WWII Flashcards
Who was Adolfo Hitler
A leader of Nazi Germany, wanted to create the perfect race-Aryans blond hair
And blue eyed people
Who was Neville chamberlain
Prime minister of Britain
Joseph Stalin
Dictator of Soviet Russia, allied with Germany ad first then was betrayed
Benito Mussolini
Wanted to make the Mediterranean a Italian lake, allied with Hitler
Erwin Rommel
“The desert fox” General of hitters forces, pushed the British into caro and Egypt.
Winston Churchill
Replaced chamberlain, beleined in fighting till death known for flashing peace signs
FDR
President US 193 32, suffered from polio. Was president most of ww2
Dwight Eisenhower
American general toot control of join t british/american army, trapped Rommel “ groups until surrender
Douglas MacArthur
General of the US marines led victory at Guadalcanal
Harry, S, Truman
President after Rosevelt, made desiciando use atomic bomb
Invasion of Poland
November 1st 1939 Nazis force storm Poland- start of hitters blitzkrieg or lightning war
Miracle of dunkirk
Ships rescuing France and American groups from English Chanels
Fall of France
June 22nd 1940, France surrenders t Germany
London blitzi or sea lion
August 12th 1940 Hitler sends first wave of do English coast bombers
Pearl Harbor
December 7 + 1941 Japan attracted Pearl Harbor for declared war new day
Invasion of Italy
British + American army takes over Italy
D-day
June 6th 1944- Allies land on Normandy’s beaches
Bataan death march
March of prisoners of War from Bataan to balinga
Battle of the bulge
Attach in Ardenny forests I hitters last offensive attack.
Elbe day
Soviet + American groups meet at Elbe river axis armies A surrender
V-e day
Victory in Europe day Hitler cumits suicide
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Us dropped atomic bombs, to show power or end War
Greater East Asia co-prosperity\sphere
A Japanese front no build empire
Total war
Comities all recourses towards war effort
