A time of utter economic disaster in the United States and the rest of the world; contributed to the Nazi Party's rise to power and Japanese imperialism.
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Josef Stalin
Communist dictator of the USSR (Soviet Union)
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Adolf Hitler
Fascist dictator of Germany.
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Benito Mussolini
Fascist dictator of Italy
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Hideki Tojo
Prime Minister of Japan.
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Mein Kampf
A book written by Adolf Hitler during his imprisonment in 1923-1924, in which he set forth his beliefs and his goals for Germany
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Lebensraum
Hitler's expansionist theory based on a drive to acquire "living space" for the German people
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Manchurian Incident
In 1931, Japanese army officers blew up tracks on a Japanese owned Railroad line and claimed the Chinese did it. In "self-defense" the Japanese invaded and occupied a region of China.
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Munich Agreement (1938)
An agreement permitting the Nazi German annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland.
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Appeasement
A policy of making concessions to an aggressor in the hopes of avoiding war.
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Communism
A political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
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Fascism
A political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance of opposition
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Totalitarianism
A political system in which the government has total control over the lives of individual citizens and eliminates all opposition.
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Treaty of Versailles
Treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I. Forced Germany to give up land, pay exorbitant war reparations, and demilitarize.
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Nuremberg Laws (1935)
Racist and anti-Semitic laws designed by Hitler 'to protect the pure German blood.' Took away German citizenship from Jewish, Romani, and Black people and banned marriage between these groups and 'Germans'; forced Jewish people to wear yellow stars in public
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Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass)
Nazi-organized riot against Jewish people on November 9, 1938
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Nationalism
A feeling of loyalty and pride in one's country, often with the belief that it is better and more important than other countries
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Hyperinflation
Inflation that is out of control, resulting in ridiculously high prices (and low value of money); occurred in Germany due to Treaty of Versailles and The Great Depression and paved the way for Hitler to take power
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League of Nations
An organization of nations formed after World War I to promote cooperation and peace, but ultimately proved ineffective.
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Four countries invaded by the Axis Powers before WWII
Manchuria, Abyssinia, China, Czechoslovakia
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Axis Powers
Germany, Italy, Japan
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Stab in the Back Myth
the belief that the German Army did not lose the First World War on the battlefield, but were instead betrayed by the communists, socialists and Jews on the home front.
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Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
a non-aggression pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union that enabled those two powers to **partition Poland** between them.
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Maginot Line
A fortification built before World War II to protect France's eastern border
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Causes of WW2
treaty of Versailles, great depression, nationalism/totali
tarianism, league of nations, appeasement
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How did the British escape Dunkirk?
By civilian boats
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Enigma
a famous **encryption machine** used by the Germans during WWII to transmit coded messages.
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The man who cracked Enigma
Alan Turig (he built a machine that could decipher it)
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The name of the operation to invade the Soviet Union
Operation Barbarossa
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The reason for the attack on Pearl Harbor
Japan was most directly threatened by the US army, they wanted to weaken the US, and they thought they could do so by attacking the US army.
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Lend-Lease Act of 1941
the U.S. government could lend or lease (rather than sell) war supplies to any nation deemed “vital to the defense of the United States.
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Selective Service Act of 1940
First peacetime draft in US history. Used until 1973 to fill military needs. After 1973, US military depended on volunteers to fill needs
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Which people were sent to internment camps in the US?
Japanese Americans
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Germany
Japan
Italy
Soviet Union
Spain
United States
Great Britain
Hitler
Hideki Tojo
Benito Mussolini
Joseph Stalin
Francisco Franco
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
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The pact between Japan and which world leader before the invasion of China
Tripartite Pact
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The three steps of Blitzkrieg
Attack, penetrate, encircle
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Wolfpacks
created by Karl Donitz
Step 1) U-Boat spots allied convoy, relaying its coordinates and secretly follow it
Studied by 18 people
