TOPIC FIFTEEN: WORLD WAR II

When Hitler promised not to invade the rest of Czechoslovakia, what was this called?

Munich Agreement

What military tactic did the Germans use to invade Poland?

blitzkrieg (lightning warfare)

Which two countries declared war when germany invaded Poland?

Great Britain and France

Who resigned from British Prime Minister; Who was the new Prime Minister?

Neville Chamberlain; Winston Churchill

What was signed between Germany, Japan and Italy that created spheres of influence and threatened any country (Specifically USA) that intervened with trade

Tripartite Pact

The foreign policy of pacifying an aggrieved country in order to prevent war is called...?

appeasement

60,000-80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war marches 65 miles in tropical conditions and many starved, and all that couldn't march were killed. What was this called?

Bataan Death March

the spreading of ideas, information, or rumors for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person.

propaganda

what was the appeasement of Hitler called?

Anschluss

BR (Neville Chamberlain) and FR (Edouard Daladier) tell Czech govt that Germany must be given the Sudetenland or Czechs will stand alone.Peace treaty signed between Ger & BR. what was this called?

Munich Agreement

a person who called for war

warhawk

a GER word meaning "lightning war"; was their strategy to avoid a long war

Blitzkrieg

the action, state or period of occupying or being occupied by military force

occupation

an anti-expansionist meaning he was against expanding the US and its territories. He had a "Good Neighbor" policy that emphasized cooperation and trade rather than military force.

FDR

a government-imposed restriction on the trading of certain products, goods or services

Embargo

The military tactic where anything useful to the enemy is destroyed

Scorched earth

4 million casualties, 1.8 million casualties; Red Army wins

Battle of Stalingrad

Which side of the war was called the Red Army?

USSR (Modern day Russia)

A government imposed restriction on trading of certain goods and services

embargo

_________ __________ was an anti-expansionist who introduced the Good Neighbor Policy

Franklin D Roosevelt

Which policy focused on non-intervention laws with Latin America in an attempt to build a friendship?

Good Neighbor Policy (By FDR)

One of the bloodiest battles in Marine Corps history. Most of this battle was fought undeground.

Battle of Iwo jima

What was the name of the program established by FDR during WWII that aimed to produce the world's first nuclear weapons? Did it succeed?

Manhattan Project; Yes

Who enacted the Manhattan Project?

Franklin D Roosevelt

Which battle resulted in German surrender?

Battle of Stalingrad

Why was the battle of Stalingrad important?

Resulted in German surrender

When allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy and reclaimed Paris, this was called...?

D-Day

Which battle ended the Axis powers threat in Middle East and Northern Africa?

Second Battle of El Alamein

Which countries war einvolved in the Battle of Stalingrad? Who won?

USSR (Russia) and Germany; USSR

Which battle was a major turning point in the Pacific?

Battle of Midway

When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, what was this event called?

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Which US General is given credit for the Japanese surrender in WWII?

General Douglas MacArthur

What caused Japan to surrender in WWII?

The atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Who was the Japanese emperor that surrendered?

Emperor Hirohito

the systematic, state-sponsored, persecution and murder of 6 million Jews by the Nazi regime and the collaborators between 1933 and 1945 across Europe and North America

The Holocaust

A confined area or the city in which members of a minority group are compelled to live

A ghetto

The German Secret State Police who were responsible for investigating political crimes and opposition activities. They also organized the deportations of Jews

Gestapo

When high ranking Nazi officials met to discuss the implementation of the "final solution", what was this meeting called?

Wannsee Conference

Who called the Wannsee Conference?

Reinhard Heydrich, head of the Gestapo

What was the plan for concentration camps in Eastern Europe to exploit Jewish labor until they died called?

The Final Solution

When Jews resisted, snuck weapons into the Warsaw ghetto and held off Germans for a month which resulted in murder and mass deportation to death camps, what was this event called?

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

What was the largest and deadliest death camp?

Auschwitz (1.1 million people murdered)

A form of willful disobedience continuing to parctice religious and cultural traditions in defiance of the rule and maintaining the will to live despite brutal conditions.

Resistance

What happened to the Jews not fit for labor camps? (Pregnant, disabled, old, ill)

They were sent to gas chambers and killed

Who was the Auschwitz physician who conducted experiments based on biological racism, or social darwinism?

Josef Mengele (Angel of Death)

pseudoscience that attempts to apply scientific principles and methods to justify racial hierarchies and discrimination

Scientific racism

Who was the political theorist who escaped a detention camp and became a famous political journalist?

Hannah Arendt