WWII Flashcards
1
Q
ww2 causes
A
Germany ignores Treaty of Versailles
Japan invades China
Italy seizes Ethiopia
2
Q
Hitler’s rise to power
A
tries to unite all germans
writes Mein Kampf
rises through legal means
3
Q
US position at start of ww2
A
“neutrality” - loan supplies to England
4
Q
appeasment
A
UN gives into Hitler’s demands to avoid war (fail)
5
Q
D-Day
A
invasion of Normandy, France
western front in europe against axis
6
Q
ww2 what brought US into war
A
pearl harbor
7
Q
Island hopping
A
US strategy to defeat Japanese in Pacific
8
Q
Lend Lease Act
A
US policy b4 war to supply countries vital to US security
ex: supplying England
9
Q
Manhattan Project
A
secret program to make atomic bomb to end war to avoid invading Japan
