History B Flashcards
Extreme economic conditions lead to the rise of?
extreme leaders
Maginot Line
forts along the French and German border protecting France from German troops
Battle of Britain?
Britain had beat Germany
Why did America not want to get involved with WWII?
Their military force had not been ready yet and _____ thought that why should America fix the world’s problems when we can’t even fix our own country’s problems? Americans also realized the brutality of war and didn’t want to go through (war) again.
What brought America into WW2?
The attack of Pearl Harbor
What was the Bataan Death March?
Japan forced 78,000 Filipino and American prisoners to march through the Philippines with no food or water. They were badly beaten.
What happened at the Battle of Midway?
Japan was going to attack Midway but the U.S. had invaded/ambushed the attack by breaking into their codes sinking 4 Japanese ships.
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Largest naval battle in WW2, the U.S. won to capture the island because they had a better navy. Japan ran out of ships and experienced pilots so they drafted regular Japanese men and taught them how to fly planes but there was so little time to learn how to control it in battle so they did KAMIKAZES or suicide missions where they just dived into American ships.
Iwo Jima
The U.S. invaded Iwo Jima on February 19th, 1945. 7000 marines were killed, and they captured 216 Japanese and the U.S. secured/took the island. 5 days after the battle, 5 guys rose the American flag.
Aleutians
The U.S. and Japan fought for these Alaskan islands, Attu and Kiska, that Japan had seized. This battle was to divert U.S. troops during the attack at Midway. U.S. eventually retook both islands.
What is Appeasement?
giving into a bully in exchange for peace
German warfare strategy?
blitzkrieg (lighting attacks)
What is a Zoot Suit?
An oversized suit with high-waisted, baggy pants and a long coat with wide lapels.
Who worked in factories during WW2?
Women because most men were fighting in the war.
What were internment camps?
It was a prison camp for enemy allies, prisoners of war, etc.
What role did African Americans play in WW2?
They were Tuskegee Airmen, over 200 missions where they guided bombers to their locations and none were ever lost. They also built the Alaska highway which was to connect the U.S. to Alaska through Canada.
What is a Liberty Ship?
They were big cargo ships that did “cash and carry” which was to ferry supplies to allies. These ships were made differently, they were welded and not bolted together.
What was Operation Overload?
the code name of the attack that they planned against Germany where they surround them so they have no chance of winning aka D-day
Battle of the Bulge
After recapturing France, the Allied advance became stalled along the German border. In the winter of 1944, Germany staged a massive counterattack in Belgium and Luxembourg which pushed a 30-mile “bulge” into the Allied lines. The Allies stopped the German advance and threw them back across the Rhine with heavy losses.
Why was Iwo Jima so important?
It was important because it served as an emergency landing site for more than 2,200 B-29 bombers, saving 2400 U.S. Airmen.
Adolf Hitler
German politician and dictator of Germany. Leader of Nazi Party.
Franklin Roosevelt
U.S President
Douglas MacArther
American Military Leader
Harry Truman
Vice President of the U.S.
Dwight Eisenhower
U.S. President, military officer, and supreme commander of Troops invading France.
Hirohito
Emperor of Japan
Japanese Internment Camps
Camps were established by President Roosevelt through his Executive Order. Took all Japanese of the west coast to the camps. About 110,000 were taken, U.S born were called Nesi and Japan-born were called Issei. Many were children and teens. They lost their freedom, families shared a single room, and there were harsh weather conditions because of the isolated locations. Japanese had established schools, government bodies, baseball teams, music/art, planted vegetables/gardens, and religious services in the camp to maintain a “normal” life. U.S. then asked for volunteers to draft in the military, and over 800 men went. The U.S. government issued a formal apology to all former internees and paid $20,000 to each surviving internee. The government acknowledged that the internment had been based on “race prejudice, war hysteria, and a failure of political leadership.”
