world war 2 Flashcards
World War I ended with
Treaty of Versailles
World War I started in?
June 28, 1919
___ and ___ failed to expand their territories
japan and italy
Many countries in poverty relied on the
United states
US economy fell along with economies of several European countries
1929
__ __ __ rose from the crisis in the 1930s while others failed
us, great britan and france
is an ideology in which the interest of the government is more important than that of the other people
fascism
a form of government that prevailed in fascist countries
Totalitarianism
It is a system wherein the government has absolute powers in all aspects of the people’s lives
Totalitarianism
Dictator of germany
Adolf Hitler
Dictator of Italy
Benito Mussolini
Dictator of the USSR
Joseph Stalin
Systematic persecution and murder of how many jews?
6 million
Japanese forces invaded Manchuria
1931
Japan invades Manchuria
september 1931
Italy occupies Ethiopia
october 1935
Germany invades Rhineland, a buffer state between France and Germany
march 1936
– Japan conquers Beijing and other northern cities and Nanjing in China
July 1937
– Germany occupies Sudetenland
september 1938
- Germany occupies Czechoslovakia
march 1939
attended by Germany, Great Britain, France and Italy on Sept. 29, 1938
munich conference
who attended the munich conference
GERMANY
GREAT BRITAIN
FRANCE
ITALY
when was the munich conference held?
september 29 1938
USSR and Germany had secretly signed a non-aggression pact.
august 23 1939
– Germany attacked Poland using the
blitzkreig or lightning war strategy
when did Germany attacked Poland using the Blitzkrieg or lightning war strategy
september 1 1939
Great Britain and France reacted against the action of Germany and declared war.
september 3 1939
