World History Flashcards
Armenian Genocide
1915-1916
The massacre of up to 1.5 million Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire (modern-day Turky) during WW1.
Ottomon rulers, and many people living there, were Muslim. And many people discriminated agaisnt Armenian Christians. After WW1 started, the ottomans accused the Armenians of being traitors and began executing them and deporting them to concentration camps.
Treaty of Versailles
The end of WWII. This was the treaty that ended the war. The biggest takeaway? Germany had to food the bill. It was agreed that since Germany had caused the war, it should pay for the damage (including homes and factories destroyed, ammo, uniforms, and more) The price tag was around $33 billion.
Third Reich
1933-45
The official name for the Nazi Regime, active before and during World War II.
Blitzkrieg
A German term for “lightning war”. This was a super-fast, concentrated attack the Germans used frequently to confuse their Allied opponents during World War II.
Pearl Harbor
1941
The Japanese surprise attack on a US naval base in Hawaii. It killed more than 2,000 people and promoted the US’s entry into WWII.
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
1914
One of the causes of World War 1. Back then, Austria and Hungary were one kingdom (Austria-Hungary).
Archduke Franz Ferdinand who was set to inherit the throne, was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist. This made Austria-Hungary, with the backing of Germany, declare war on Serbia. Germany then declared war on Serbian ally Russia. Then France. Then Britain. Aaaand WW1.
D-Day
1944
The beginning of the end of WWII. aka The invasion of Normandy or that time more than 150,000 Allied soldiers made a surprise landing on German-occupied territory in northern France. The battle of Normandy lasted for several months and more than 425,000 troops died.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombings
1945
The US’s atomic bombing of two Japanese cities.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, during WWII. The two bombings killed at least 200,000 people, almost entirely civilians. These are the only times nuclear weapons have been used in armed conflict. Ever.
