ww2 Flashcards
Abdicate
Give up/withdraw power
Armistice:
Formal terms of a peace agreement
Reparations
the payment for crimes committed to repair the damages done
Appeasement
the action of Making someone pleased or less angry by giving or saying something desired
Genocide:
Wiping out or attempted eradication of a group of people
Anti-Semitism:
prejudice against or hatred of jews
Night of the long Knives:
the Massacre of members and leaders of the parliament force ordered by Adolf Hitler.
Nuremberg laws
antisemitic and racist laws passed in Germany
Carpet Bombing:
to drop large numbers of bombs to cause complete devastation
Allies:
political and military alliance of the British Commonwealth, France, the United States and Russia, who forged an agreement to fight National Socialist Germany - a state formally cooperating with another for a military or other purpose.
Axis:
name given to the political and military alliance of Germany, Italy and Japan during World War 2
Isolationism:
an attempt to remain separate from the issues of other nations
Inertia:
lack of activity or interest, or unwillingness to make an effort to do anything
Blitzkrieg:
Lightning war
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact:
controversial treaty between Germany and the Soviet Union to refrain from attacking one another
Source anaylis steps
Origin - who wrote, said, drew it? When (date), where was it produced? What is the source (primary/secondary)?
Content - what is being said? What is it talking about?
Purpose - why did they write, say, draw the piece?
Value - why and how is this source important/useful/significant to the debate?
Limitation - What isn’t being said? Is the source complete or an extract? What/who is missing?
4 MAIN causes
- Militarism
- Alliances
- Imperialism
- nationalism
the Big 3
David Lloyd-George (Britain Prime Minister)
Woodrow Wilson (U.S President)
Georges Clemenceau (France Prime Minister)
When was the treaty signed?
28th of June 1919
when was pearl harbour?
1941 December 7th
