WWII Flashcards

(37 cards)

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Appeasement

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giving in to the demands of an aggressor in order to keep the peace

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Blitzkrieg

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”lighting war”

-used tank and air power technology to strike against the enemy

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Neutrality

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a policy of supporting neither side in a war

- Neutrality Acts were passed by the U.S. to prevent them from being in WWII.

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Vichy France

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Germans set up a “puppet state” in the capital, Vichy

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Island-hopping

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goal: Allied strategy of recapturing some Japanese-held islands while bypassing others.

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Fascism

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any authoritarian government that is not communist, glorifies the state over individuals and strips people of basic human rights
-Basically Hitler’s Germany

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D-Day (Date + What happened?)

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Date : June 6, 1944
What Happened? Allied Forces invaded France
-Allied Forces had to fight their way to shore amid grenades, mines, and rapid gunfire

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Genocide

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the deliberate and systematic killing of people who belong to particular minority groups (Holocaust)

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Holocaust

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  • “Final Solution to the Jewish Solution”

- the campaign of genocide against German Jews and other minorities in Europe

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Aggression

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How Mussolini, Hitler, and Japanese militarists behaved when they saw the desire for peace as weakness

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Manhattan Project

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code name for the project to build the first atomic bomb during WWII
-July 1945- first successful atomic bomb was tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico

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Big Three

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Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin → agreed to focus on finishing the war in Europe

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Erwin Rommel

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known as “The Desert Fox”
Hitler’s most brilliant commanders
Pushed Britain back across the desert
Brought successes in 1941 and 1942 in North Africa
Took his own life after a failed attempt to assassinate Hitler

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Harry Truman

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33rd president after FDR

Made the decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan→ believed that it would bring the war to a quicker end

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Neville Chamberlain

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Prime minister in England
Considered weak
Marches into Austria and takes over
Meets Hitler at Munich→ Munich Conference

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Charles de Gualle

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French army officer → carried on resistance for the French during the war
Led French officers

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Franklin Roosevelt

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32 President of the U.S.
President during WWII
-present at the Atlantic Charter in 1941

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Winston Churchill

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New Prime minister in England
Was the Prime minister during the War → After, England gets rid of him
Warned of Nazi threat →predicted war in Europe
-Also present at the Atlantic Charter

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Dwight Eisenhower

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took control over a joint Britain and American force in Morocco and Algeria
Commanded Allied Forces in Western Europe

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Dunkirk

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port in France where 300,000 Allied troops were evacuated

- their retreat was cut off by German soldiers in 1940

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Guernica

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a small Spanish market town

April 1937 → German planes dropped bombs on the city and soldiers killed anyone who survived.

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Nuremberg

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Nuremberg Trials- series of war crime trials held in Germany –> 200 Germans and Austrians were tried.

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Hiroshima

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On August 6, 1945, →The U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city, Hiroshima. → killed ≈ 70,000 people

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Nagasaki

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On August 9, 1945, →The U.S. dropped the second atomic bomb on the Japanese city, Nagasaki. → killed ≈ 40,000 people

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Midway
Aircraft War between Japan and the Allied powers → Americans won in June 1942
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Phillipine Islands
Japan bombed the islands after the Pearl Harbor attack Bataan Death March took place . → the forced march of Filipinos and American soldiers who surrendered to the Japanese military
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Sudetenland
The old Czech Republic annexed to Germany Hitler persuaded the Czechs to surrender Sudetenland → Hitler promised Britain and France that he would not expand his territory Munich Conference
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Where was the ‘dress rehearsal’ for WWII?
In Guernica (The Spanish Civil War)
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Which nation suffered the highest number of casualties in WWII?
The Soviet Union with 20 million dead
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Where and when (mo/da/yr) did WWII officially begin in Europe?
WWII began in Poland when Germany invaded it on September 1, 1939.
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Where and when (mo/da/yr) did the War in the Pacific officially begin?
December 7 or 8, 1941 in the Pacific
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Where and when (mo/da/yr) did the invasion of France begin by the Allies?
June 6, 1944 in Normandy, France
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Which major nations were Axis and which were Allied?
Axis: Germany, Italy, and Japan Allied: Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union
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What were the purpose and outcomes of the Atlantic Charter? Who signed it and where did they meet?
Purpose: set goals for the defeat of Nazi Germany and the postwar world Outcomes: -nation’s right to choose their own government, and general security Who signed it? FDR and Churchill Where did they meet? On a warship in the Atlantic
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Who are the 5 permanent members of the Security Council and what power do each of these have over decisions?
5 permanent members of the Security Council: United States, Soviet Union (Russia),Britain, France, and China Power: they could veto council decisions
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Describe 5 outcomes of WWII.
Soviet Union, Japan, China, and Poland are in ruins. Killed numerous amounts of people (≈ 50 million people around the world) Clarity on the conditions of Auschwitz and the concentration/death camps (full understanding of how Jews were treated) Nuremberg Trials- 200 Germans and Austrians were tried for war crimes Nazis received death sentences or were imprisoned United Nations
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Cold War
From 1945-1991 - a struggle over political differences carried on by means short of military action or war how to fight: foreign aid, espionage (spying), alliance, and propaganda