WW2 Flashcards
What is rearmment?
Increasing the size or rebuilding a country’s armed forces
What is a demilitarized zone?
An area where a country cannot keep its weapons or armed forces
What is remilitarisation?
When a country puts back its armed forces or weapons into a demilitarized zone
What is Rhineland?
The western part of Germany that borders France which is a demilitarized zone
What is Anschluss?
The German word for “Unision”. In particular the unison between Germany and Austria
What is appeasment?
Giving into enemies demands in the hope that it avoids further conflict
What is a pact?
An agreement between two or more countries but not an alliance or a treaty
What is a foreign policy?
A policy towards other countrys
Order the 6 causes of WW2 chronologically
-Rearmament
-Remilitarization of Rhineland
-Forced union with Austria
-Demand for a union with Sudetenland
-invasion of Czechoslovakia
-Invasion of Poland
What are Hitler’s foreign policy aims?
-To destroy the treaty of Versailles
-For Germany to conquer more territory (Lebensraum)
-To unite with German speakers
What is Lebensraum?
living space
What foreign policy did Rearmament fulfill and what did Britain and France do?
-To destroy the treaty of Versailles
-They did nothing
What foreign policy did the Remilitarization of Rhineland fulfill and what did Britain and France do?
-To destroy the treaty of Versailles
-They did nothing
What foreign policy did the Forced union with Austria fulfill and what did Britain and France do?
-To destroy the treaty of Versailles
-Lebensraum
-To unite with German speakers
-They refused to help
What foreign policy did the Demand for a union with Sudetenland fulfill and what did Britain and France do?
-To destroy the treaty of Versailles
-Lebensraum
-To unite with German speakers
-They agreed that Hitler could have Sudetenland if he promised not to take the rest of Czechoslovakia
What foreign policy did the invasion of Czechoslovakia fulfill and what did Britain and France do?
-To destroy the treaty of Versailles
-Lebensraum
-To unite with German speakers
-They did nothing
What foreign policy did the invasion of Poland fulfill and what did Britain and France do?
-To destroy the treaty of Versailles
-Lebensraum
-They declared war on Germany but didn’t send any soldiers to Poland 🇵🇱
Who are the Allies?
-Britain
-Usa
-USSR
Who are the Axis?
-Germany
-Italy
-Japan
When did WW2 start and end?
1939-1945
Who did Germans blame Jews for?
Germany’s defeat in WW1
When was D-Day?
June 6 1944
What is Sudetenland?
a province in northern Czechoslovakia, bordering Germany
Give 4 features of the Holocaust
-6 million Jews were killed
-it was unsystematic for the first two years and systematic for the rest
-Jews were sent to isolated areas called ghettos
-they also targeted gypsies, gay men, and disabled people
