WWII Flashcards
rise of dictators
-Joseph Stalin
-Benito Mussolini
-Adolf Hitler
whats communism?
When the government owns everything including homes, businesses, buildings
whats fascism?
held by one leader only and they are the only ones that get a say
what nazism?
a form of socialism featuring racism and expansionism and obedience to a strong leader
road to war causes
-Anger over Treaty of Versailles (Italy & Germany)
-Aggression by Germany, Italy, and Japan
-Failure of world powers US, BR, FR, -League of Nations to stand up to aggression
-The failure of the policy of appeasement
-The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour
whats the policy of appeasment?
a policy that makes u give in to the aggression to avoid war
who was canadas prime minister during this?
William Lyon Mackenzie King
what were the major battles
-The failure at Dieppe
-D-Day (Normandy)
-Battle of the Atlantic
the failure of dieppe
-August 19, 1942
-involved around 6,000 Allied troops, primarily Canadian
d-day
-June 6, 1944
-The beaches of Normandy, France
-they created a fake army to throw the Germans off and then invaded the beaches
battle of the atlantic
-September 3, 1939, to May 7, 1945.
-Primarily Britain, Canada, United States
-germans are blowing up supplys that are coming from canada and usa with war boats
tech and weapons
-war boats
-submarines
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whats conscription?
if your picked by the government to go to war u have no choice
whats the Holocaust?
The Holocaust was the Nazi-led genocide of 6 million Jews and millions of others during World War II.
whats pearl harbour
-surprise military attack by Japan on the U.S.
-December 7, 1941
- leading the United States to enter World War II.
What is Japanese internment?
-1942-1945
-over 120,000 Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated
atomic bombs
-The United States dropped atomic bombs on Japan during World War II
-first bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945
-second on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945
end of war
-ended in 1945
-Germany surrendered in may
-Japan surrendered in September
VE day
-victory in europe day
- May 8, 1945
-The day when Nazi Germany officially surrendered to the Allied forces, marking the end of World War II in Europe.
VJ day
-victory in japan
-August 15, 1945
-The day when Japan announced its surrender after the atomic bombings
