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What prompted Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany? (WW2)
German invasion of Poland
Policy of unrestricted submarine warfare (WW1)
Germany's policy to sink any ship in British waters without warning
The German blitzkrieg (WW2) was a military strategy that depended on what advantage?
Surprise and overwhelming force
Prompted US to join WW2
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Significance of the Battle of Midway in WW2
It turned the war in the Pacific against the Japanese
Location of Nazi extermination camp
Auschwitz
Where were atomic bombs dropped?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What is the policy of glorifying power and keeping an army prepared for war?
Militarism
Germany's Schlieffen Plan to prepare for two-front war
Attack France first, then Russia
Which nation's actions caused the U.S. to fight in WWI?
Germany
Triple Entente, Allied Powers 1907
Britain, France, Russia
Triple Alliance, Central Powers 1882
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
Leader of Germany WW1
Kaiser Wilhelm II
WW1 Eastern Front
along the German and Russian border.
WW2 Western Front
French Battlefields
Primary form of warfare on the Western Front
Trench warfare
Zimmerman Note (Last Straw)
Message proposing alliance between Germany and Mexico
Gallipoli Campaign
(1915) Failed attempt by the Allies in World War I to take control of the Dardanelles
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
ended war w/ Ger. & Russia was forced to give up lands.
Black Hand
secret society committed to ridding Bosnia of Austrian rule.
2nd Battle of the Marne
Last major German offensive. Tried to get Paris. Stopped by effort of Allies
Armistice
Agreement to Stop Fighting: Surrender.
14 Points
Plan for peace, End secret treaties, Freedom of Seas, Free Trade, Reduce national armies/navies
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for WWI and gave harsh punishment.
Versailles Effect
No Lasting Peace, Germans Bitter
Coalitian Government
temperary alliance of several parties, did not agree
Weimar Republic (1919-1933)
Weak Democratic government established in Germany after World War I. Germans blamed them for defeat/post-war humiliation.
Why were European Democratic Govs not succesful?
New democracies in Europe were unstable, Coalition Governments
Dawes Plan (1924)
Attempt by the U.S. to strengthen Germany's economy and help pay reparations.
Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928)
Almost all world countries pledged not to use the threat of war.; agreement to outlaw war.
Fascism
Militant political ideology; loyalty to the state and obedience to its leader.
Appeasement
Accepting aggressor's demands in order to avoid conflict
Nuremberg Trials (Postwar)
put Nazis on trial for "crimes against humanity"
How does US occupy postwar Japan?
Demilitarization, Democratization, Economic Reforms:
What region was referred to as Europe's "powder keg"?
Balkan Peninsula
What was the purpose of the Schlieffen Plan?
To avoid fighting a two front war
What Allied leader was NOT one of "The Big Three" that met in Paris to decide the fate of Germany?
Winston Churchill
What caused Great Britain to declare war on Germany in WW1?
German Invasion of neutral Belgium
What Front had WW1's fiercest fighting scene?
Western Front
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