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.
Who were the Big Three?
U.S., U.S.S.R., and Great Britain.
Who was Winston Churchill?
The prime minister of Great Britain.
What was the Atlantic Charter?
A declaration between FDR and Churchill that formed the basis for the Allies’ peace plan.
Who were the Allied Powers?
Great Britain, U.S., Soviet Union.
Who were the Axis Powers?
Germany, Japan, and Italy.
Who was Charles de Gaulle?`
a French general and resistance leader.
What was Vichy?
southern part of France. It was a puppet state.
Who was Douglas MacArthur?
an American general who devised the island-hopping strategic.
What was island-hopping?
the phrase given to the strategy employed by the United States to gain military bases and secure the many small islands in the Pacific.
Who was Isoroku Yamamoto?
a Japanese admiral who devised the Pearl Harbor attack.
What does genocide mean?
systematic killing of an entire people.
What was a ghetto?
a part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups.
What does Kristallnacht mean?
night of broken glass
