Germans.
Lend- Lease Act, 1940
Roosevelt couldn’t sell weapons to Allies. They were then allowed to “lend” weapons, but Britain ran out of money. Act was passed by Congress to allow America to lease or lend supplies to other nations
steps Congress took for military buildup
greater spending for the army/navy, rules made to create peacetime draft, and Roosevelt ordering the Tuskegee Airmen (African Americans).
August 1941
Roosevelt and Churchill create the Atlantic Charter
July 1941
Japan invaded French colony of Indocina
December 7, 1941
Pearl Harbor-
Japanese bombers did surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
rationing
act of setting limits on amount of scarce goods people can buy
July 1941
American- British troops take control of Sicily. the king of Italy surrenders to the Allies.
June 6, 1944
D- Day
December 16, 1944
Battle of the Bulge
May 8, 1945
V- E Day for victory in Europe
August 6-9, 1945
atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. still, Japan didn’t surrender. then another was dropped onto Nagasaki
September 2, 1945
V- J Day (victory in against Japan)
Crime Trials
the victors in the war unalived leaders of opposing sides for war crimes
war crimes
wartime acts of cruelty/brutally that are judged to be beyond accepting rules of war/human behavior
