WW2 Flashcards
1
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treaty of Versailles
A
cause of WW2
2
Q
Mussolini
A
Italy
axis
3
Q
Tojo
A
Japan
axis
4
Q
Churchill
A
GB
allies
5
Q
Pearl Harbor
A
bombing by Japan in Hawaii
6
Q
axis
A
Italy
Germany
Japan
Hawaii
7
Q
3 reich
A
ran by hitler
8
Q
A- bomb
A
dropped on Japan
9
Q
Atlantic charter
A
peace document by Churchill and FDR
10
Q
nazi
A
hitler’s party
11
Q
lend lease
A
lending program from US
12
Q
annex
A
hitler takes over places
13
Q
Normandy
A
invasion = D-day
14
Q
hitler
A
Germany
axis
15
Q
Stalin
A
USSR
allies
16
Q
FDR
A
USA
allies
17
Q
neutrality acts
A
FDR tries to keep US out of WW2
18
Q
soft underbelly of Europe
A
from N. Africa to Sicily
19
Q
allies
A
USSR
USA
GB
20
Q
final solution
A
Jews and communism blamed for WW2
21
Q
non-aggression pact
A
FDR tries to stay out of WW2
22
Q
fascism
A
values nation over race
23
Q
cash and carry
A
shows neutrality from US
24
Q
blitzkrieg
A
lightning warfare capture Poland
25
appeasement
hitler takes control of more and more of Europe
26
❕appeal of fascist dictators after WW1
good bc:
gov in ruins
bad economy
27
❕results of the war
east and west Germany
Cold War
Stalin has Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia
28
‼️ why the allies won and the axis lost
allies were more prepared, better strategies, smarter
29
❕causes of WW2
treaty of Versailles
poor economic conditions
rise of fascism
30
❕hitler Stalin relationship
nonaggression pact
| not friends, but civil
31
❕GB, US & USSR relationship
allies
| yalta conference
32
❕why drop the a bomb
shorten war
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