Unit 7 WW2 Flashcards
What was the reason that Hitler broke the Non-Aggression pact?
To conquer Poland and get more resources
Auschwitz
Largest Nazi concentration camp
Bataan Death March
Japan forced prisoners of war to march of 50 miles up a peninsula, only 54,000 out of 70,000 survived
Fascism
Germany turned into a fascist country, led by one ruler and prioritized nationalism and military.
Axis Powers
Germany, Italy, Japan
Appeasement
Was made to stop Hitler from starting WW2, Munich Pact delayed the war and almost encouraged Hitler to expand further
Battle of Stalingrad
Marked a turning point in the war showing favor of the Allies
Who used the Scorched Earth Policy in WWII?
Soviet Union
Allied Powers
Britain, US, Soviet Union
Final Solution
Hitlers way to get rid of all inferior people, since emigration and ghettos had failed, was genocide
Why was battle of Britain important?
It proved Germany could be stopped
Battle of Britain
Germany vs. Britain, Britain won showing that Hitler could be beat
Genocide
Deliberate killing of a large number of people
What was the turning point in the war?
Stalingrad because it showed that Germans could be beat and it stopped them from invading the Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
Leader of the Soviet Union and helped them defeat Germany
Non-aggression Pact
A pact Stalin and Hitler signed to not attack each other for 10 years
What was the Japanese Invasion of China called?
Nanking massacre, treated all Chinese very badly
Pearl Harbor
US vs Japan, forced US to join the war
Lend-Lease Act
Allowed the US to lend supplies/weapons to allied nations in need.
What started WWII?
Nazi invasion of Poland
When the US entered the war, who did they consider the biggest threat?
Germany
Yalta Conference
To reconstruct Europe post ww2
Manhattan Project
When they made the atomic bomb
Blitzkrieg
´Lightning War´, Germany used it to invade Poland
