WWII APRIL 7 Flashcards
Allied powers
Great Britain, U.S, France, russia
Island hopping
Policy implemented by nimitz to attack japan by capturing islands closer to japan
Bataan death march
Captured U.S and filipinos were “marched” to prison in the philippines. They suffered from malnutrition, beatings and torture
Japanese internment
Japanese americans were placed into concentration camps after pearl harbor and kept there until the end of the war
“Operation overlord”
Allied plans to invade france along the normandy coast
Yalta conference
Meeting of the “big three” roosevelt,churchill,stalin. Agree to divide germany and the city of berlin into 4 parts and support free elections throughout Europe. Stalin will not follow through on this promise and Eastern Europe falls under communist control
Kamikazes
Suicide planes of the japanese
Manhattan project
U.S plan to develop the nuclear bomb
Marshall plan
Billions of dollars of U.S aid to Western Europe countries after WWII this was designed to help then economically and to keep them from becoming communist
Iron curtain
“Wall” between western and Eastern Europe
Axis power
Germany,japan, and italy
Berlin wall
Actual wall in berlin designed to keep west berlin and east berlin separate
Maginot line
Line of defense(trench) for France to protect them from germany. Germans flew over it and drove their tanks around it
“Sitzkrieg”
While germany is conquering poland, France “sits” behind the maginot line
Cold war
Tensions between the U.S and their allies and the soviet union and its allies. Both sides threaten each other with nuclear bombs but neither side attacks
