World War 2

Joseph Stalin

Dictator of the Soviet Union

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of the Germany

Benito Mussolini

Dictator of Fascist ItalyJap

Japanese Military was led by

Hideki Tojo

League of Nations failed

United States and Soviet Union refuse to join 1919. Germany and Japan dropped out in the 1930s.

appeasement

the policy of giving into satisfy the demand of potential enemy.

Non-aggression Pact

was between Hitler and Stalin. They agree to have no military between each for ten years.

WW2 in Europe started in

1939

Blitzkreig

it was Germany's lightning war (consist of constantly attacking)

Neutrality Act

a series of laws passed by Congress to keep the country out of war

Cash and carry

American can sell non-military item to England under the Neutrality Act

Quarantine Speech

FDR warned Americans of the growing unrest and us peaceful nations had to act together to isolate aggressive nations

Lend Lease Act

allowed for the US to sell, lease or lend war materials to European countries fighting the Nazis

Four Freedoms

Freedom of Speech, Freedom of religion, Freedom from want, and Freedom of Fear

Altantic Charter

It was a joint declaration between the US and Great Britain on the vision of postwar (They freedom in the seas and to end the war).

Why Japan became aggressive?

Japan was an island and it had little resources so they invaded China and Manchuria. Through Japan's aggression, USA cut off Trade with Japan and froze Japan's asset in USA.

December 7, 1941

Japan bombs Pearl Harbor

War Bonds

Helped the government raise needed funds for the war effort.

Victory Garden

Americans grow their own vegetables and fruits in order to conserve the food supply

Rationing

Regulating the amount of goods a person can get.

Office of War Information

produced pro-Allied, anti-Axis, propaganda posters, movies, and radio programs to make citizens aware of how they could help the war effort

Rosie the Riveter

She celebrated the new role for women during WW2

Tuskegee Airmen

all black fighter group in the Air Corps who provided escorts for pilots on bombing mission

Zoot Suiters

Mexican Americans who did not serve in World War 2

Navajo Code Talkers

They used their native language to send message which no one could decipher

Executive Order 9066

It required all Japanese American to internment camps in the West Coast

Korematsu vs US

The Supreme Court case agreed with government to put Japanese American into internment camps.

General George Patton

was the military commander in the invasion of Africa and Italy.

June 6, 1944

D-Day invasion in Normandy, France

Dwight Eisenhower

Supreme Allied commander responsible for the D-Day invasion

Battle of the Bulge

It was Germany last offensive attack on the Allies

May 2, 1945

Victory in Europe (Germany surrenders)

Genocide

is effort to murder an entire race of people.

Holocaust

refers to the genocide of Jews during WW2

Final Solution

The plan was to exterminate Europe's Jews shooting them next trenches that the Jews had been forced to dig

Concentrations camp

they were slave camps or they were gassed camps and their bodies burned in ovens

Bataan Death March

Prisoners were forced to march 60 miles in the Jungle. 5,000 Americans died through starvation, dehyration, shot, or beheaded

Battle of Midway

Turning point of the war in the Pacific

General Douglas McArthur

He was the US commander of the Pacific Fleet and he forced the surrender of the Philippines.

Manhattan Project

it was led by Albert Einstein and Robert Oppenheimer. It was to develop the first atomic bomb.

August 6, 1945

Enola Gay (air fighter plane) was loaded with the atomic bomb and it bombed the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

V-J Day

Victory in Japan (August 6, 1945)

The United Nation

was establish to create world peace