World War II Flashcards
Who are the two people that signed the nonaggression pact?
Joseph Stalin and Hitler
What is the nonaggression pact?
A pact that said that Europe and Germany would not take any military actions towards the other for ten years.
What was another name for the the blitzkrieg?
The “Lighting War”
Who was Charles de Gaulle?
A French general, who set up a government-in-exile in London.
Who was Winston Churchill?
The new British prime minister.
What did Hitler do in the Battle of Britain?
Hitler called off his attacks.
In the Battle of Britain when Hitler called the attacks off what did that show the allies?
That Hitler attacks could be blocked.
What was the Atlantic Charter?
(America was not in the war.) Roosevelt and Churchill met secretly and issued a joint declaration.
What happened in Pearl Harbor?
It was a Japanese bomb attack on America in Hawaii at Pearl Harbor. The attack killed more than 2,300 Americans.
What did the Battle
of Midway symbolized?
The turn of the wave in the Pacific.
What position in the military was Douglas MacArthur?
A General.
Because of the Battle of Guadalcanal, what did the Japanese call the island Guadalcanal?
The “Island of Death”
What did Hitler and Joseph Stalin get out the nonaggression pact?
Part of Poland (Land)
How did Hitler conquer Poland?
A sunrise attack in which tanks and trucks were at the boarder, Aircraft and artillery bombing the capital. (All at the same time.)
What happened in the Battle of the Coral Sea?
Airplanes attacked ships “no shots fired”.
