ww2 Flashcards
what started the Second Sino-Japanese War?
armies overrunning eastern China
how did Italy gain Ethiopia?
their weapons were outdated
how did Hitler first deify the Treaty of Versailles?
he sent troops into the demilitarized Rhineland
what is pacifism?
the action of keeping peace
how did America try to stay out of the war?
congress passed the Neutrality acts
what did the neutrality acts say?
it is illegal to help countries in the war and you cannot board any ship that is involved in war
who were the Axis powers?
Italy, Germany, and Japan
what united Germany and Austria?
the Anschluss
what land did Hitler annex?
the Sudetenland in western Czechoslovakia
what happened at the munch conference?
european democracies again chose appeasement
what did Hitler sign promising not to invade Stalin?
the Nazi-Soviate pact
why did Britain and France declare war on Germany?
Because they promised to protect Poland; Germany invaded Poland
How did Hitler invade Poland?
through a blitzkrieg (lightning war) and the Luftwaffe bombed factories and towns
what was going on when Hitler invaded Poland?
The soviet union was invading the other side at the same time
How did German forces attack France?
they bypassed the Maginot line and invaded though Belgium
what happened at the merical of Dunkirk?
Britain sent ships across the English Channel and evacuated stranded ships.
what did Vicky France become after the invasion?
a puppet state
who occupied Northern France?
Germany
what did Charles de Gaulle do?
led the “free French” from Britain
who were the RAF
The Royal Air Force
how did civilians survive the battle of Britain?
they hid in the London underground (subway)
how did Prime Minister Churchill govern during the battle of Britain?
from an underground bunker
who was the “desert fox”?
General Erwin rommel
where did Hitler send the “desert fox”?
North Africa