WWII Flashcards
non-aggression pact
It was the agreement between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union (Russia) to not attack another. (That would not be the case as it gave Germany the element of surprise to attack them later)
wolfpacks
It was a naval tactic during the Atlantic War where they’d use U-boats (submarines) to intercept convoys by going underwater getting behind the convoy boats.
appeasement
Giving into someone’s demands in order to stop a behaviour or prevent future behaviour.
anti-semitism
To be hostile to Jews.
munich agreement
it was the agreement between Germany, France, Great Britain, and Italy allowing Germany to reclaim the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia. The agreement broke off any alliances the France, Great Britain or Italy had with them.
camp x
The secret spy training school in Whitby, Ontario that the British used to put spies behind the enemy lines to intercept communication between the enemies.
(e.g. Using morse code)
enigma machine
The Enigma machine was a piece of hardware the Germans used to communicate and the British used to decode and intercept the Germans signal traffic.
hydra
powerful radio station housed at Camp X that sent and received key intelligence information the Allies used during World War II.
Hydra played a vital role in maintaining the flow of information from Allied outposts in Europe with command centers in the U.K. and America.
special operations executive (S.O.E.)
- British WW2 organization that can be known for research.
- It’s contents were hidden
- This helped retrieve information and also greatly helped during the risk of getting information stolen.
isolationism
- when a nation decides not to intervene with issues + alliances in order to avoid being in wars that don’t directly threaten their territory
- national uproar about pearl harbour
- u.s. enters war
- adopted anti-Japanese semitism
aryan race
what hitler wanted/described as the perfect race: blonde hair, blue eyes
holocaust
genocide during World War II in which Nazi Germany and their collaorators murdered six million European Jews (two-thirds of the Jewish population in Europe) 1941-1945.
genocide
the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
genocide
the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
luftwaffe
- the aerial warfare branch of the combined german military forces during ww2
- had great communication, and on top of the fact that they had strong and substantial numbers proved them to be a dangerous force against the allies
atlantic wall
Hitler, Germany made the wall because the Allies were going to attack. It’s a tall barrier which is effective as it holds machine guns which is why it was a strong barrier as it had overlapping fields of fire.
manhattan project
This was the research and development of nuclear and atomic weapons led by the United States. It was this group that was behind the first atomic bomb.
final solution
Final solution to persecuting Jews was to send them to death camps such as Auschwitz and kill them.
fascism
A political movement that developed after the First World War. Fascism revolves around the idea of authority and power. It’s usually nationalistic and non democratic where the government is seen as supreme.
mein kampf
A book Hitler wrote expressing his hate on the Jews. He had his whole ideology written in the book
-before he became dictator
mein kampf
A book Hitler wrote expressing his hate on the Jews. He had his whole ideology written in the book
-before he became dictator
auschwitz
A Nazi death camp found in Poland.
canadian women’s army corps
performed essential services, both at home and overseas, that helped bring about Allied victory.
kindertransport
It was the underground transport of refugee Jewish children out of Europe. It lasted for three years.
bystander
(Implicit) - No direct participation, but implied acceptance.
upstander
(Implicit/Explicit) - Tries to stop what is happening.
collaborator
(Implicit/Explicit) - Assists the perpetrator in some way.
