WWII Flashcards
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Total War
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- Going all out
- Putting everything into their military and war
2
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Great depressions impact on new leaders
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- Opened up opportunities for dictators/leaders to slide in
- Gabe them hope
- Vulnerability
3
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Blitzkrieg vs WWI tactics
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- Strong, fast, effective, and terrifying
- Weak traditional cavalry
- Blitzkrieg»»»>
- Planes, Artillery, Tanks, Troops
4
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Axis and Allied alliances during WWII
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- Axis - Germany, Italy, Japan
- Allied - America, Great Britain, France, China ish
5
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Mein Kampf
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- “My struggle”
- Anti Communist
- Anti-Jew- blamed for the economy
- Pro socialist
- Ultra nationalism
6
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How did WWII really start
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- The Invasion of Poland
7
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Escalation of the Holocaust
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- Kristallnacht (night of broken glass)
- Destroyed Jewish businesses
- Hitler invited Jews to leave or pay a price
- Identification
8
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Pearl Harbor
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- Japanese snuck up and destroyed Pearl Harbor
- Push the US back
9
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Island Hopping
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- America’s way of getting to Japan
- Slower, gained land along the way
- Finally got to Japan and won
10
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Kamikaze
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- Japanese suicide planes flying into enemy warships
11
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Reasons for the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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- Japan would not surrender
- Least amount of American losses compared to other options
- Needed to show the power
- Affective
- Killed many civilians
12
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United Nations
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- America dominates
- League of Nations is down
- United Nations is made to stop all war
- Maintain peace