WWII Flashcards by Kailee Pavlinich

Allies

Great Britain- Churchill
France-Degawl
US-FDR

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Axis

China-Mao
Germany-Hitler
Italy-Mussolini 
Japan- Hirohito/Tojo
Soviet Union- Stalin 
USSR

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Attack weapons

Tanks
Planes
Ships

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Another name for a tank

Panzer

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Defense weapons

Radar
Sonar
Anti-aircraft guns

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What was the black shirts?

The nickname given to the SS

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Goering

German general
In charge of the Luftwaffe (Air Force)
Hitler’s chosen successor
Air Force was greatest in war at the beginning
Captured at end of war and sentenced to death
Killed self with cyanide

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General Patton

US general
Nicknamed old boots and guts
Controversial

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Yamamoto

Planned attack on Pearl Harbor

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Rommel

Germany general
Nicknamed Desert fox 
Panzer commander
One of the most successful generals 
Accused of being in plot to kill hitler 
Given choice to kill self or be killed

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Barbie

Head of gestapo
Germany general
In France for most of war

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Yamashita

Tiger of Malaysia

Ruthless to those of Malaysia and Singapore

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Bradley l

Us general

Led troops on Omaha and Utah beaches

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Eisenhower

Supreme allied commander
Built us tank corps
Designed invasion of Normandy
5 star general

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Generals/ admirals for Germany

Rommel
Goering

Barbie

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Generals/admirals for Great Britain

Montgomery

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Generals/admirals for Japan

Yamamoto

Yamashita

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Generals and admirals for the us

Arnold
Patton
Bradley
Eisenhower
Nimitz
MacArthur

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Montgomery

Defeated Rommel in Africa

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Nimitz

Proved the value of magic

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Arnold

Defender of female pilots commander of army air force

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D-day

Operation overlord 
6/6/44
US and GB vs Germany 
Eisenhower in charge 
Changed course of war
Changed course of war by pushing back Germany

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What happened on 12/7/41?

The attack on Pearl Harbor

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What’s was the battle of Stalingrad’s nickname?

Operation Barbarossa

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Lend/lease

A bill proposed by FDR that gave him the right to sell lend or lease military supplies to any nation deemed vital to the defense of the US

Von Hindenburg

German president | Appointed Hitler chancellor

Ford

Was for the war and nazism

What was maginot line and why did it fail

It was the frenches system of heavily armed steel and concrete bunkers that stretched miles across the German border. Failed Bc canons were the wrong way and Germans attacked from behind

What did hitler want to study?

Art

What was Mein kempf

Hitler's book " my struggle"

How did WWII in Europe start?

It started after Germany tried to invade Poland

Il Duce

Was Mussolini

Nazi

Nationalist socialist German workers party

Aryan

German race that Hitler wanted to take over

Mein kampf

Hitler's book | "My struggle"

Fuhrer

Supreme leader of third Reich

Third Reich

German empire

Big lie

How hitler viewed democracy and Christianity

Anschluss

Union between Germany and Austria

Francisco Franco

Spanish army general

Luftwaffe

Air Force

Blitzkrieg

A swift all out style of attack | Lightning war

Open door policy

Assuring equal accesses to China's markets

Pearl S Buck

Author of the good earth A pity fiction book for Chinese Sympathy for china

Neutrality acts

Prohibited the sale of all weapons to countries at war

Maginot line

Frenches system of heavily armed steel and concrete bunkers

RAF

Royal airforce

Sea lion

German plan for attacking Great Britain

Conscription

The draft

Greer Kearny Reuben James

American destroyers that were sunk by Germans

Ultra

Decode German messages

Radar

Used to detect planes

Sonar

Used to detect ships and subs

Magic

Decoded Japanese messages

Totalitarian

Controlling all aspects of life

Appeasement

Giving in to demands to keep peace

Fascist

Political party that believes race or ethnicity is more important than the individual

Interventionism

Believing the US should go to war

Isolationism

Believing the US should stay out of war

Sonar technology

Technology allowing detection of submerged objects by means of sound waves

Unconditional surrender

Surrender without concessions

Reasons for good neighbor policy

To be good neighbors to countries in our hemisphere Show dedication (pulled troops) (made agreement with Cuba)

MacArthur

General for US | Developed island hopping and accepted surrender of Japan

Franco

A fascist leader who tried to overthrow Spain

1936 Olympics

We beat his aryan race Jesse Owens

Jews

Were blamed for all of Germany's problems and

Lindbergh

Was opposed to the war

Reuben James

Destroyer that the German sank

Spanish civil war

Happened because of militarism

El Alamein

Montgomery defeated Rommel

Bombing of London

Battle of Britain | Daylight bombing stopped so the planes could hide easier in the dark

Germany takes Paris/ French response

French gave them Paris Bc if they gave in nothing would be destroyed

Why didn't the US pay attention to Hitler before 94?

We were recovering from the Great depression

Destroyers for bases

US gave Britain destroyers it returned for Atlantic bases

Advantage Great Britain had over Germany

Planes technique and skill

Invasion of Ethiopia by Italy

First invasion by one of the aggressors nations

Hitler's justification for 1934 murders

His love for the German people and German state

Who was hitler compared to

Gangus khan

Major reasons for WWII

treaty of Versailles Fascist aggression Appeasement