WWII

literally just a teenage girl trying to pass her history quiz

appeasement

policy of giving in to another aggressive nation in order to avoid conflict, western policy kept appeasing to Germany

axis powers

group of countries led by Germany. Italy, Japan and Germany. formed bc west democracies were weak. agreed to fight Soviet communism and not ot interfered with each other.

ways Hitler went against treaty of versailles

hitler would improve his military, expand territory, retrieve land back, and send troops into Rhineland bordering france

munich conference

creation of Munich pact btwn. Germany France and Britain. Hitler wanted Czech to surrender student land in exchange of no conflict with britain and France and no territory expansion after htat

Winston churchill

british aristocrat wh became prime ministers f British empire. his determination made the country defend itself against the enemy. disliked appeasement

Nazi Soviet pact (non aggressive pact)

agreement between Germany and Soviet where they agreed to not fight each other and to split up land in eastern Europe if the other went to war to divide poland

allied powers (countries)

braitain, soviet union, Egypt, SU (Soviet union) joined after Germany invaded

blitzkrieg (lightning war)

used all military power in the middle, air, land, and sea to put a heavy blow to the enemy. used against Britain but failed

franklin d. roosevelt

longest serving American president, helped great depression, made New Deal, uplifted people and provided aid in WW2.

Atlantic Charter

agreement were Britain and USA made goals to defeat Germany and an outline for postwar that involved the principles. agreement in secret on a warship.
rights for free trade, choose own gov, and becomes plan for postwar peace

hideki tojo

prime minister of Japan, in the axis powers, wanted more land and thought us was interfering.

Pearl harbor

Tojo started this, American fleet was bombed at pearl harbor. killed 2.4k ppl and made us declare war on Japan. started bc Japan thought us was interfering and bc us cut trade.

Nuremberg laws

citizenship removal from german jews, banned marraige btwn jews and non-jews.

concentration camps

detention center for civilians considered enemies. mainly jews, included gays, disabled, and other races

holocaust

genocide of 6M european jews by nazi. death camps made for jews in Poland.

final solution

a goal to kill all jews made by hitler and other nazi leaders. basically holocaust.

internment

confined during wartime bc of racial prejudice and concerns abt security of japanese descent

battle of midway

battle in air, destroyed japanese planes. led to japan unable to do anything on offense. major win for us

Dwight Eisenhower

american general who commanded allied forces then became president. made rommels army surrender

staling rod

aka volgograd, city in sw russia. battle site of ww1 but now a battle in ww2 bc hitler wanted to take stalin’s namesake city

d-day

code name for june 6 1944, day of allied forces invaded france. allied troops carried across water to france. heavy battle casualties

battle of bulge

germany’s last counterattack. germany vs allies. both sides lost. bombs were consistent allied killed many

yalta conference

meeting btwn. usa, soviet union, britain. “big three” leaders made agreements to the end of ww2 by plan for postwar germany divided into four zones by america, france, britain, and soviet

v-e day

victory in europe day, may 8 1945, allies won in europe ww2

bataan death march

ww2 forced march of filipino and american prisoners of war hurt by japanese military, killed many ppl bc of the heat aswell

island hopping

allied strategy to recapture japanese islands while bypassing others, helped america move north to japan.

manhattan project

secret building an atomic bomb, it was successful in mexico and was used in japan. bomb made by scientists

harry truman

VP of US after roosevelt died. made choice of dropping bomb in japan

nuremberg trials

war crime trials held in Germany after ww2. held by allies many germans and austrians tried for war crimes

united nation

international organization formed at end of ww2 formed to keep peace and protect rights. made by western allies and set in japan and germany.

what types of values did fascism appeal to

values like unity and nationalism

what did fascist leaders offers

they offered discipline

what did fascist leaders demand

obediance

mussolini benito

italy

dictators easily dictated bc?

economic distress

results of ww2

communism in east eu

ussr grows as major power

start of cold war, us vs ussr

united nations replace LoN

effects of defeat of ww2

nuremburg trials

helped create dem. party

us dibsanded armed forces of japan

us general douglas took charcge of us occupation of japan

how did war in Japan end?

pesident Truman used atomic bomb to end war

1st bomb hiroshima

2nd bomb nagasaki

how was life in the home front of ww2

Everyone participated

worked in war industries

japanese us citizens put into internment camps

how did fascism rise

rised in Italy bc of failure to win territorial gain at Paris peace conference

inflation and unemployment

fear of communish rev.

mussolini fascism

founded fascism

promised to rescue Italy by reviving eco. and rebuilding its armed forces

fascism

one party government that controls everything and uses force to stay in power

lend lease act

allowed president to lend/lease supplies to allies

cash and carry act

pay in transport using ur own carrier