world war 2 Flashcards
appeasement
germany and france don’t want anymore war
territorial shifts
germans wanted to take out jews and make more room for other germans, felt the need to expand
lebensraum
territory nazis felt necessary for existence and expansion
axis powers
germany, italy, japan
allies
great britain, us, soviet union
nazi soviet pact
hitler and stalin agreed to share poland, hitler invaded stalin instead
esp laws
economic social political
nuremberg laws
laws for jews
final solution
1942, moving jews into ghettos
winter war
russia invaded finland but wasn’t used to the cold
first war conference
tehran war
second conference of war
yalta conference
potsdam conference
stalin supports japan, third conference
truman doctrine
money to greece and hungary
marshall plan
billions of dollars to rebuild western europe
rise of cold war
allies and soviet’s don’t want to leave berlin
new concept
genocide
what’s on the horizon?
nuclear war
blitzkrieg
description of attack (rapid overwhelming force)
mein kampf
book by adolf hitler
neville chamberlain
brit prime minister, brought peace to hitler
NATO
north atlantic treaty organization, nations in west hemisphere
operation overlord
part of french invasion
operation barbarossa
part of russian invasions
battle of leningrad
germans invade leningrad
phony war
blitzkrieg into poland and refuses to leave
nazis successful warfare
blitzkrieg
