WW2 Flashcards
Communism in WW2
A dictatorship where everyone is equal
Before war Soviet Union was a communist
Fascism
Only one leader
Germany and Poland were facists
League of Nations
Formed in 1920 after treaty of Versailles
Had over 63 members
Said to be pointless
3rd of September 1939
Start of World War One
July 1942 to November
Kakoda campaign.
July 1942 to November
Kakoda campaign.
Treaty of Versailles
Signed in 1919 Peace treaty ended the war Blamed Germany for Ww1 Repetitions 33billion\$\$ Limited army 100,000 6ships only No Air Force Hitter left because Germany was dis armed and other countries were refusing Japan followed
13th of March 1938
Annexation of Austria
29th of June 1934
The Night Of Long Knives:
Policy of Appeasement
British and France ignoring hitler
Turning a blind eye
12-30th of September 1938
The Munich agreement
Kristallnacht
‘The night of broken glass’
Jewish owned stores and buildings had their windows smashed
No intervention from the government
Pearl harbour
Surprise attack by Japan on the USA army
Forced America to join the war
The American president F.D ROOSEVELT DECLARED WAR
John Curtin
Australian prime minster
Change in foreign policy and turned to America for help
Burma railway
POWs worked on it
POW
Prisoner of war