Chapter 16 Flashcards
10- year Plan Stalin signed with hitler
Nonaggression pact
Lightning war
Blitzkrieg
French general who fled to London
Charles de Gaulle
British prime minister who declared that his nation would never stand alone
Winston Churchill
A series of battles between german and Britain air forces that lasted until May 10, 1941
Battle of Britain
Joint declaration that upheld free trade among nations and the right of people to choose their own government
Atlantic Charter
Argued that the US fleet was a “dagger pointed at our throat” and must be destroyed
Isoroku Yamamoto
Attack from the Japanese American naval base on December 7, 1941
Pearl Harbor
Battle that avenged Pearl Harbor and turned the tide of WWI
Battle of Midway
Commander of the allied forces in the Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Battle for the control of the island that turned into a savage struggle
Battle of Guadalcanal
Germanic people’s
Aryans
Mass slaughter of civilians- mostly Jews
Holocaust
“night of living glass” November 9
Kristallnacht
Segregated Jewish areas
Ghettos
Hitlers program of action
Final Solution
Systematic killing of an entire people
Genocide
General that took the key port city of Tobruk in June 1492
Erwin Rommel
Who London sent to take control of British forces in North Africa
Bernard Montgomery
Led the force of 107,000 troops to launch operation torch
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Luftwaffe went on nightly bombing raids that set much the city of Stalingrad ablaze
Battle of Stalingrad
Invasion of Normandy/ greatest land and sea attack in history/ June 6, 1944
D-day
Germans tanks broke though eat American defenses along the 85-mike front of the Ardennes
Battle of the Bulge
Japanese suicide pilots
Kamikaze
Series of court proceedings held in Nuremberg, Germany after WWII , in which nazis leaders were tried for aggression, violations of the rules of war, and crimes against humanity
Nuremberg Trials
Disbanding the Japanese armed forces
Demilitarization
What event unleashed World War I?
Hitlers invasion of Poland
Why was capturing Egypt Suez Canal so important to the axis powers?
It was key to reaching the oil fields of the Middle East
What was Yamamoto objective at Pearl Harbor?
To destroy the dagger pointed at Japan’s throat
How did japan try to win support from other Asian countreis?
They needed financial help/ they went and took over countries so they can show that they can be help
Name two tactics hitler used to rid Germany of Jews before creating his final solution?
Creating ghettos for the Jews to “live” in, launched Attacks on Jewish homes, and made the “others” wear labels so they stand out and they can be noticed more
What tactics did hitler use during the final solution?
Made the conditions in the camp even more terrible, established gas chambers to kill thousands of Jews at once, people would be beaten for “not working hard enough”
Why were items rationed during the war?
With factories turning out products for the war, the products for the citizens became scarce so they limited them to certain amounts
What was operation overlord?
invasion of Normandy was the greater land and sea attack in history
Why did Europeans leave their homes following the war?
Joined an army of displaced persons wandering Europe after war/ homes were destroyed/ people didn’t have earnings t buy food that was available
What were two of the most important steps that MacArthur took in japan following the war?
Began process of demilitarization and turned attention to democratization
