WWII Flashcards
Kristallnacht was a night of spontaneous rioting by the German people, enraged over the killing of a German diplomat by a Jewish refugee
False
Fascists were strongly anti-Communist
True
American commanders at the Pearl Harbor Naval base received a war warning, but Hawaii was not mentioned as a possible target
True
In the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese sank or badly damage most of the US Navy’s aircraft carriers
False
Adolf Hitler blamed Germany’s defeat in World War I on the
Jews
The British and French realized that appeasement had failed when Hitler
Invaded Poland
The first are that Hitler “unified” with Germany was
The Sudetenland
The Nazi-Soviet nonaggression testy contained a secret deal
Divide Poland a between them
Roosevelt sent destroyers to Britain in exchange for
U.S. bases on British-held territory
The Nye Committee report created the impression that America’s entry into a World War I was influence by
American arms manufacturers
Japan’s goal in attacking Midway Island was to
Gain a base from which to attack Hawaii
The Bataan Death March occurred in
The Philippines
A key to the American success at Midway was
Breaking the Japanese Navy’s secret code
In his book, Adolfo Hitler claimed the blond, blue-eyed Germans were descendants of a “master race” called
Aryan
As Hitler began to claim lands for Germany, other nations followed a policy of ( ), or giving in to his demands in exchange for peace
Appeasement
German plans to invade the Soviet Union was called Operation
Barbarossa
The ( ) Act allowed the United Starr to send weapons to Britain if Britain promised to return them or pay rent for them when the war ended
Lend-Lease
Talks between Roosevelt and Churchill on ships near Newfoundland in 1942 resulted in the ( ), which commuted the two leaders to a post war of democracy, non-aggression, and free trade
Atlantic Charter
