WW2 Worksheet - P1 Flashcards
Blitzkrieg
Lightning War - Sept. 1939
Poland refused to allow Soviet troops the right to enter their territory.
A large-scale night air-raids and became known as this after the German blitzkrieg meaning lightning war.
Anschluss
Annexation of Austria to Germany
Depression
desire for strong nation
Lebensraum
NAZI’s claim they need more “Lebensraum” or living space
Hitler wants “Anschluss” or Union with all German speaking people
Hitler breaks the Treaty of Versailles, begins to re-arm in 1933 No one stops him
Sudetenland
1938 - Germany takes Sudetenland,
England will create Munich Pact, Hitler promises England he will not take more land
Munich Pact
Signed by Britain, France, and Germany.
Allowed Germany to go into the Sudetenland.
Hitler promises that he isn’t going to go into any other country.
1936 Olympics
Berlin - propaganda for Hitler
Neville Chamberlain
England leader (Prime Minister) who signs Munich pact that Hitler won’t take more land
Appeasement
giving people what they want to prevent them from harming you or being angry with you.
Example - Munich Agreement
Signed by Britain, France, and Germany.
Allowed Germany to go into the Sudetenland.
Hitler promises that he isn’t going to go into any other country.
Winston Churchill
England prime minister
Operation Torch
D-Day
June 6, 1944 - normandy
Battle of the Bulge
Dec 1944 Germany makes a last push to break Allied lines
Battle of Midway
strategic island which lies north- west of Hawaii.
Americans had broken the Japanese code and knew that Midway was to be their next target.
The Battle of Midway was a turning point in the Pacific War. Started Island hopping
Rosie the Riveter
Women working in the factories
Scrap Drives
Donations to make weapons
Internment Camps
Japanese concentration camps
Besties
Pact of Steel- May 1939
Between Hitler and Mussolini
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact- August 1939-(Non-Aggression Pact)
Between Hitler and Stalin
Tripartite Pact- 1940
Agreement between Germany, Italy, and Japan.
