Chapter 16/17 EF notes

Blitzgrieg

this was when a quick and overpowering bombing campaign was used to overwhelm an enemy; it was used when the germans invaded poland and would be used against britain as well

lighting war

what the phrase blitzgrieg means

genocide

the deliberate and systematic killing of a group (or race) of people

6

the number of camps that were in poland and were the most notorious

poland

where the 6 notorious camps are located at

auschwitz, belzec, chelmno, majdanek, sabibor and treblinka

the 6 notorious camps located in poland

auschwitz

one of most known death camps in poland

final solution of the jewish question

the quote that hitler wrote in his book, mein kampf, about killing all of the jews

mein kampf

the book hitler wrote; means "my struggle" and included the quote "the final solution of the jewish question"

cyanide

the type of gas used in the gas chambers

6,000

the number of people killed each day from the gas chambers

island and radar

the advantages that britain to know that germany was coming

RAF

radar allowed the \______ to hold their own against the germans during these attacks

royal air force

what RAF stands for

scorched earth policy

when russia burnt everything as they retreated so germany could not live off the land and had to rely on supplies being brought in from germany

selective training and service act

In 1940 the US began a peacetime draft under this act

21-35

the ages of the men who were drafted by the selective training and service act for world war 2

16 million

the number of registered for the selective training and service act to fight for the US

7:55 am

the time that pearl harbor was attacked by japan

pearl harbor

the place in hawaii that japan attacked on december 7th, 1941 which led to the US joining the war

sunday

what day was december 7th, 1941

december 7th, 1941

the day that pearl harbor was attacked by japan

hawaii

what state is pearl harbor in

2,400

the number of men killed at pearl harbor

december 8th

the day that congress declared war on japan and its allies

a date which will live in infamy

the famous quote FDR said about december 7th, 1941

76,000

the number of tanks that the US produced for world war 2

300,000

the number of airplanes that the US produced for world war 2

2.5 million

the number of machine guns that the US produced for world war 2

64,000

the number of landing craft that the US produced for world war 2

great depression

the war put people to work and brought us out of the \_________ \___________; the \_______ \______________ unemployment figure of 7 million was wiped out

70%

the percent of average weekly wages rose during the war years

46.5 million to 53 million

the number of people in the workforce grew to because of the war

GI

soldiers during world war 2 were called these; stands for government issue

government issue

what did GI stand for

FBI, army

japanese americans were taken from their jobs and out of their homes and put in these camps which had fences and barbed wire around them. this was done by the \_____ and \_______ on the basis that they threatened national security

1941

the year albert einstein wrote a letter to FDR warning him that germany was working on an atomic bomb and that they were getting closer to success with it

albert einstein

the person who wrote a letter to FDR warning him that germany was working on an atomic bomb and that they were getting closer to success with it

germany

where was albert einstein originally from

jewish

what kind of refugee was albert einstein; hint hitler wanted to mass murder these people

FDR

the president who immediately set up a program to develop the atomic bomb and said that december 7th, 1941 was "a date which will live in infamy"

poland and britain

the two countries that germany used "blitzkrieg" for

poles

another name for polish people who were shipped into germany to be used as slaves

race

genocide is the deliberate and systematic killing of a group (or \________) of people

radar

this was developed by britain to allow them to know when the german attack was coming

lice

what the victims at the gas chamber thought they were getting sprayed for

corpses

\_______ were then taken to a room where gold/silver fillings were removed and collected by the germans

mattresses, pillows

their hair was shaved off and used for stuffing \________ and \_________

lampshades

sometimes they would skin a victim if the person had a distinguishing tattoo and make items such as \__________ from the person's skin

japanese americans

during the war, \___________ \___________were relocated to "camps" in the united states

US citizens

the japanese americans that were taken to "camps" were all these kinds of people

penicillin, insecticides, DDT, atomic energy, and radar

5 of the scientific advancements made during world war 2

DDT

what chemical kept soldiers free from lice

sickness, starvation

they were also put into slum parts of cities and quarantined there until they died of \_________ or \__________

germany, poland

hitler thought shooting them wasted too much ammunition and was not efficient enough so he then set up death camps in \________ and \_________

northern france

this country fell to germany in a matter of weeks and was controlled by germany

charles de gaulle

the man who led a remnant of french soldiers fighting in the forests of southern france against germany

stalin, russia

hitler also broke his agreement with \_______ and went after \________ (they had agreed earlier to split poland and not attack each other)

retreated

russia \________ and germany was able to take control of what would have been over ¾ of russia according to a map

scientists, not

the \_________ were not sure if it could be done and were hoping to prove that it actually could \_____ be done

gas

each camp contained several large \____ chambers

successful

the scientists were \_________and wars have been fought differently since the discovery of the atomic bomb