Chapter 25-World War II Flashcards
What party, also known as “the Blackshirts,” did Mussolini organize following World War I?
Fascist party
What is a form of socialism that is similar to communism and exercises totalitarian control of political, economic, cultural, religious, and social activities, and it follows Darwinian ideas and it’s attempts to change society and bringing a new social order?
Fascism
Who was the Socialist leader of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, also known as “Nazis,” and wrote Mein Kampf?
Adolf Hitler
Hitler became the leader of what party also known as “Nazis”?
National Socialist German Worker’s Party
Hitler became the leader of the National Socialist German Worker’s Party, also known as:
“Nazis”
What is a form of socialism, but it relies more heavily on terrorist aggression, racism, and antidemocratic nationalism?
Nazism
What was the autobiography written by Hitler that was an exposition of the Nazi ideology, and also served as a blueprint for his future plans?
Mein Kampf
Because many Germans believes in evolution and other liberal philosophies, they excepted Hitler’s ideas and soon elected Nazi candidates to the _____________, Germany’s chief legislative body.
Reichstag
When Hitler wiped away the last remnants of the Weimer republic and assumed total power, he called himself _________________, which means the leader.
“Der Führer”
When Hitler wiped away the last remnants of the Weimer republic and assumed total power he called himself “Der Führer,” (the leader) and his new government the:
Third Reich
Who was the leader of Japan who used Japan’s ancient and religious customs and long traditions of the samurai to their advantage, convincing the Japanese people that they were under divine protection could not be defeated, and was militaristic?
General Hideki
Who was the emperor during the time of General Hideki Tojo, who was the official head of the Japanese government, but had no real authority?
Emperor Hirohito
Where in China did Japan first invade, beginning the wave of aggression which plunged the world into a second world war in 1931?
Manchuria
What Chinese government under Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, was engaged in an exhausting civil war against the Chinese Communist since 1927, and was forced to move its wartime capital to Chungking, far up the Yangtze River?
Nationalist
Who was the leader of the Nationalist Chinese government who were engaged in an exhausting civil war against the Chinese Communist since 1927?
Chiang Kai-shek
The Nationalist Chinese government under Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek were engaged since 1927 in an exhausting civil war against the:
Chinese Communists
The Nationalist Chinese government under Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek were engaged since 1927 in an exhausting civil war against the Chinese Communists under who?
Mao Tse-tung
The Chinese were greatly heartened by the arrival of former American General ________________, and the “Flying Tigers” to help them fight the Japanese off.
Claire Chennault
The Chinese were greatly heartened by the arrival of former American General Claire Chennault, and the ________________, a group of three volunteer squadrons of American airmen who flew missions against the Japanese and fought them successfully in the air against incredible odds.
“Flying Tigers”
Who was the general who fought in the Spanish Civil War to keep Spain from falling into the hands of the Communist forces who fought for the other side?
General Francisco Franco
In 1936 Japan signed the Tripartite Treaty with Germany and Italy, forming the:
Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis
In 1936 Japan signed the Tripartite Treaty with Germany and Italy, forming the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis, soon becoming known as the:
Axis Powers
Once Hitler had Schuschnigg removed from Vienna, Hitler’s troops marched triumphantly into Vienna, seizing Austria without a shot and establishing the _____________, the force union of Germany with Austria.
Anschluss
Who was the British Prime Minister who was the leading voice in Europe for peace and conciliation, who flew with Edouard Daladier to Munich, Germany, I the fall of 1938 to confer with Hitler and Mussolini?
Neville Chamberlain
Who was the French Premier who flew with Neville Chamberlain to Munich, Germany, in the fall of 1938 to confer with Hitler and Mussolini?
Edouard Daladier
Chamberlain and Daladier agreed to Hitler’s demands and signed the _____________, which dismembered Czechoslovakia by giving the rich Sudetenland to Germany.
Munich Pact
Many of the Western countries had adopted the weak policy of _______________, which is either giving in to the demands of aggressor nations or taking no action when the aggressors attacked weaker countries.
Appeasement
Who was the socialist leader of the Italians, who organized the Fascist party (also called “the Blackshirts”), his belief being Fascism, following World War I?
Benito Mussolini
Encouraged by Hitler’s successes, Mussolini seized tiny _______________ in the Balkans in April 1939.
Albania
What German fortifications opposed the French Maginot Line?
Siegfried Line
Germany’s Siegfried Line opposed France’s:
Maginot Line
Because Hitler also wished to avoid Russian opposition to his planned conquest of Poland, he signed a nonaggression pact called the ________________ with Joseph Stalin in August 1939.
Nazi-Soviet Pact
After staging an “incident” along the German-Polish border, the Nazi war machine moved into Poland on:
September 1, 1939
What term referred to German dive bombers?
Stuka
What term referred to German tanks?
Panzer
German’s rapid conquest of Poland was the world’s first experience of _____________, or “lightning war,” as fast, heavy assault by motorized forces (especially tanks) and air power.
Blitzkrieg
Because there were no major battles in Western Europe during the first seven months of the war, the Germans referred to it as a _______________, or “sitting down war.”
Sitzkrieg
Who was the traitor of the Norwegian government, who was installed as the head of the Nazi puppet government when Germany invaded?
Vidkun Quisling
The German blitzkrieg was so swift and furious that the British and French troops who had assembled in northern France to block the Nazi advance were soon pushed to the coast at the little port of ______________ on the English Channel.
Dunkirk
At Dunkirk, the British __________________ held off the Germans just long enough for hundreds of British vessels of all kinds, both military and civilian, to ferry more than 300,000 British and French soldiers across the channel to safety in England.
Royal Air Force (RAF)
Who was the old World War I hero, who was a new conciliating French government when the Germans took over, and immediately asked Hitler for an armistice?
Henri Pétain
Under the terms of surrender, all France, except for a small zone in southern France with a capital at _____________, came under direct German control.
Vichy
Several patriotic Frenchmen escaped from France to Great Britain, where they organized the ___________________ under the leadership of General Charles de Gaulle.
Free French government
Several patriotic Frenchmen escaped France to Great Britain, where they organized the Free French government under the leadership of:
General Charles de Gaulle
What was Hitler’s plan to invade and conquer Great Britain where Germany’s mighty air force would destroy the Royal Air Force, and demoralize the British people with constant air raids?
Operation Sea-Lion
According to Operation Sea-Lion, the ________________, which was Germany’s mighty air force, and would destroy the RAF, which it outnumbered 5-to-1, and demoralize the British people with constant air raids.
Luftwaffe
