Pre World War II Flashcards
1
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Total War Factors
A
1) Bombing Cities
2) Major Propoganda
3) Women forced into production
2
Q
Factors causing Fascism
A
1) Great depression
2) Rabid nationalism
3) Treaty of Versailles (Hitler rises)
3
Q
The Axis countries and leaders
A
- Japan - Emperor Herohito
- Italy - Mussolini
- Germany - Hitler
4
Q
What was Japan like in the 1920-30s
A
- GD ruined them
- Unchecked Military power
- Imperial businesses
- No more Democracy
- Ultra nationalism (samurai)
- Emperor gets power back
5
Q
Japan invading China
A
- Army invades without permission
- Cruel war crimes
- League of nations do nothin
6
Q
What was Italy vs Ethiopia like
A
- 100,000 to 30,000
- Cheats with mustard gas
- Italy wins but Ethiopia keeps fighting
- 3 days to Punish by shooting boys under 13 to decrease population
7
Q
Hitler + the Nazis attempt to overthrow gov
A
- Beer hall putsch
- 2,000 Nazis vs Police
- Put on trial for treason
8
Q
How did Hitler get out of execution
A
- Judge was a Nazi sympathizer
9
Q
Mein Kampf
A
- My struggle
- Anti-Communist, Jew
- Pro socialist
- ULTRA nationalists
10
Q
What were Hitler’s new Goals/Rules
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1) Destroy the Treaty of Versailles
(rebuild army and navy)
2) Stopped making payments
- 1st country out of GD
- Make “tractors”
- Bismark ship
11
Q
Spanish Civil War
A
- L vs R
- RIGHT
- Fascists, Nationalists/Nazis
(Germans and Italians) - WIn
- Send in new soldiers to practice new tactics
12
Q
The BlitzKrieg lighting war
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- Planes and Bombers (Messerschmitt)
- Artillery/Cannons (rail guns)
- Tanks, Panzer
- Troops using Amphetamines
