WWII Flashcards
What were the Nuremberg Laws? What were the Nuremberg Trials?
NL: took away rights of German Jews like citizenship and marriage with non-Jewish people
NT: trials of 22 Nazi leaders for war crimes
Which battle (a) saw the first use of radar as an early warning system
(b) Which battle marked the last German offensive,
(c) the Allied troops were backed up to the French shoreline and the British launched a massive rescue mission?
A. Britain
B. Bulge
C. Dunkirk
What was the Lend-Lease Act?
US supplied food, ships, and weapons to Allied powers while still remaining neutral
What was Operation Torch, Barbarossa, and Overlord?
Torch:US invasion of Africa
Barbarossa: German invasion of Soviet Union
Overlord: Allied invasion of Normandy France (D-Day)
What does “blitzkrieg” mean? What is the advantage of using this tactic?
Lightning war; Germans used it to surprise and overwhelm the country by force
What was island hopping? Who came up with it?
attacks only on islands that were not well-defended; Douglas MacArthur
How did Japan change after the war because of Douglas MacArthur?
Democratization, demilitarization, emperor is forced to declare he isn’t divine, person freedoms, universal suffrage, redistribution of farm land, US military presence continued
What day was Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941
Who was Erwin Rommel
Commander of the Afrika Korps. Nicknamed the “ Desert Fox”.
Why did Germany want Africa in the first place
They wanted control over the Suez Canal
Allied Powers
United States, Great Britain, France, Soviet Union
Axis Powers
Nazi Germany, Japan, Italy
Bloodiest battle in the Pacific?
Okinawa
Who did Germany take over first?
Poland
Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor
Japan needed colonies in Southeast Asia to fund war in China. The U.S sent aid to China and cut off oil shipments in Japan.
Who led the naval victory over Japan
Admiral Chester Nimitz
What was Bataan Death March
Transport of Prisoners of War where they were treated horribly by Japanese soldiers
What was significant about The Battle of Coral Sea
It stopped the Japanese advance
What was significant about The Battle of Midway
Turning point in the Pacific War, U.S destroys Japan’s naval fleet
What was the nickname for the Island of Guadalcanal
Island of Death
Why did Hitler like Jewish emigration
Because they were leaving Germany
What were the designated cities the Jews lived in. (The Germans hoped they would die of disease and starvation)
Ghettos
What was Hitler’s “ Final Solution”
Mass genocide and killing squads, this led to concentration camps
Why did Germany want Stalingrad
The oil fields in Stalingrad, Soviets win
Why were Japanese Americans put in concentration camps
The U.S suspected that they were still loyal to Japan
How did the Battle of The Bulge Happen
Soviets were advancing from the east (met in the middle)
Hitler launched a counter attack in the west succeeding at first by causing a “bulge” in the Allied lines
Since there were no reinforcements, Germans had to retreat
What was significant about The Battle of Leyte Gulf
Japanese naval fleet badly damaged
What were Kamikazes
Japanese suicide pilots
What was the creation of the atomic bomb called
The Manhattan Project
Where were the atomic bombs dropped
Hiroshima and then Nagasaki
