WWII
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- June 6, 1944
- Date: D-Day
- N France, including paris, and a strip along the atlantic coast. administered by germans
- occupied france
- landing of troops at France's normandy coast
- D-Day
- pact started by Frank Kellogg of US and French foreign minister Aristide Briand. Made war "illegal". 62 nations signed.
- Kellogg-Briand Pact
- an elected parliament in Spain that limited the king's power.
- Cortes
- a state where the country's major economic activities such as farming, transportation, were formed into corporations
- corporatist state
- german for "the leader". hitler had this title.
- der Fuhrer
- German troops moved to stalingrad, soviet union. soviets won. huge victory!!
- Seige of Stalingrad
- empire
- What does reich mean in german?
- only some japanese islands were captured
- island hopping
- Prime minister of france, present during munich conference. listened to chamberlain.
- Daladier
- collaborator-traitor. a man's last name from norway who was a traitor.
- quisling
- resistance fighters. also means scrubby undergrowth.
- maquis
- authorized the president to supply war materials to great britain on credit
- lend-lease act
- Japanese soldiers set off bombs in Manchuria, but Jap gov. blamed Chinese.
- What happened at Mukden, Manchuria?
- those who supported the republic
- Loyalists / Republicans
- Hitler and Mussolini signed treaty for alliance
- Rome-Berlin Axis
- the leader of the Falangist rebels
- General Francisco Franco
- the systematic nazi destruction of almost an entire race.
- holocaust
- everyone who was opposed to fascism in spain. including socialists and communists.
- Popular Front
- man who led free french government.
- Charles de Gaulle
- general douglas mac arthur quotation
- "I shall return"
- people who thought that what was happening in europe was no concern to US.
- isolationists
- edge of czech where many germans&nazis lived. wanted to be apart of germany, but rest of europe didn't want this.
- Sudetenland
- National Socialist German Workers' Party or Nazi
- German Worker's Party
- germany surrendered. victory in europe!!
- V-E day
- the swedish diplomat who helped save as many as 100,000 jews.
- Raoul Wallenberg
- German secret police under Hitler.
- Gestapo
- collaborated w/ germans. controlled most french possessions in africa and the middle east.
- vichy france
- suicide missions by kamikaze planes.
- kamikaze attacks
- hitler took this to mean "master race". germans..
- aryans
- Belgium, Netherlands, luxembourg
- Hitler invaded Benelux... this would be?
- fascists became know as this because they wore black uniforms. violent people.
- black shirts
- Nazi recruit. failed as a young artist. hated jews. became powerful leader of germany
- Adolph Hitler
- the german government formed after the treaty of versailles (WWI)
- Weimar republic
- "my struggle" a book hitler wrote about the spirit of the nazi movement
- Mein Kampf
- leader of japan
- premier hideki tojo
- Germany and soviet union would never attack each other, and each would remain neutral if the other became involved in a war.
- German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact (Nazi-Soviet Pact)
- desert fox. commander of german troops (afrika korps) beaten at battle of el alamein (libya)
- erwin rommel
- TRUMAN, churchill, and stalin. churhill replaced halfway through with clement attlee. issued ultimatium to japan, but japs refused. truman decided to use atomic bombs.
- potsdam conference
- Sep 1, 1939
- Date: hitler annexed danzig and attacked poland. France, GB, and US declared war on Germany.
- leader of italy. created fascism. tries to be like hitler
- benito mussolini
- italian for "the leader". mussolini took this title.
- IL Duce
- the period of germany's air raids on britain. focused on military and civilian targets.
- Battle of Britain
- convoys and sonar
- what helped the allies win "the battle of the atlantic"?
- Germany, Italy, Russia
- Axis Powers
- Jesse Owens won four gold medals
- Berlin Olympics
- attempting to preserve peace by yielding to the demands of the aggressor.
- appeasement
- ten year "naval holiday" in which no major warships would be built
- Five-Power Treaty
- a conference that attempted to stop hitler from taking over more countries. hitler signed a piece of paper saying after sudetenland, he would be done.
- Munich conference
- They didn't have an army, and the economic sanctions weren't strong enough.
- Why was the League of Nations ineffective?
- through italy and the balkans
- "soft underbelly of the axis"
- royal air force (british)
- R.A.F.
- free trading seaport city
- danzig
- most french leaders resigned when france was attacked by germany, but he stepped forward to lead. hitler forced him to sign an armistance
- Philippe Petain
- black shirts invaded rome for him, and the king appt mussolini premier so the people would be happy
- how did mussolini take over italian gov?
- Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- What two cities were the atomic bombs dropped on?
- a series of steel and concrete fortifications between france and germany
- maginot line
- relies on dictatorial rule and a totalitarian regime. the state maintains control of people through censorship.
- fascism
- defeat of rommel's forces that causes him to retreat.
- el alamein
- underground movements in france and other german occupied countries
- "resistance fighters"
- winston churchill quote about plasma&salt water.
- "I have nothing to offer except blood, toil, sweat, and tears."
- hitler wanted the city of Memel, so he forced Lithuania to give up memel and adjacent land
- Lithuania
- 10 day battle. allies vs germany. allies won! german defense collapsed.
- battle of the bulge
- roosevelt, churchill, stalin. agreed that germany would be temporarily divided up among allies.
- Yalta conference.
- hitler's airforce
- Luftwaffe
- invade poland!
- What is the german solution to the polish question?
- american defeated japs at sea.
- battle of midway
- hilter ordered the annihilation of the entire jewish population.
- final solution
- victory in japan
- V-J Day
- a ship that was sunk in pearl harbor. over 1100 people died
- USS Arizona
- the falangist rebels. fascist.
- Nationalists
- Ethiopia
- What country did Mussolini invade and capture in Africa?
- people who were willing to assist their countries enemies
- collaborators
- some of the french who had escaped and wanted to keep fighting created this group.
- free french government
- antifascist volunteers who helped the republic (US, France, Great Britain)
- International Brigade
- German empire hitler created
- Third Reich
- Japan declared Manchuria independent and gave it this name.
- Manchukuo
- British vs. Germans in dunkirk. British surrounded, and could have been finished off, but hitler waited an extra couple of days. this gave british time for evacuation.
- Miracle of Dunkirk
- european nations created a blockade around spain so that war wouldn't spread to the rest of europe
- "nonintervention" policy
- take no additional territory from china & maintain the open door policy
- Nine-Power Treaty
- an attack conducted with great speed and force
- blitzkrieg
- allowed american firms to sell stuff to warring nations on cash and carry basis. this turned out to be just europe tho because of blockades.
- revised neutrality act of 1939
- czechoslovakia
- "the dagger pointed at the heart of Germany"
- Germany&Italy
- Who supported the Nationalists?
- hitler said he would build up germany's arms and regain lost territory
- "greater germany"
- hitler wanted to organize the european continent into a single political and economical system ruled from berlin and by the aryans.
- "new order"
- traitors within a country that assist its enemies
- fifth column
- union between Germany and Austria. After awhile the Austrain chancellor opposed it, so Hitler took over Austria.
- Anschluss
- the coastline of this country gave germany really good submarine bases
- Why did Hitler want scandinavia?
- phony war; sitting war. this was what happened at the beginning of the war. just blockades and movement of troops
- stitzkrieg
- Soviet Union
- Who helped the Loyalists?
- the invastion of northwest france
- Operation overload
- prime minister after chamberlain, who had to resign after "peace in our time" didn't work. against appeasement and hated nazis.
- winston churchill
- strip of land in poland
- Polish corridor
- spanish for "the leader"
- el caudillo
- he wanted more time before germany turned and attacked russia. he needed to build up troops.
- why did stalin make a pact with hitler?
- Chamberlain, Prime minister of britain. after munich conference
- "Peace in Our Time"
- a fascist party supported by many conservatives. wanted to preserve the power of the army, landowners, and the church (spain)
- Falange
- built up Germany's army / sent troops into the rhineland
- How did Hitler defy the Treaty of Versailles in 1935 & 1936?
- a statement that roosebelt and churchill drew up that publicly announced that national policies of the two nations
- the atlantic charter
- led the US to victory at battle of leyte vs. japan.
- general douglas mac arthur
- oversaw killings of all jews
- Himler
- hitler took this over; king zog&queen geraldine fled.
- albania
- Dec. 7, 1941
- Date: Pearl Harbor
- a painting by pablo picasso, who supported the loyalists. it showed outrage at the bombing of guernica, his hometown.
- Guernica
- Japan dropped bombs on the american naval base at pearl harbor, hawaii
- Pearl Harbor