World War II and the Holocaust Flashcards

Flashcards covering the major battles, events, and concepts related to World War II and the Holocaust.

Battle of Britain

Aerial battle fought primarily over Britain between the German Luftwaffe and the British Royal Air Force (RAF).

Battle of Stalingrad

A major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II where Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad.

D-Day

The Allied invasion of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944, marking the start of the campaign to liberate Western Europe from Nazi occupation.

Battle of the Bulge

The last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II, launched in the Ardennes region.

Battle of Midway

A decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II; a strategic American victory.

Battles of Iwo Jima & Okinawa

Battles fought on these islands. They were key in the US strategy to gain bases close enough to launch an invasion of Japan.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

The US dropped atomic bombs causing immense destruction and leading to Japan's surrender, ending World War II.

Genocide

The deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group.

Common factors among all genocides

Ideological motivations, political instability, economic factors, and social divisions.

Nazi racial ideology

A set of beliefs and ideas held by the Nazi Party that promoted the superiority of the Aryan race and justified the persecution of other groups.

Antisemitism

Hostility to or prejudice against Jews.

Nuremberg Laws

A set of discriminatory laws enacted in Nazi Germany that deprived Jews of their rights and citizenship.

The Holocaust

The systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.