last one (thank god)

Hitler was able to rebuild the military through

a revisionist approach, pacifism made it easy

hitlers goal in taking czechoslovakia was

to unite all german speaking people under nazi rule (create greater germany)

the term blitzkreig was a military strategy that depended on

speed and air power

in focusing on stalingrad, the germans strategically missed

the oil fields in baku

Lebenscraum

describes the need for germany to get more territory (russia)

in the battle of stalingrad

Russia eventually pushed germany back, forcing them to retreat

america supplied most of japans oil so

they attacked Indonesia

japan made two major mistakes at pearl harbor

missed targets (aircraft carriers and oil)

total war means

all of society is involved with war

under total war the gov

has complete control over the economy and labor

allies attack north africa bc

it was the soft underbelly of europe

D-Day was

the bloodiest day in WW2, led to hedgerow warfare

battle of coral sea

first naval battle where ships did not see each other, protect australia

battle of guadalcanal

used code talkers to transmit secret messages (key factor in allied victory)

allied forces used island hopping to

get close to japan

massive firebombing (hiroshima and nagasaki) and submarine warfare

brought japan to its knees

nuremberg

nazi leaders prosecuted for war crimes (hitler, himmler, goebbels commit suicide)

japanese war crimes

POW murders, unit 731(human experimentation)

tokyo and manila war crimes tribunal

the emperor likely knew bc his brother was involved

after WW2, the world was dominated by

USSR and america

a cold war is

no direct conflict between 2 major powers (war of ideologies)

ideologies of the cold war

capitalism vs communism and democracy vs totalitarianism

truman doctrine

us gives support to any country fighting communism

marshal plan

us provides economic aid to western europe

berlin airlift

stalin blocks off US ability to supply west berlin

the two alliances built in the cold war were

North Atlantic Treaty Organizations (NATO) and the Warsaw Pact

arms race

military competition between US and soviet union (stockpiling nuclear weapons)

the space race began with

soviet launch of sputnik (first artificial satellite)

proxy wars during cold war

korean war, problems in cuba, vietnam war, wars in middle east for oil

bay of pigs invasion

failed attempt by the US to overthrow communist government in Cuba

the cuban missile crisis

soviets withdraw missiles and US promises not to invade Cuba

Mikhail Gorbachevs reforms

Glasnost (political openness) and Perestroika (economic restructuring)

allies attack who in 1943

Italy and North Africa