Chapter 5 WWII 3 Flashcards
Kamikaze
Japanese suicide pilot
Development of & Dropping of the atomic bombs
Manhattan project
Bombs dropped at Hiroshima and Nagasaki
War crimes trials
Germany was held in Nuremberg, trials for Nazi leaders
Presidential election of 1994
- Roosevelt was elected to a 4th term
- Victory in the Battle of Bulge (guarantee for FDR)
Postdam Conference
It applied to how Japan was going to be treated after the war
1) Japanese will end militarism
2) Japanese’s leaders would be discredited
3) Japan would be occupied
4) Japanese’s army would be disarm
5) War crimes trials were held
Wannsee Conference
Conference where the German finalized their plan to exterminate Europeans and Jews
Yalta Conference
- Germany would be divided into 4 zones
- Stalin agreed to hold free elections in Poland
- Russia agreed to join the war against Japan
Casablanca Conference
The Allies decided that they would only accept the unconditional surrender of Axis power