World War 2 Flashcards
Fascism
Political system that places the importance of the Nation over the individual
Totalitarianism
Form of government that controls every aspects of its citizens lives. Citizens have no rights, no opposition
Nationalism
Extreme force of patriotism. Glorifying and increasing the influence of ones own country (often at the expense of others)
Nazism
Political system that places the importance of the Nation over the individual with the addition of racial superiority
Blitzkrieg
lighting warfare
Genocide
the killing of people because of a race, ethnic
group or culture
Treaty of Versailles
- Ended WW1
- Germany couldn’t have an army and had to pay back all the debt
Who was the leader of Soviet Union?
Joesph Stalin
Who was the leader of Italy?
Benito Mussolini
Who was the leader of Germany?
Adof Hilter
Who was the leader of Japan?
Hideki Tojo
Explain why and how those leaders rose to power?
- Depression
- No hope
- Economy collapsed
Leaders gave people hope and gained popularity. Rose to a power position and did what it took to get to the top
What similarities does Germany, Italy and Japan have?
They all wanted total control and worked together in order to gain that power. They were the axis power
What was the Final Solution and how successful was it?
Hilter wanted the entire Jew population gone.
- Successful because they killed a lot of Jews and they lessened the population a great deal - Unsuccessful because they're we're still a number of Jews that didn't die
Hilter builds up military and enters Rhineland
League of Nations launch formal protest
Germany attack Poland
France and Britain declare war on Germany but they are helpless to Poland
Germany Invaded Low counties and France
• Action: - Hilter moves to German western boarders and attacks Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium - Invaded France - Italy declares war on France/England • Reaction: France surrenders
Germany attacks Britain
• Actions:
-German planes flew against raids against British ports, airfield and industry
- Later bombing targets shift to large cities
• Reactions:
- British fighter pilots shot down more than 600 aircrafts
- British citizens withstand bombings
- US sends aid to Britain under Lend-Lease Act
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
• Actions:
- 3000 Japanese bomber/fighter planes attack US military base
- Cripple US fleet damaging or sinking 18 ships and 300 aircrafts
• Reactions:
- FDR asks congress to declare war on Japan
How successful was the strategy of appeasement successful at preventing World War 2?
Not successful because they it led to the gaining power of Hilter and the other leaders
When did the World War II begin? When and why did the US enter the war?
- It began in 1939
- The US entered the war in 1941 because they Japan attached Pearl Harbor and since they already wanted to help Great Britain they fought with the allies and fought Germany too
Communism
- Violently overthrow the government
- total control by government
Appeasement
To satisfy somebody needs for the time being so they don’t bugged you anymore
Holocaust
Hilter hated the Jews so he decided to kill them and put them into camps that made them work into they died. Wanted the entire race of Jews gone.
Democracy
- everyone is equal people
- control by an organization or group by majority of its members
United States leader? Ally or Axis
Franklin Roosevelt
Ally
Soviet Union leader? Ally or Axis
Joesph Stalin
Ally
Germany leader? Ally or Axis
Adof Hitler
Axis
Italy leader? Ally or Axis
Mussolini
Axis
Britain leader? Ally or Axis?
Churchill
Ally
Japan leader? Ally or Axis?
Tojo
Axis
Draft
1st peacetime draft. Government issued to build military.
Rationing
Limiting Americans to buy certain goods so that there was enough for the soldiers overseas
War Bonds
- When Americans bought a bond to invest in the war effort and government had money for supplies.
- Got money back plus interest after war
Office of Price Administration (OPA)
- Oversaw the rationing of scare items
* Limit prices and rents
Office of War Information
Makes poster and ads to help support a cause (propagandas)
Internment Camps
Where Japanese Americans were sent so they could keep an eye on them in case some were spies for Japan
Stalingrad
- Hilter tried to take Stalingrad
- Russia’s winter weakened Germany’s army
- Hitler forced Germans not to surrender
- Nazis lost and left Germany vulnerable
D-Day
- US and Britain army charged shores of Northern France
- Liberated France
- Major deaths
The Manhattan Project
- Einstein suspected Germans were working on similar project
- US secret project to work on creating the atomic bomb
Iwo Jima and Okinawa
- America wanted island because it was the most strategic place to attack Japan
- Japans strongly resisted US
- Lasted 2 months
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- Japan was being destroyed but refused to give up
- US dropped 2 atomic bombs within 3 days
- Japans surrenders
What are the 4 freedoms?
- Speech
- Fear
- Want
- Worship
How did the role of the US government change during wartime?
- They took control of factories for building of war supplies
- Recruited men for army
- Way people changed their way of life but rationing and buying bonds and donating supplies
Explain some changes that took place of the home-front?
- Shortage on typical good like metal, rubber
- Rationing on goods people could buy (limit prices)
- More jobs opportunities for Blacks and Women
How and why nations such as Germany and US utilize propaganda?
To get people to donate and give them money for the war. Also to make the emeny look bad and to make the civilians pro-war
Hardship and Opportunities for Women?
Op: More jobs, make money, help support family
HS: resented by some men, lack of child care, earned less then men
Hardship and Opportunities for GI’S?
Op: fight for a cause, help their country
HS: have to go fight, can’t see family
Hardship and Opportunities for Japanese Americans?
HS: relation camps, face bad weather, hated by Americans
Hardship and Opportunities for Jewish Americans?
Op: didn’t get killed by Nazis, no work camps
HS: worry about families back home, scared
Hardship and Opportunities for Mexicans?
Op: new jobs, government encouraged them to come to US, earned money
Island-Hopping strategy?
To conquer the little island first and then make your way over the the major island of Japan
Fighting Conditions?
- Japan wouldn’t surrender
- Civilians had bombs to trick Americans
- Had to fight in constant battle
- Have to kill every Japan soldier to win
Atomic Bombs?
- Einstein was sure Germany was creating huge bombs
* US starts secret project to begin the atomic bomb
How and when did WW2 end? What were results and lasting impacts?
- Axis powers surrendered
- 2 atomic bombs dropped on Japan in Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- Over 200,000 died
- August 14th
Nazis Successes?
- Expanded into Russia borders- Past Aggression Pact allowed
- Lost at Stalingrad
Allied Successes?
- Liberated North Africa and Italy
- Won invasion of Normandy
- Won Battle of Bulge and take Berlin