WW2 and The Holocaust

In 1935, which country invaded Ethiopia and what did the league of Nations do?

Family invaded Ethiopia in 1935 gave Week sanction but did not stop them

Describing Nazi Soviet pack leading to World War II?

The Nazi Soviet pack was a deal where Germany and the USSR agreed not to fight and secretly split Poland

Why was Hitler invading the Ryland in 1936 a major issue?

Invading the Ryland book the treaty of Versailles It showed Hitler was getting bold and no one stopped him

Where is the Sudetenland at the Munich conference in 1938? Why did the allies allow Hitler to take over this area?

The Sudetenland is in Czechoslovakia, the allies Hitler take it at the conference to avoid war

What is ancschluss? Why did Hitler want this?

Anchullus Was a Germany takeover Austria Hitler wanted all German speaking people in one country

Why did the luftwaffe bomb the city of guernica during the Spanish civil war?

To help Franco and test new weapons

What is the appeasement? Why was this policy of the western powers during the 1930’s?

Appeasement is giving into to avoid conflict. Britain and France used it to prevent another war

After the attack on Poland in 1939, the Germans took the winter off. What id the Soviet Union do?

They took eastern Poland and attack Finland

Describe the Lend- Lease Act and the Atlantic charter?

The Lend- Lease Act let the U.S send supplies to the allies. The Atlantic Charter was a plan for peace after the war

Emperor of japan during ww2; seen as a symbol of japans military power?

Hirohito

Dictator of maxi Germany, started ww2 and led the holocaust

Adolf Hitler

Leader of the Soviet Union ruled with fear and joined the allies in ww2?

Joesph Stalin

British Prime Minister known for appeasing hitler at the Munich conference?

Neville chamberlain

German general known as the “desert fox”; led nazi forces in North Africa

General Erwin Rommel

U.S president after FDR. Dropped atomic bombs on japan to end ww2

Harry s Truman

British prime minister during most of WW2 famous for strong leadership?

Winston Churchill

U.S president for most of ww2 helped a lot of the allies to victory?

FDR

U.S general who led forces in the pacific returned to the Philippines?

General Douglas Mac author

U.S. navy commander in the pacific won key battles like midway?

Admiral Chester Nimitz

Tough U.S general in Europe led tank forces in many victories?

General George S Patton

Supreme allied commander led the D day invasion of Normandy

General Dwight D Eisenhower

Fascist Dictator of Italy; allied with Hitler in WW11

Benito Mussolini

Where in France did Nazi set up temporary government?

Vichy France

Describe a miracle at Durkin in 1940?

Over 300,000 all troops were rescued by boats across the English Channel after being trapped by the Germans

Describe Hitler’s strategy of blitzkrieg? What was usually the first step in blitzkrieg?

What’s Creek was a fast surprise attack, using planes tanks, and soldiers first step airstrikes to weaken defenses

After the German attack on the Soviet Union and the stage of Leningrad, what stopped German advances in 1941?

Harsh winter weather it’s Soviet resistance stop Germany’s advance in 1941

Describe operation sea lion was this a successful mission?

Hitler’s plan to invade Britain if failed because the British royal Air Force beat Germany in the battle of Britain

If Britain opened another battlefront in Western Europe, how would that help install it in the Soviet Union?

Opening a second front in Western Europe with forest extra to fight onto two sides helping take pressure off of the Soviet Union

What was the result of the battle of Stalingrad? How did this affect Hitler’s plan In Europe?

The battle of Stalingrad was a major Soviet victory. It stopped expansion east and started a turning point against Germany.

Why did Hitler break the Nazi Soviet pact and invade the Soviet Union?

Halo invaded the Soviet Union because he wanted land resources and defeat communism

Describe the D-Day invasion what affected this have one Germany?

Was the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944 if we need to fight in Western Europe and push them back

In 1942 the allies began bombing German cities with factories in military installations. How did this change the war?

Bombing a German city weekend, their industry and hurt morale and made it harder for germany to fight back

Describe the Battle of the Bulge what effects did it have on the war in Europe?

The battle of the Bulls was Germany’s last big attack in the west it failed and the allies soon pushed into Germany

Huge naval battle, where the US destroyed most of Japan’s navy helped take back the Philippines

The battle of layette Harbour

US in Filipino soldiers were forced to march by the Japanese thousands side showed Japan’s brutality

Battle of the Philippines, bat and death March

Japan bombed a US naval base in Hawaii on December 7, 1941. This caused the US to enter World War II.

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Tough fight on a small island the US one and got a base close to Japan for bombing raids?

Battle of Iwo Jima

First air sea battle, the US stopped Japan from invading Australia. It was a turning point in the Pacific?

Battle of Coral Sea

Gave the US islands closing to bomb Japan regularly major win for the Allies?

Battle of Marina’s Island

One of the bloodiest bottles in US got a base close to Japan, but thousands died. It showed Japan when it surrender easily.

Battle of Okinawa

The US dropped the first atomic bomb here on August 6, 1945 huge destruction and many civilian deaths

Hiroshima

Second atomic bomb dropped on August 19, 1945 Japan surrender shortly after?

Nagasaki

Germany surrendered the city for almost 900 days. Many died but the Soviets never gave up.

Battle of Lenin gaurd

What was the main reason for Truman using the atomic bomb against Japan?

To end the work quickly and avoid a deadly invasion of Japan that could cost many American lives

Describe the island hopping campaign in the Pacific

The US get heavily defended islands and capture with whether wants to move closer to Japan and help them get in fields and bases for attacks with that wasting too many lives

Why did the Japanese decide to attack Pearl Harbor?

They wanted to destroy the US pacific fleet to stop the US from interfering what they plans to take over Asia

Describe the battle of El Alamein?

A major allied victory in North America in 1942 the allies stopped the Germans from advancing into Egypt

Which British general let the allies at the battle of El Alamein who was the German general

The British general was Bernard Montgomery. The German General was Irwin Rummel.

As the Germans were pushed back in El Alamein which US General was leading the allies in Tunisia

Dwight Eisenhower

Who were the kamikaze’s what did they do?

They were Japanese suicide pilot who crashed planes into Allied ships

How are Japanese Americans treated during World War II? Were they treated differently the German and Italian Americans?

They were forced into enrichment camps because people wrongly thought that they were spies racism and fears made the treatment worse than that of Germans or Italian Americans

Who were the big three what was their strategy when they met at the Yalta conference?

FDR Churchill Stalin they planned how to finish the war and divide of Europe after a German defeat

What is VE day and what is VJ day?

Victory in Europe was May 8, 1945 Germany surrender and victory over Japan day was August 15, 1945 Japan surrender

Describe the Manhattan Project

The secret US project during World War II to build the atomic bomb

Who emerged as the world superpowers after World War II?

The United States and the Soviet Union

What was Hitler’s final solution?

His plant to kill all Jews in Europe through mass murder

What is a concentration camp and what is a death camp?

A concentration camp is a prison camp with terrible conditions. A death camp is built specifically for mass killing mainly with gas chambers.

Who did Hitler believe were the superior race?

Aryans Especially Germans with blonde hair and blue eyes

Which groups did Hitler target

Jews, disabled people slabs LGBTQ and blacks

Describe Auschwitz

The largest Nazi death camp in Poland over 1 million people were murdered there

Why did the allies not do much to stop the holocaust?

They focused on winning the war and did not know the full truth at first something did not believe that reports or thought stopping that camp was too hard