Chapter 22 Flashcards
(43 cards)
Believed that Japan should take advantage of its position of strength and extend Japanese influence in the Pacific
Emperor Hirohito
The organizer of the Kuomintang or National Party, led to the revolt
Sun Yat-sen
Years of anarchy known as what who fought one another for political power
Warlords
Took control of the Kuomintang. Began a military campaign to reunite China under a national government
Chiang Kai-shek
Led the Communist forces
Mao Zedong
The seizing of the Balkan nation
April 1939
A new German Empire called
The Third Reich
Lebensraum means
“Living Space”
Germany’s march into Rhineland
March 7, 1936
Germany and Italy formed an alliance called
Rome-Berlin Axis
Germany and Japan signed this pact, which on the surface was an agreement generally directed against communism but in reality was aimed specifically at Russia
Anti-Comintern Pact
He revolted against Spain’s republican government
Francisco Franco
Prime-minister of Great Britain, met with Hitler several times to seek a solution to the Czech Crisis
Neville Chamberlain
Prime Minister of France
Edouard Daladier
Buying off an aggressor by making concessions
Appeasements
A member of the House of Commons, denounced appeasement
Winston Churchill
Connect East Prussia with the rest of Germany
Polish Corridor
Hitler and Mussolini signed a military Alliance know as what
The Pact of Steel
Germany’s superior airforce
Luftwaffe
Germany’s fast-moving attack
blitzkrieg
Sitting war
sitzkrieg
a term of war coined during the Spanish Civil War to refer to individuals within a country
fifth columnists
became the most notorious of the fifth columnists. His name is a synonym for traitor
Vidkun Quisling
France established this line to separate them from Germany
Maginot Line