WWII Flashcards
Leader who was elected to power in a weak Germany and favored Nazism
Adolf Hitler
The treaty that set the way for Germany to fall to ruin
Treaty of Versailles
This is the leader who focused all towards the state, banned unions, and censored the press for fascism
Benito Mussolini
This is the leader who led militarism and attacked Manchuria, China, Korea, and Pacific Islands
Hiedeki Tojo
This is the Soviet dictator who used shared farms, five year plans, purges, and wanted a classless society
Joseph Stalin
This is re agreement that was made between Chamberlain and Hitler (giving up the Studetenland)
Munich Pact
This is the country and continent that Italy took over since it was a weaker nation
Ethiopia and Africa
The fighting style, also known as lightning warfare, that led to the fall of Poland and start of WW11
Blitzkrieg
This is the event in Asia that resulted in the death of 300,000 civilians in the rape of 20,000 women
Rape of Nanjing
The political agreement that brought Austria back into Germany with the Nazi supporter in power
Anshluss
The term for the initial foreign-policy of the US due to previous European conflicts like World War II
Isolationism
The date and location of the attack from Japan that was the final straw for the US
Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941
The term for the acts that were passed by Congress the band the sale of arms to fighting nations
Neutrality acts of 1937 in 1938
The term for the action the US took to cut off trade and economic ties with Japan
Oil embargo
The agreement that allows the US to Lynn Britain and the USSR weapons
Lend lease act