ww2 Flashcards
nye committee
The committee investigated the financial and banking interests which underlaid United States’ involvement in World War I, and was a significant factor in public and political support for American neutrality in the early stages of World War II.
neutrality act of 1935
The 1935 act[3] imposed a general embargo on trading in arms and war materials with all parties in a war. It also declared that American citizens traveling on warring ships traveled at their own risk. The act was set to expire after six months.
internationalism
political principle which advocates a greater political or economic cooperation among nations and peoples, and whose ideological roots can be traced to both socialism and liberalism.
remilitarization of the rhineland
German military forces entered the Rhineland.
munich crisis
a settlement permitting Nazi Germany’s annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia
sudetenland
refer to those northern, southwest, and western areas of Czechoslovakia
nonaggression pact
On August 23, 1939–shortly before World War II (1939-45) broke out in Europe–enemies Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union surprised the world by signing the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, in which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years.
america first committee
anti war organization
lend lease act
in which Congress authorized the sale, lease, transfer, or exchange of arms and supplies to ‘any country whose defense the president deems vital to the defense of the United States.’”
atlantic charter
a joint declaration released by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on August 14, 1941 following a meeting of the two heads of state in Newfoundland.
cost plus
a contract where a contractor is paid for all of its allowed expenses to a set limit plus additional payment to allow for a profit.[1] Cost-reimbursement contracts contrast with fixed-price contract, in which the contractor is paid a negotiated amount regardless of incurred expenses.
liberty ships
ship designed for “Emergency” construction by the United States Maritime Commission in World War II. Liberty ships were nicknamed “ugly ducklings” by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
war production board
agency of the United States government that supervised war production during World War II
tuskege armen
popular name of a group of African-American military pilots (fighter and bomber) who fought in World War II
battle of midway
An important turning point in the Pacific campaign, the victory allowed the United States and its allies to move into an offensive position.
battle of coral sea
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This four-day World War II skirmish in May 1942 marked the first air-sea battle in history., allied victory
north africa campaign
The campaign was fought between the Allies and Axis powers, many of whom had colonial interests in Africa dating from the late 19th century
battle of the atlantic
longest continuous military campaign[5][6] in World War II, running from 1939 to the defeat of Germany in 1945. At its core was the Allied naval blockade of Germany,
convoy system
which can be defined as a group of merchant vessels sailing together, with or without naval escort, for mutual security and protection, has a much longer history than sometimes suggested.
battle of stalingrad
was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad
soviet victory
deadliest
a philip randolph
a leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement, the American labor movement, and socialist political parties.
fair employment practices commission
banning discriminatory employment practices by Federal agencies and all unions and companies engaged in war-related work
bracero program
The Bracero Program grew out of a series of bi-lateral agreements between Mexico and the United States that allowed millions of Mexican men to come to the United States to work on, short-term, primarily agricultural labor contracts.
zoot suit riots
The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of racial attacks in 1943 during World War II that broke out in Los Angeles, California, during a period when many migrants arrived for the defense effort and newly assigned servicemen flooded the city.
korematsu vs united states
was a landmark United States Supreme Court case concerning the constitutionality of Executive Order 9066, which ordered Japanese Americans into internment camps during World War II regardless of citizenship.
office of price administration
The functions of the OPA were originally to control money (price controls) and rents after the outbreak of World War II.
casablanca conference
a meeting between U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the city of Casablanca, Morocco that took place from January 14–24, 1943.
tehran conference
was a strategy meeting of Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill from 28 November to 1 December 1943. It was held in the Soviet Union’s embassy in Tehran, Iran.
code talkers
are people in the 20th century who used obscure languages as a means of secret communication during wartime.
axis powers
germany, italy, japan
allied powers
ussr, Britain, united states
battle of the bulge
major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. The surprise attack caught the Allied forces completely off guard.
allied victory
iwo jima
a major battle in which the U.S. Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.
okinowa
largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War during World War II, the 1 April 1945 invasion of the island of Okinawa itself
allied victory
the manhattan project
a research and development project that produced the first nuclear weapons during World War II. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada.
