WW2 Flashcards
This person became known as the Dessert Fox due to his accomplishments in North Afrika
Erwin Romel
This person was the propaganda minister in Hitler’s Reich
Joseph Goebbels
This person became the supreme leader of all invading forces in Europe.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
This person symbolized the stubbornness and ambition of the British.
Douglas Bader
This person survived the Nazi death camps and later went on to write books about his experiences. He also won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986.
Elie Weisel
This agreement, which was called a policy of appeasement by Winston Churchill, allowed Hitler to gain the Sudetenland in agreement that he would no longer seek territory
Munich Pact
This gave Hitler his special powers for four years. Basically allowed them to have full control and be communists.
Enabling Act
This was Hitler’s first attempt to gain power by trying to overthrow the German government. 1922 beer hall uprising but it failed. Its goal was to bring the rebellion to the Weimar Republic.
Munich Putsch
This historical event is considered to be the cause of the rise of totalitarian leadership in Germany, Italy, and Russia.
World War 1
This was passed during America’s isolationism in an attempt to keep us from aiding nations at war.
Neutrality Acts
This was the first Anglo-American joint operation in the war
Operation Torch
Germany violated its non-aggression pact with Russia by doing this
Operation Barborasso
This was the name of the campaign we called D-Day.
Operation Overload
This was Germany’s elite fighting group in Africa.
Afrika Corps
This name was given to the campaign in which Germany would launch an amphibious invasion on Britain
Operation Sea Lion
This was the name later given to the Battle of Britain. The people in Britain started to call it this after the Luftwaffe started bombing the cities
The Blitz
This battle was Germany’s last major offensive. It proved to be their last attempt
Battle of the Bulge
This battle was Germany’s first major loss and Hitler’s second big mistake.
Battle of El Alamein
This battle is considered the major turning point of war in Europe
Battle of Stalingrad
This legislation officially stripped Jews of all legal rights and privileges. This was as if the Nazi Party had declared war on the Jews.
Nuremberg Race Laws
This was a primitive rocket fired from planes. Its noisy approach was known to terrify people who heard it.
Buzz Bomb V-1
This was the name of German submarines which were used primarily to disrupt supply lines by sinking ships.
Unterseeboote (U-Boats)
This boat was very important to the D-Day invasion because it was able to unload tanks and other weapons directly on the beach.
LST
This tank was known for its speed and power. It was considered to be one of the best tanks during the war. In fact, many would argue that only the T34 was greater
Panzer
This plane was the pride of the Luftwaffe. It had to ability to dive down from high altitudes to attack its prey
Stuka
This strategy is based on the use of superior firepower and speed to take out the enemy quickly
Blitzkrieg
Nazi general Erwin Rommel used this strategy to defeat his opponents.
out-flaking
Stalin used what tactic to make it more difficult for the invading German Wehrmacht to be successful. This was done by making the territory useless
Scorched Earth
This person used the Mediterranean Sea and the Quattra Depression to prevent Rommel’s battle tactics.
Bernard Montgomery
This was Winston Churchill’s term for what he considered to be the easiest way to invade Germany
Soft-Underbelly
A trained teacher and one-time newspaper reporter He used his skills as a journalist and orator to seize power (become prime minister of Italy). He was also a corporal during the war and helped start an anti-communist organization
Benito Mussolini
An aggressive treaty with Germany was signed by Mussolini in 1939.
Rome-Berlin Axis
What was Adolf Hitler’s major talent?
As a PUBLIC SPEAKER
A German military officer and an early member of the Nazi Party. As one of the members of its predecessor, the German Workers’ Party, he was a close friend and early ally of Adolf Hitler. Helped by setting up the “SA” Hitler eventually killed him.
Ernst Rohm
A group of thugs who imitated rivals.
Brown Shirts
What was Hitler’s best selling book called?
Main Kampf
What kind of policy were Americans following while Germany was communist and what does that mean? What act was passed?
Isolationism- We were trying to isolate ourselves from the war to protect us. We passed the Neutrality Act of 1935 so that we wouldn’t trade ammo during war time.
What was important about the Spanish Civil War?
It became the testing ground for the weapons of WW2. The term fifth column was invented meaning a group of subversives hiding among the enemy. Americans go to Spain to aid both sides and therefore become branded as either Communists or Nazis.
A Religion that stresses nature and the Samurai tradition. Holds the Emporer to be divine.
Shinto
What do you need to know about Japan and WW2?
They were ambitious and wanted to build a huge empire but they weren’t able to because there were treaties in place that stopped them from doing so and they suspected that racism from the European countries played a role in them not getting their shot.
What happened in the Panay incident?
The American navy ship USS Panay was attacked by Japanese planes
while the ship was patrolling the Yangtze River. Although clearly
marked the Japanese claimed mistaken identity. Three Americans were killed. Japan apologized.
What was the anti-Comintern Pact
It was aimed at Russia—a treaty between Japan, Germany, and Italy.
What country was Hirochito the leader of?
Japan
Who was Japan’s prime minister?
Hideke Tojo
One of Japan’s admirals.
“Iron Admiral” Isoroku Yamamoto
Who was the prime minister of the United Kingdon or England?
Neville Chamberland
This agreement, which was called a policy of appeasement by Winston Churchill, allowed Hitler to gain the Sudetenland in agreement that he would no longer seek territory
Munich W
What was the non aggression pact
A shocking pact between Germany and Russia meaning that they could no longer depend on the Germans and Russians to balance each other out in Eastern Europe.
What does blitzkrieg mean?
lightning war
What was the Atlantic Charter?
Months before Pearl Harbor (mid-August, 1941) Churchill and FDR met on the USS Augusta and set up a set of war aims and post-war plans. The idea for the United Nations is brought up at this meeting.
What was the decison involving the Elbe River.
Ike made the decision to stop the American advance at the Elbe river. This was controversial because it allowed Russians to occupy Berlin. It was probably intended to make the splitting of Germany easier after the war.
What were the three turning points of the war
