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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
What prompted US to join WW2?
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Significance of the Battle of Midway in WW2
Turned the war in 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
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.
Plan for peace, End secret treaties, Freedom of Seas, Free Trade, Reduce national armies/navies
14 Points
Versailles Effect
No Lasting Peace, Germans Bitter
Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for WWI and gave harsh punishment.
Treaty of Versailles
Temperary alliance of several parties, did not agree
Coalitian Government
Weak Democratic government established in Germany after World War I. Germans blamed them for defeat/post-war humiliation.
Weimar Republic (1919-1933)
Why were European Democratic Govs not succesful?
New democracies in Europe were unstable, Coalition Governments
Attempt by the U.S. to strengthen Germany's economy and help pay reparations.
Dawes Plan (1924)
Almost all world countries pledged not to use the threat of war.; agreement to outlaw war.
Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928)
Militant political ideology; loyalty to the state and obedience to its leader.
Fascism
Accepting aggressor's demands in order to avoid conflict
Appeasement
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
Munich Conference was called to help decide the fate of which country?
Czechoslovakia
WWII battle in which German forces launched a final counterattack in the west, Last gasp of the Third Reich
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of British (RAF) and German (Luftwaffe) air forces fought over Britain during 1940-1941
Battle of Britain
Hitler combined offices of Chancellor and President after which German president death?
Paul Von Hindenburg
American navy attacked islands held by the Japanese in the Pacific Ocean. Bought American navy closer to an invasion of Japan.
Island Hopping
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