Unit 8 Test - Rise of Dictators & WWII

Flashcards about Fascism and WWII

Fascism

A political ideology characterized by authoritarianism, nationalism, and often militarism.

Blitzkrieg

A military tactic involving rapid and overwhelming force.

Communism

A political ideology that advocates for a classless society and centralized control of the economy and resources.

Mussolini

Italian dictator during WWII.

Hitler

German dictator during WWII.

Appeasement Policies

A policy of making concessions to an aggressor to avoid conflict.

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii

Holocaust

A Nazi German operation to kill Jews, Roma, homosexuals, disabled people, and political and religious opponents.

Nuremberg Laws

Discriminatory laws enacted against Jews in Nazi Germany.

Kristallnacht

A night of organized violence against Jews in Germany and Austria, November 9–10, 1938.

Ghettos

Segregated areas where Jews were forced to live.

Concentration Camps

Facilities built to detain or exterminate Jews and other groups targeted by the Nazis.

Extermination Camps

Camps specifically designed for the mass extermination of people.

Auschwitz

The largest Nazi concentration camp complex, located in Poland.

Us and japan’s invlolvement

Us was lending weapons n stuff to britain and japan was invading most of asia and joined the axis

Invasion of france

Germany invading france and another time allied powers invading france to liberate them

Rescue at dunkirk

When british and some french soldiers escaped by using ships

Battle of british

Hitlers failed attempt on invading britain

Invasion of soviet of the soviet union

Hitler betraying stallin and trying to invade soviet union but then winter came so they eventually failed

Operation of barboarossa

Code name for nazi invasion of soviet union

Siege of leningrad

Germany surrounding leningrad but soviets refusing to surrender

Battle of stalingrad

Turning point in war, germany lost big time and soviets started pushing germany back

D day

June 6 1944, allied powers ganged up on germany to free france, major turning point