WW2 Test review

Fascism

political movement that promotes extreme nationalism, government is more important than the individual. Benito Mussolini led Italy’s fascist party, Adolf led Germany’s.

Non-aggression pact

the soviet union and germany would not attack each other for 10 years, Germany broke it

Why did the US stay out of war for so long?

Tradition held america to isolationist foreign policy, the great depression, war is expensive

What brought the US into WW2

Japan bombing pearl harbour on December 7, 1941

How did the US prepare for WW2

War Production Board - halted domestic construction to conserve materials, nationwide rationing, labor force increased, taxes increased

Who was Rosie the Riveter?

A female character made to empower women to join the workforce

What triggered the start of WW2

Hitler’s invasion of Poland caused Britain and France to declare war on Poland, Hitler annexes country of Austire into Germany ( Anschluss )

What was D-day

took place in Normandy, France. Allied forces fought German on the shores of France and won, making it the turning point of the war

What ended the war in europe and when?

May 7, 1945 the Nazis surrendered, April 30th Hitler committed suicide

What ended the war in the Pacific and when?

The dropping of the atomic bombs caused Japan to surrender - August 14, The bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Pearl Harbor

December 7, 1941. Japan bombed Hawaii. They missed the American aircraft carriers, they failed to fully destroy the naval base, made America enter the war. “live in infamy”

Appeasement

yielding to the demands of an aggressor to preserve peace (Chamberlin)

Anschluss

annexation of Austria by Germany on March 13, 1938

Blitzkrieg

Means lightning war, surprise attack, Germany’s offensive war strategy

Holocaust

1933, prosecutors were put on trial, The Final solution - the solution to problems of Germany, killing the Jews

Internment Camps

camps where America forcibly relocated and incarcerated at least 125k Japanese people

Kamikaze

Japanese pilots who deliberately crashed into enemy targets, committing suicide

Mein Kampf

autobiography by Adolf explaining his ideologies

Munich Conference

Chamberlin let Hitler annex sudetenland to avoid conflict - Hitler eventually Czechoslovakia

Neville Chamberlain

Britain’s Previous Prime Minister, let hitler have sudetenland

Winston Churchill

Britain’s new prime minister

Dwight Eisenhower

served in WW2, and the 34th president

Hirohito

emperor of Japan

Douglas MacArthur

Commander of all the American forces of the east

Benito Mussolini

Facsit, prime minister of Italy

Joseph Stalin

soviet Union, communist and bad

Hideki Tojo

wartime Prime minister of Japan

Harry Truman

Senator for Missouri, Became president after FDR’s Death, initiated bombs