World War II Flashcards
when did world war II start and end
1939-1945
who were the allies
US, UK, USSR, FRANCE
who were the axis
GERMANY, ITALY, JAPAN
what were the reasons for world war II
1, aggressive nationalism
- failure of collective security and appeasement
- rise of nazi germany
what was the holocaust
1933-1945
genocide of jews and minorities (6 million died)
explain appeasement
the allies gave germany czechoslovakia for the promise that they would stop invading other countries, however the next year in 1939 HITLER invaded poland
explain failure of collective security
league of nations was not able to prevent war.
Hitler invaded the RHINELAND which was forbidden by treaty of versailles, none did anything (1936)
what events did the league of nations hold in attempt to ‘fix’ the problems
- genoa conference
- locarno treaty
- kellog briand pcat
- young plan
what was the genoa conference
conference that tried to settle the dispute between france and germany, both countries refused
locarno treaty
uk and france promise poland and czechosloavkia to protect them in the case that germany decides to invade
kellog briand pact
ruled out war as an instrument of national policy
young plan
attempt to resettle repression fees, failed due to great depression
‘anschluss’ with austria
germany combines with Austria, no one stops them
explain aggressive nationalism
countries such as: -germany -japan -italy -russia were all very nationalistic and tried to become world powers. Particularly the axis, who were all under faschist control
expalin rise of nazi germany
HITLER rising to power was a main reason, noone stopped him taking over Germany even though just a few year ago there was a world war
