Chapter 15- WW2 Flashcards
Allies (w leaders)
Great Britain- Winston Churchill
U.S.- FDR
France- Charles de Gaulle
Axis (w leaders)
Germany- Hitler
Japan- Hirohito
Italy- Benito Mussolini
Attack Weapons
Tanks, planes, ships
Defense Weapons
Radar, sonar, anti-aircraft guns
Eisenhower’s nickname
Supreme Allie Commander
S.S. Nickname
“Black Shirts”
Good Neighbor Policy
Hoover initiated FDR pledge to be nice to neighboring countries (Latin America)
Yamamoto
Planned attack on Pearl Harbor
MacArthur
Developed island hopping; accepted surrender of Japan
Patton
Nicknamed “old blood & guts”
Goering
In charge of Luftwaffe (German Air Force)
Nimitz
Proved value of Magic
Barbie
Head of the Gestapo (German police)
Rommel
Nicknamed Desert Fox
Yamashita
Tiger of Malaya
Bradley
Led troops on Omaha & Utah beaches
Montgomery
defeated Rommel in Africa
Arnold
Defender of female pilots
Franco
Fascist military leader who attempted to overthrow Spanish government
Von Hindenberg
President of Germany who made Hitler chancellor
Hitler… What he wanted to study, justification for 1934 murders, Third Reich, who compared to, Mein Kampf, reasons for rise to power
- art
- he loved German people so he protected them by murdering enemies
- German empire
- Genghis Khan
- Book called My Struggle
- he was convincing & Germany was in economic distress
Non-aggression pact
Agreement between Hitler & Stalin that they wouldn’t attack each other
D-Day… Date, code name, what the attack enabled
- June 6, 1944
- Operation Overlord
- Allies had a better position
Ultra
Decodes German messages
Magic
Decodes Japanese messages, battle at coral sea showed its importance
Reuben James
U.S. Boat sunk by U-boats
Stalingrad nickname
Operation Barberosa
El Alamein
Montgomery defeated Rommel
Selective Service &Training Act
Peacetime draft
Pearl Harbor date
December 7, 1941
