EXAM SEMESTER 2 CARDS Flashcards
Who was hitler?
Dictator of Germany
What led to hitlers rise to power
He wanted power and the League of Nations was too weak to stop him
What event brought the us into WW2?
Pearl Harbor
What were the effects of the appeasement policy?
-Let hitler gain some power and be satisfied
- it didn’t work
What was Germany’s war strategy?
Attack by air
Why were Japanese people put into internment camps?
To get rid of potential spies
Describe the Battle of Britain
It was the last country in Europe standing, but hitler was unsuccessful at defeating them
Describe battle of Stalingrad
Bloodiest battle in history and went on for a long time, but the Russian winter eventually made Germany surrender
Desvive invasion of Normandy
It brought together a lot of people to defeat Hitlers rein in Europe
Battle of Iwo Jims and Okinawa
The U.S captured both of these Japanese islands
What was the manhattan project?
They produced the first nuclear weapons and ended the war by bombing Japan
What was decided at the Potsdam conference?
They split Germany into 4 zones
What was the Marshall plan designed to do?
It was designed to assist Europe in all of the damages from ww2
What was a major cause of WW2 in europe?
World war 1
What country started out on the Axis power side but switched to the allies?
Soviet Union
