World War II Flashcards
What was Roosevelt’s plan it help with the Great Depression called?
- new deal
What book did hitler write which laid out all his major beliefs
-mine kamph
What was the Battle of Britain?
-Germany trying to destroy all of England’s Air Force
What does appeasement mean
- the pleasing of other countries and giving in to their demands
What happened in d-day?
-amphibious attack the largest one in history, we invaded France
What did the French try to do when the Germans couldn’t pay back their war dept
- they tried to take over german industry
How did Britain and France deal with the expanding Germany
-appeasement and they had just gotten out of WWI and didn’t want to be in another war
What was the turning point of the allies in WWII?
-d-day
Why did the US send troops to Korea?
-we were trying to contain communism and help South Korea
What is Hitlers genocide of the Jews called
- Holocaust
Why did the Great Depression happen?
-bad stock investments
The crash of the US stock market
How did the Nazi party rise to power
- people began to worry about bad economy bitterness and bad attitude due to the Treaty Versailles
Why did Britain and France declare war on Germany?
- Hitler invaded Poland
What were the two cities atomic bombs were dropped
-Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Who was the Chinese communist leader
- Mao Zedong
What did the Truman doctrine do?
- to stop the spread of communism and to send troops to help those who were fighting against it
What is it called when the value of money goes down and prices go up?
- inflation
What American navy base was attacked by the Japanese?
-Pearl Harbor
What does anti-semitism mean
- hatred of Jews
What is Genocide
-killing of an entire group of people
What British prime minister favored appeasement?
- Neville Chamberlin
Which British prime minister wanted to fight Hitler?
- Winston Churchill
What was the purpose for the policy of containment
- to contain communism and keep it from spreading
Why did he Allied leaders meat in Tyron and have a conference in 1943?
-they where winning the war and were deciding what to do with Germany
How did the US help Britain EARLY in the war
-we help with supplies and we made them come and get the stuff and not to pay it on credit, but all at once
What FOUR countries where originally Axis
- Germany, Italy, Soviet Union, and Japan
What four countries where ALLIES at the end of
US, Britain, France, Soviet Union
What is totalitarianism
-Secret police, total control over everything, political leaders tried to control the way citizens think and live. They used books, news paper, the arts, and school to influence their people. People who disagreed or voiced other ideas were harshly punished
What did the US and Western Europe do to try and help Germany after WWI
- the Dawes Plan it reduced the amount that Germany owed and set payments that it’s government could handle it also arranged American banks to loan $200 million Germany
***Name two European Dictators and how they rose to power
- Mussolini: created the Fascist Part and promised to restore order to, fix Italy’s economy, and make Italy a great nation.
- Hitler in his speeches he appealed to the people’s fear about the economy and their bitterness about the treaty of Versailles
Why why did European countries try not to stop hitler
- they just got out of WWI and they didn’t want to start another war
- Italy
- England
- Mediterranean
- the Atlantic Ocean
Know were these places are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When did WWII start
September 1st, 1939
