Social Studies WW2 test Flashcards
FDR
Franklin Delanor Roosevelt President of the United States at the beginning of WW2.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
General who directed the Allied invasion of Europe
Harry Truman
US President who made the decision to drop the Atom bomb on Japan
Benito Mussolini
Head of Italy during World War Two
Joseph Stalin
Leader of Russia during World War Two
Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of Britain during ww2.
inflation
Rise in prices combined with a decrease in the value of money.
depression
an economic period when people lose jobs
fascism
idea that the govt is deemed more important than the individual people
Douglas MacArthur
US Army commander in the Pacific during WW2.
collectivization
combining small farms into large factory-like farms.
genocide
killing of an entire group of people
totalitarianism
political leaders try to totally control the way citizens think and live
appeasement
meeting another govts demands to avoid war
Concentration camps
places where people are imprisoned because of their heritage, political beliefs, or religious views
kristallnacht
night of shattered glass; Nov 9, 1938. Nazis burned synagogues, jewish shops and killed jews.
Battle of Britain
air battle lasting for months before Hitler gave up on plans to invade Britain. It was Germany’s attempt to control England and was an air battle in London.
Pearl Harbor
Dec 7, 1941, Japan bombs US Naval base in Hawaii, destroying most of the US Pacific fleet.
D Day
June 6, 1944. The day that the allied invasion of France began.
Nations that have fascists govts in the 1930s and 40s:
Japan, Germany, Italy
The African country taken over by Italy:
Ethiopia
Examples of how Hitler broke the treaty of Versailles:
builds new airforce
increased size of the army
sent troops to Rhineland in 1936 (invaded France)
Events that led to the outbreak of war in Europe:
March 1938- Hitler annexes Austria
Sep 1938- Britain and France give into Hitler’s demands for Sudetenland
Mar 1939- Hitler takes control of all of Cz
Britain promises to defend Poland from Hitler
Sep 1 1939- Hitler invades Poland, beginning WW2 in Europe;
Britain and France declare war
Blitzkrieg starts (the beginning of the Battle of Britain)
Poland falls in a month
April 1940- Germany enters France
June 1940- Paris falls
Battle of Britain began
the allies
US, Britain, France, China, and Russia
