World War II Flashcards
What started WWII
Germany invading Poland
What was a battle that turned the tide of the war?
Midway, Stalingrad, El Alamein
The U.S. entered the war when which event occurred?
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Which battle stopped Japan’s southward advance?
Battle of the Coral Sea
Axis Powers
Germany, Italy, Japan
Allied Powers
Britain, America, Soviet Union
What strategy did Hitler use to conquer Poland?
Blitzkrieg “Lightning War”
What does Hitler and the Nazis say what is the Germanic peoples- master race?
Aryans
What laws take away the rights of German Jews?
Nutemburg
What was Hitler’s “Final Solution” for the Jews?
Genocide
Who were mostly the weak people in the concentrations camps?
Women, children, sick, elderly
Which American general lead the Battle of El Alamein
Bernard Montgomery
What happened in the Invasion of Italy
Allies captured Sicily
What was a total war that the Allies defeated France, Belgium, and Luxemburg
D-Day invasion
What was the main camp
Auschwitz
When was the invasion of Poland
September 1, 1939
Winston Churchill
British prime minister
Charles de Gaulle
french general
why does US enter war
bombing of pearl harbor
what is Doolittle’s raid on japan
revenge for pearl harbor
battle of guadalcanal
japanese built huge airbage
what people got put in the concentration camps
jews
Battle of Midway
US lets Japan attack then US planes attack
What happened at Pearl Harbor
Japanese attacked pearl harbor
Yamamoto
japanese greatest naval strategist also called for an attack on U.S.
