WWII and Beyond (ch 29) Flashcards
Anti-Comintern Pact
Between hurler and japan. Offered security against Russia
Anschluss
The annexation of Austria by Germany in 1938
Atlantic Charter
August 1941. Called for peace without territorial expansion or secret agreements and for free elections and self determination for all liberated nations
Casablanca Conference
Resolved to accept nothing less than unconditional surrender of Axis powers
Neville Chamberlain
1938 gullible British Prime Minister. Declared that Britain and France would fight if hitler attacked Poland
Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
Greatest wartime leader. Rallied the British with his speeches, infectious confidence, and bulldog determination. Known for his “iron curtain” speech. Led the British during WWII. Agreed hitler should be conquered. Was thrown out by his own people
D-Day (June 6, 1944)
Americans and British forced under General Dwight Eisenhower landed on the beaches of Normandy. This was history’s greatest naval invasion
Battle of Stalingrad
Turning point for Germany in the war
Edouard Daladier
French leader of the radical socialists. Accepted hitler’s terms for peace
Francisco Franco
Spanish General. Organized the revolt in Morocco which led to Spanish civil war
Lebensaum
Room to move. Phrase used by hitler to justify invasion of other countries
Lend-Lease Program
The US lenses money and resources to the european states to help reconstruction
Maginot Line
Line of defense built by France against German invasion from Belgium to Switzerland
Munich Conference (1938)
Chamberlain, France, and other countries (not the USSR) they agreed that Sudentenland should be ceded to Germany. Chamberlain secured peace with Germany
Pacificism
Ababa priests laid great stress on this. They would not run for office or serve in the armed forces. Not being involved in many wars
Potsdam Conference
Brought forward many differences over east Europe. Postwar conference in July of 1945. Stalin would not allow any type of freely elected government in east european countries. Roosevelt had died and was succeeded by Harry Truman who demanded free elections
Rome-Berlin Axis (1936)
Close cooperation between Italy and Germany. Japan soon joined. Resulted from hitler who had supported Ethiopia and Italy. He overcame Mussolini’s lingering doubts about the nazis
Erwin Rommel
“Desert Fox” (May 1942) German and Italian armies were led by him and attacked British occupied Egypt and the Suez Canal for the second time. We’re defeated at the battle of El Almamein. Was moved to France to oversee the defenses before D-Day. Tried to assassinate hitler
Russo-German Nonaggression Pact
Hitler and Stalin promised to remain neutral of either country were to become involved in war (August 1939)
Joseph Stalin
Communist statesman. Leader of Bolshevik Party. Became ruler of USSR after Lenin. Assumed full military and political leadership
Sudetenland
Hitler wanted German speaking people in West Czech. This would be given to Germany
Teheran Conference
Meeting in 1943. Stalin, Roosevelt, Churchill. Confirmed their defense to crush hitler
Yalta Conference
On the Black Sea. The Big Three met in February 1945 in southern Russia. It was agreed that Germany would be divided into zones of occupation and would pay heavy reparations to the Soviet Union in the form of agricultural and industrial goods. When the Big Three met in governments were to be freely elected but pro-soviet
Konrad Adenauer
Chancellor of Germany in 1949. The former mayor of Cologne and a long time anti-Nazi. Began his long highly successful democratic rule. West Germany had a majority of Christian Democrats. Helped regain respect for Germany
