WW2

what is hyperinflation?

hyper inflation is when price of goods get out of control

what helped Hitler gain power?

The stock market crash

what were the causes of the worldwide Great Depression?

agriculture role over production, uneven distribution of wealth, high tariffs, calling in debts and in effective government

what is the definition of totalitarianism

it is to rule using fear, resulting in full government control, and lack of freedom

what were the five keys of totalitarianism

tear indoctrination, propaganda, censorship, religious,ethnic persecution

Who is Joseph Stalin?

A communist dictator he is going to rule by fear

what is conformity

Conformity is everyone was expected to be the same

what is the definition of fascism?

fascism is rule, using love of country, resulting in full government control and lack of freedom

what type of dictator was Adolf Hitler?

Adolf Hitler was a fascist dictator, he was ultra nationalistic

what is Hitler’s book called?

Mien Kampf

Who was Benito Mussolini?

Benito Mussolini was from Italy and is the facist dictator

what political party was a normal one until Hitler arrived

Nazism

how did Hitler rise to power?

he rose a power by becoming Chancellor and blaming the Jews in communist for depression

what side of the political spectrum was Joseph Stalin on?

The liberal side

what side of the political spectrum was Hitler on?

The conservative side

Who were the four aggressor nations?

Japan, Italy, Germany, Spain

why did Japan get rid of democracy?

because they thought it was the reason why they had depression

What did the seize manchuria have a lot of

Factories

what happened when Japan invaded China

they took three 2/3 and the capital

Italy invaded in conquer Ethiopia

what is the Suez Canal?

owned by Great Britain vital piece of land

how did Germany defy the treaty of Versailles?

by building up their military, they had the second largest in Europe

what was Rhineland

A buffer zone between France and Germany

what does it mean to annex something?

to become part of

what country did Germany annex?

Austria

what is the third Reich?

The third great German empire

what is the holy Roman empire

The first great Roman empire

Who was the leader of Spain?

Francisco Franco

what type of dictator was Francisco Franco?

A fascist dictator

why couldn’t anyone deal with Hitler?

because it was during the Great Depression nobody had money

what is isolationism?

keeping to themselves and not dealing with foreign policies

what is it called when you give someone what they want and hope they don’t ask for more

appeasement

what was the Munich conference?

where Nevelle Chamberlain gave Hitler sudetenland

Who was Neville Chamberlain?

The Prime Minister of Great Britain

what is a non-aggression pact

when two countries agreed to not attack each other

why doesn’t the non-aggression pact work with the Soviet Union in Germany?

because they hate each other opposite sides of political spectrum

What is a Blitzkrieg

in all out, war directed at one country

The invasion of what country started World War II

Poland, they only lasted two weeks before they gave up

Germany went through the Netherlands Belgium in Luxembourg to get to what country

France

what forest was so thick that no French defenses were at the other side of it

Ardennes Forest

why did they want to avoid the maginot line?

that’s where all the French soldiers were

how long does it take for French to fall?

two months

Who was the Prime Minister of France?

Charles dr Gualle

what country did the Prime Minister of France evacuate to?

Great Britain

what battle was mostly fought by bomb

The battle of Britain

what was the German Air Force called?

Luftwaffe

what was the British Air Force called?

RAF

what were some of the main targets during the battle of Britain

factories qnd the cities

what two things did British survival depend on

The radar and enigma

why was the radar important?

you can see the planes and the bombs from the radars

what was the enigma ?

The German war code machine, British cracks Germany code, but they never find out

Britain not yet conquered

what is Italy tasked of doing?

taking over the Suez Canal they do a bad job

Germany has to send their best general to take control of the Suez Canal. Why is this bad for Germany

this is bad because now Germany is weaker for their fight against the Soviet Union

Who is Germany’s best general?

Erwin Rommel

what is Erwin Rommels nickname?

The desert fox

what was the operation called? Were Hitler officially invades Soviet Union?

operation Barbosa

what type of war was this was the operation Barbosa

A three front war

Why was the operation Barbosa extremely successful at the beginning but a big mistake in the long run

because in the Soviet Union winter kills a lot of people, Germanys army

Who owned Hong Kong?

Great Britain

Who was the Philippines/Guam owned by

The USA

Dutch East Indies

Indonesia

French Indochina

Vietnam

Japan got to India, but never fully invaded

what was the name of the US’s biggest naval base in Hawaii?

Pearl Harbor

Who was the Japanese naval Commander?

is Isoroku Yamamoto

Japanese evil commander struck US Pearl Harbor to never bring them into the war

this backfires and was a big mistake

what was Japanese’s two messages to the conquered people of Asia?

East Asia, for the asiatics, sur render is dishonorable

What does “East asia for the asiatics mean”

It is better to be conolized by asia

what does surrender is dishonorable mean?

it means that the Japanese people will not go down unless they are killed

what was the bataan death march?

where 80,000 people surrendered to Japanese 20,000 died foreshadowing nuclear bombs

what were the Doolittle raids?

The first time we dropped a bomb on Japan( plan named after James H. Doolittle)

what was the battle that both sides lost an equal number of ships called?

The battle of Coral Sea

what is the type of warfare called when you launch airplanes at each other?

Aircraft carrier battle

what was the first big aircraft carrier battle called?

The battle of Midway( very important for the allies)

Who was the US Naval Commander in charge of ocean battles?

Chester Nimitz

what did Douglas MacArthur do?

in charge of the invasion, overall plan to take things back

what is it called when you don’t take every island and only the big ones

Island hopping

what island was the furthest Japanese expanded to?

Guadalcanal

what was so special about the battle of Leyte Gulf?

this is where 80% of Japanese navy got sent biggest turning point

what were japans suicide pilots called?

Kamikazes

what were the two most important islands that the US had to take from Japan?

iwo jima, okinawa

what was in common with the two islands?

in both cases over 100,000 soldiers died in the Japanese fought till the last man

what was the argument for using a nuclear bomb on Japan?

less people would die

what was the argument against using the nuclear bomb on Japan?

more civilians would die

what were the names of the two nuclear bombs we dropped on Japan

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

what was the death toll from both bombs?

150,000 civilians

what country voluntarily got rid of their military

Japan

what is it called when a country voluntarily gets rid of their military

Demilitarization

once the Japanese surrendered, what happened?

they joined the allies and got the US protection

what constitution did the Japanese base theirs off of?

The US

what is Japanese is economic rate right now?

top seven in the world

Who was the British commander in Africa?

General, Bernard Montgomery

what was the operation called of the attempt to liberate North Africa?

operation torch

Who is Dwight D Eisenhower?

The US Commander in Africa

Who is the person they defeat in Africa?

erwin rommel

what two countries was Germany’s invasion stall at

Leningrad and Moscow

what battle was when Germany was running out of gasoline

Battle of Stalingrad

what was Germany’s number one army called?

German sixth army

when winter hits they don’t survive it

90,000 German soldier surrender