Ww2 Flashcards
Hitler
Mass murduring maniac
Mussolini
Totes besties with hitlor
The white death( simo häyhä)
Best sniper ever
Stubby
He was the first dog to have a rank in us armed forces
Asian Holocaust
Bloodier than the original holocaust.
Manhattan Project
Manhattan project began in 1938, when German scientist discovered nuclear fission
Treaty of versaillies
Started ww2
Winter war
Soviet Union invades Finland
Avoiding a Second World War
Britain and France wanted to avoid a repeat of the First World War
America joined the war
After Japan attacked Pearl Harbor America joined the war
Soviet failure
The winter war should have been an easy victory but instead it was a humiliating struggle
Belgium
The allies had wanted to place troops in Belgium
Pearl Harbor failed
It seemed like a big Japanese victory, but they didn’t attack any of the naval repair yards, fuel storage tanks, or the submarine base
Soviet Union uses German tactics
Soviets start reclaiming all of their land to the west
Ghost army
Allies mad inflated balloons that resembled military vehicles
D day
Allied ships fired a huge number of shells at the German fortifications
European front
Hitler was getting desperate & tried to blitz the allies through Belgium again
Upgrades
Thought the war,the allies had to come up with better tech to fight the u boats
Japan surrenders
Japan surrendered to the allies. It was a power move to show that the emperor wasn’t the divine figure people thought he was
Mussolini’s time to shine
He thought now it was Italy’s time to shine then he tried to take Egypt and that went badly
Occupied civilians
In Europe the natzis were rounding up ethnic minorities. Millions of Jewish people would suffer through the terrible events of the holocaust
Winston Churchill shows his ability as a strategist
The luftwaffe sent one massive all out attack on London and the uk successfully repelled it
Uk
Uk ask the FDR to join the war and they said no
Strategic warfare
Germans sent thousands of refugees west
France is saved again
In August allied troops landed in the south of France to little resistance
Allies invade Sicily
Allied forces land in Sicily
Pacific theater
Japan is being pushed away from their territories
