Vocab Flashcards
Opposition to all war
Pacifism
1930, passed by US, forbade sale of arms to nation at war, no traveling on ships of warring powers goal was to avoid conflict
Neutrality acts
Rome Berlin Tokyo, fight soviet communism agree not to interfere with expansion
Axis powers
Conservative general, led a revolt, 1936, Spain backed by nationalists
Francisco Franco
Union of Austria and Germany
Anschluss
Region of west Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
Divide up Poland, no fighting between hitler and Stalin
Nazi soviet pact
Iightning war by hitler, uses tanks and airpower
Blitzkrieg
German Air Force
Luftwaffe
British sent all avaliable ships here to save stranded soliders form nazis
Dunkirk
German puppet state south France with capital in
Vichy
Hitlers commander, desert fox, sent to North Africa, pushed British back to Egypt
General Erwin Rommel
Detention centers for people considered enemy of the state
Concentration camps
March 1941, congress passed, US, sell or lend materials to any country the president deems vital to US defense
Lend lease act
Character symbolized women, inspired women to join war effort
Rosie the riveter
Ships that transport aircraft and accommodate the take off and landing of airplanes
Aircraft carriers
American General, took command of joint British and American force in morocco and Algeria
Dwight Eisenhower
City in Soviet Union where the Germans reached. Turning point
Stalingrad
Alied invasion of France June 6 1944
D day
Meeting where Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin agreed that SU will war against japan, get land
Yalta conference
May 8 1945 victory in Europe
V e day
Japanese gain control of Philippines killed 10000 Americans and Filipinos
Bataan death march
Capaign to recapture some japan islands while bypassing others
Island hopping
American forces general, moved north towards japan
Douglas Mac Arthur
