WW2 study guide

self-determination:

to choose their own political status and form their own government

Rhineland

a strip of land inside Germany bordering on France

appeasement

the policy of Britain and France making concessions to Nazi Germany in the hope of avoiding war.

Joseph Stalin

Leader in the Soviet Union and the Red Army

Adolf hitler

Dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933-1945

Benito Mussolini

Prime Minister of Italy

Franklin Roosevelt

32nd Presidents of the United States

Winston Churchhill

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940-1945

RAF

a major fighting force of the UK

Luftwaffe

German Air Force

scorched earth policy

the military tactic of destroying everything that enables to start war

Axis Powers

A mixture of Nations mostly led by Germany,Italy,and Japan

Allied Powers

The nations that fought against the Axis powers

Miracle of Dunkirk

A big boost of british confidence

D-Day

The name given to the Allied invasion of Normandy and France

Pearl Harbor

a surprise military strike by the Japan Navy against the U.S.

What areas did Germany occupy before war was declared on them

Austria,Sudetland,and Rhineland

Why were Germany’s losses at Stalingrad made even greater

the harsh winter conditions, the relentless Soviet reaction

What happened to Mussolini when the Allies invaded Italy

He was deposed and put under arrest

Where were the atomic bombs dropped

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Why were the Battles of Coral Sea and Midway significant

it was the world's first carrier-vs.-carrier battle

what event began WWII?

German invasion of Poland

What countries make up Scandinavia

Denmark, Norway, and Sweden