World War II Terms Flashcards
Kristallnacht
(Night of the Broken Glass) November 9, 1938, when mobs throughout Germany destroyed Jewish property, burned synagogues and terrorized Jews.
Battle of Stalingrad
Klaus Von Stauffenberg
Nazis
“Nationalist Socialist German Workers Party.” The political party led by Hitler that took over during World War II.
Autarchy
Desert Fox
Operation Overlord
the code name for the Allied invasion of Europe at Normandy on June 6, 1944; also known as D-Day
Appeasement
A policy of making concessions to an aggressor in the hopes of avoiding war. Associated with Neville Chamberlain’s policy of making concessions to Adolf Hitler.
Anschluss
Nuremberg Laws of 1935
Josip Broz
March on Rome
Mein Kampf
“My Struggle”
The book written by Hitler while he was in prison which influenced many people and started the gaining of Nazi supporters.
Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis
Nagasaki
The Japanese city that was destroyed with the atomic bomb “Fat Man.” 40,000 people died.
Battle of the Bulge
Hitler’s last offensive
December, 1944-January, 1945 - After recapturing France, the Allied advance became stalled along the German border. In the winter of 1944, Germany staged a massive counterattack in Belgium and Luxembourg which pushed a 30 mile “bulge” into the Allied lines.
Tehran Conference
Battle of Midway
A World War II battle in June of 1942 between the United States and Japan, a turning point in the war in the Pacific. The U.S. Navy were able to decode a secret Japanese radio transmission and we ambush their ambush. We sink 4 Japanese aircraft carriers.
Potsdam Conference
Iron Curtain
Blitzkrieg
“Lightening War”
A German military tactic that used swift, coordinated movements against enemies.
