WW2 FLASH CARDS- JEFF

How did hitler violate the treaty of versiallesi n the 1930s

Rebuilt the german miltiary, influcding luftwaffe, violating disarmament terms Reoccupied rhineland, Annexed austria(anschulluss and sudentendland without consequences

What was the purpose the munich conference

Prevent war by appeasing hitler

Britain and france allowed hitler to take sudetenland from czechoslovakia

Aimed to maintain peacei n europe

Arguments for chamberlain making an agreement with hitler:

Britain was miiltarylily unprepared for war

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Public opinion favored peace

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Memorues of WWI was still fresh

Arguments for chamberlain threatening war:

Hitler mightve backed down under real pressure

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Appeasement encouraged more aggression

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Czscheoslocwakia was a democracy worth protecting(resources, tanks military)

Reasons chamberlain shouldn’t have truster hitler:

Hitler already broke multiple promises

Nazi ideology promoted expansion and militariskm

Hitlers previous aggression showed clear patterns

What steps did hitler take in expanding german territory

Anenxed austria nad the sudentenland

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Took over all of czechoslovakia in march 1939

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Invaded poland in 1939, starts wwii

Early events of wwii

German soviet noggresion pact allowed join invasion of poland

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F and B declared war after polands invcasion

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German used blitzkrieg to quickly defeat enemies

Czchoslovakia appeasement:

failed effort to avoid war

Spanish civil war:

pre ww2 conflict, german italy supproted franco

Nonaggression pact:

germany and ussr aggreed not to fight each other

Battle of britain

failed german air campaign

invasion of france

rapid german conqeust in 1940

invasion of ussr

operation barabarossa began in1941

Just War Theory(wwii application)

1. Just cause/right intention: A just war must be fought only for purposes of self-defense

against armed attack or to right a serious wrong.

2. Proper authority: A war is just only if waged by a legitimate authority.

3. Last resort: A just war must be the last resort; all peaceful options must be exhausted

before the use of force can be justified.

4. Probability of success: There must be a reasonable chance of success; deaths and

injury that result from a hopeless cause cannot be morally justified.

5. Beneficial outcome: The outcome of the war must be better than the situation that

would exist had the war not taken place.

Ways vichy govenrment collaborated with nazis

Deported jews to nazi camps

Passed anti-semitic laws

Shared intelligencee and resources with germany

Ways ppl resisted

Underground resistance movements

Charles de gaulles free french forces

Printing anti-nazi propaganda and helped jews esacpe

Ideology of petains government

Empahsized traditionalism, catholic values and nationalism

Opposed liberal democracy and blamed frances fall on moral decay

French state led by marshal petain

Use of patriotism by both sides

Supporters: claimed collaboration preserved france and prevented worse suffering

Opponents: claimed true patriotism meant resisting foreign occupation

Why ppl resisted collaborated or stayed neutral

Ideological beliefs, fear, survival, ecnoomci incentives, confusion

Local experiences and nazi treatment varied widely

Historilac turning points increasing resistance

Harsh german crackdowns and deportations

Allied success(dday ) gave hope

Atrocities revealed over time galvanized support

What was operation barbarossa

Germanys surprise invasion of the soviet union in june 1941

Largest land invasion in history

Why did germany invade the ussr?

Ideological war against communism

Desire for lebensraum(living space).

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Contorl for natural resources and weaken britains last ally

Why did they want the caucasus region and stalingrad

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Caucasus: vital for military with oil fields

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Stalingrad: controlle d access to oil and was symbolizsm of soviet strength

Why the soviets won the battle of stalingrad

Brutal soviet resistance and winter conditions

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Overextension of german supply lines

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Soviet encirclement(operation uranus)

Why it was a turning point:

First major defeat for the german army

Boosted soviet morale and military confdience

Germany began a defensive war afterward

Why holocaust said to begin in 1941

Mass kililngs by einsatzgruppen in eastern europe ater invasion of ussr

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Shift from persecution to systematic extermination.

areas with most victims

Poland, ukraine, baltic states

Ghettos and camps were mostly in poland

ways jews were mistreated

Stripped of citienship(nuremberg laws)

Forced into ghettos and concentration camps

Mass executions and exterminatino via gas chambers

why holocaust was a process

Escalated stepby step from discrimination to genocide

Each stage normalied further violence

role of blind obedience

Many officials and soldeirs followed orders without question

Bureaucratic systems enabled mass killing with littel personal accountability

nuremberg laws

stripped jews of citizenship

kristallnacht

night of broken glass violented anti jewis massecre

ghettos

segregated overcrowded urban areas

wansee conference

nazi leaders planend hte final solution

motive for japenase expansion

Need for natural resources

Nationalist and imperialist ambitions

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Belif in japanese superiority

japanese strategy vs us:

Rapid territorial expansion to secure resources

Destroy us pacific fleet(pearl harbor) to prevent interference

Defend captured terrroitory with fierce reisstance

geographic expansion

Korea manchuria china

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Southeast asia(vientame phillipiione indonesia

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Pacific islands(guam wake etc

threat to europeans

Undermined colonial rule in asia

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Attacked british dutch french and american territories

phases of war in pacific

Japense expansion 1941-42

2. Allied defnesive battles(coral sea, midaway

3. Allied offensive(island hopping)

4. Atomic bomb and japan surrender

importance of coral sea nad midway

Midway: turning point, US destroyed 4 japanese carriers

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Coral sea: first battle where japanese advance was stopped

why us fought defensively first

Surprise attack at pearl harbor weakened fleet

Needed time to rebuild naval and air power

leadfrogging/islandfrogging

Skipping heavily defended islands

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Capturing strategic isalnds to get closer to japan

what ended the war

Atomcis bombs on hiroshima nad nagasaki

Soviet invasion of manchuria

Japans unconditional surrender