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Treaty of versailles
Aggression
Depression
Appeasement
Appeasement
Giving into an aggressor, hoping to solve an issue. How Hitler got away with invading so many countries, without too much outside interference.
The Munich Conference
When Hitler wanted to invade Czechoslovakia, and then both France and England let him. But they said he could only invade the part with ethnic Germans. (Hitler didn’t listen in the end)
The Non-Aggression Agreement
An agreement between Germany and Russia, to not fight each other. This would prevent Hitler from fighting a two front war.
The Invasion of Poland
The Event which started WWII, when Russia and Germany invaded Poland, which led to France and Great Britain declaring war on them.
The Allied Powers
Side of the war with:
Great Britain
France
Russia (After being betrayed)
The United States (After Pearl Harbor)
The Axis Powers
Side of the war with:
Germany
Italy
Japan
Blitzkrieg
“Lightning war”, a tactic used by Germany to quickly defeat their enemies with little casualties. How they beat France and quickly took them out of the war.
Germany and Great Britain
Germany bombed British cities to lower their moral, and in the end failed to do so. This was Germany’s best option as invading the country would take too many soldiers.
Battle of Stalingrad
Hitler betrayed Russia, by invading them. Stalin sent all his soldiers to the city and defeated Hitler. Russia then switched sides.
The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japan bombing the U.S Naval base in Hawaii in order to stop them from interfering with Japan’s plans. This caused the U.S to join the war with the Allied powers.
Kamikaze Pilots
Japanese pilots who would crash their own planes, to use them as bombs.
D-Day
The Allied powers invasion of Normandy. They ended up winning making Germany fight a multiple front war.
Battle of the Bulge
Hitler’s last attempt to win. He lost and committed suicide. This led to Germany leaving the war. (Italy was also defeated, leaving Japan alone)
Island Hopping
When the U.S would strategically take certain Japanese Islands in order to get closer to Japan.
Iwo Jima
The Island which was close enough for the U.S to attack Japan.
President Truman
The president of the United States, as the end of the war.
The Manhattan Project
A project where the first Atomic Bombs were developed.
Hiroshima and Nagaski
The two cities in Japan where the U.S dropped their atomic bombs, in order to get Japan to surrender.
Conditions after WWII
There was lots of death and destruction, and also many countries formed new governments.
The Holocaust
A Genocide started by Hitler which killed around 9 million people.
Genocide
The mass killing of a certain group of people.
The Aryan race
Viewed as the best race to Hitler. They had blonde hair and blue eyes, and also had straight noses.
Hitler’s plan for the Jewish
Immigration
Consolidation
Elimination
Nuremberg Laws
Laws which took away Jewish rights, forced them to wear the star of david and carry around identification.
Kristallnacht
“The night of broken glass” The Nazis destroyed many Jewish homes and businesses, also started bringing them to Concentration camps.
Himmler
Head of the gestapo during the Holocaust
Goebbels
Known as the “seller of death”, was in charge of public relations during the Holocaust
Mengele
Experimental doctor at the camps during the Holocaust.
Eichmann
Designer of the concentration camps for the Holocaust
Nuremberg Trials
When Nazis were put on trial for crimes against humanity and war crimes.
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