GC 32.4 World War II and Genocide

Nuremberg Laws

Deprived Jews of citizenship.

Appeasement

This policy was ineffective because it emboldened Hitler, strengthening his power and prestige in Germany.

Blitzkrieg

This strategy used fast-moving airplanes and tanks followed by infantry forces to take enemies by surprise.

Axis Powers

Germany, Italy, and Japan.

Poland

When Germany invaded this country, Britain and France declared war.

Battle of Britain

Although the Luftwaffe bombed Great Britain during this battle, it showed Hitler could be stopped.

Kamikaze

They valued national honor more than individual life as seen in their willingness to die for Japan.

Truman

He made the choice to drop the atomic bomb in World War II.

USSR

The dropping of the atomic bomb set in motion a nuclear arms race between post-war superpowers which were the United States and this other country:

Stalin

Hitler betrayed this leader when he broke the non-aggression pact with Russia.

Kristallnacht

This event took place when the Nazis attacked Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues.

Death Camps

Auschwitz, Dachau, and Treblinka are all examples of:

Genocide

The term used to describe the systematic killing of an entire people.

Final Solution

This was a genocide of people the Nazis viewed to be inferior.

Hutu

Deep resentment among the Tutsi, the creation of the RPF, and genocidal acts occurred as a consequence of elevating this majority group in Rwanda over the minority.

Rwanda

This resulted in the death of 1 million individuals in 100 days in 1994.

Armenians

They were targeted because they were a Christian minority in a Muslim nation, wanted political reforms, and because of Turkish nationalism.

Muslims/Croats

In Bosnia, the Serbs targeted this group as part of their ethnic cleansing.

Iraq

In this country, Saddam Hussein tested chemical weapons on the Kurds.

Afghanistan

The Taliban wanted to purify this county by forcing everyone to have the same religious views.

Cambodia

In this country, Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge targeted their genocide on educated individuals.