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Hermann Goering
A leader of the Nazi party, Hitler's #2, was also the red baron sidekick and took all the art to keep for himself.
Joseph Goebbels
Chief minister of the Nazi propaganda, and organizer of Kristallnacht
Heinrich Himmler
German Nazi who was chief of the SS and the Gestapo and who oversaw the genocide of six million Jews (1900-1945)
Stock Market Crash
was in 1929, it was a sharp decline in U.S. stock market values in 1929 that contributed to the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Great Depression
1929-1941 included slowing consumer demand, mounting consumer debt, decreased industrial production and the rapid and reckless expansion of the U.S. stock market
Inflation
A continuous rise in the price of goods and services
Worth of Money
if something is worth the money, it has value and the money was well spent
Messianic Figure
to describe something that has to do with a messiah, or savior, especially a religious one.
Autobahnen
Superhighways that provided a military highway system throughout Germany in anticipation of fighting another two-front war.
SS
was made by Heinrich Himmler and they would murder anyone even if they didn't have a reason.
Waffen SS
They were the elite army and would train up to three weeks, training on physical and mental methods, including combat training.
Gestapo
the Nazi secret police force, known for its terrorism and brutality
SS State Enforcement
They were state troopers
Camps
places where jews were taken to work under horrible conditions until death
Concentration Camps
Concentrations camps usually is just slave labor but sometimes can lead to death, either by being killed, starving, or getting a disease
Death Camps
Death camps were not used for labor, the only purpose of them was to kill and get rid of the people who got sent there.
Reinhard Heydrich
Gestapo deputy chief who set out to gain the final solution to the Jewish Question.
Goebbels Propaganda Minister
After the Nazis came to power in 1933, Goebbels's Propaganda Ministry quickly gained control over the news media, arts and information in Nazi Germany.
Radio Impact
Radio helped entertain and inform the population, encouraging citizens to join in the war effort, and also populating the propaganda.
Book Burnings
Killed all teachers & professors, destruction of Jewish people (all their ideas, art, writing, etc.) and any information that didn't support the Nazi regime
Night of the Long Knives
On June 30, 1934 Hitler killed Ernst, ROEHM. The SS killed all the brown shirts, meaning they killed anyone part of SA.
Nuremberg Laws of 1935
Denied German citizenship to the Jews and prevented them from marrying non-Jews.
Star of David
Jewish people were forced to wear the star of David on their clothing so people would know they are jewish.
Dachau
First concentration camp in Germany
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht is a sad event where Nazis had destroyed anything that belongs to the Jewish people. Such as Temples, homes, work, school, and other Jewish items.
Hitler Youth
It was created to brainwash all the kids to believe Hitler was amazing.
Tomorrow Belongs To Me
Was the song that Germans would sing and was shown in the video of everyone singing it to show how good and loyal they were to Hitler
Martin Niemoller
He was in concentration camps but he is the author who wrote the poem "First They Came" "First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out..."
The Nuremberg Rally of 1936
Nuremberg could fit 1 million people, and was where Hitler went to give speeches. The 8th Party Congress was known as the "Rally of Honour"
Berlin Olympics
Hitler said it was his "Mastered race" and how he was going to show everyone how good he was and strong but in reality the US won every race and was known for letting everyone play and didn't care about your race or religion
Benito Mussolini
He was the leader of Italy and Hitler basically copied him and looked up to him and his ways. Later on Hitler and Mussolini became best friends.
Il Duce
Nickname that Benito Mussolini make people call him which means "the leader"
Fascism
If you're alone you could be broken but as a group you can't. The Nazis would kill anyone who didn't agree with them.
Anschluss
Anschluss, political union of Austria with Germany
Appeasement
Instituted in the hope of avoiding war, appeasement was the name given to Britain's policy in the 1930s of allowing Hitler to expand German territory unchecked.
1939 Invasion of Poland
German troops invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, triggering World War II. In response to German aggression, Great Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany. Nazi Germany possessed overwhelming military superiority over Poland.
Blitzkrieg
Lightning warfare- fast and forceful warfare.
Maginot Line
is a line of concrete fortifications, obstacles and weapon installations built by France in the 1930s to deter invasion by Nazi Germany and force them to move around the fortifications.
Battle of Dunkirk
The French and the British were stuck at the Dunkirk port while the Germans were coming to kill them. So over 800 boats that varied from sizes came and saved them.
Enigma Machine
Is a secret code machine, it's like a riddle.
Coventry Cathedral
Instead of the British losing everything they just turned the lights off everywhere so the planes couldn't see where to drop the bombs except they forgot to tell the church of St Michael's, so that's the only place that got destroyed.
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill persuaded the British people and led the country from the brink of defeat to victory.
The Battle of Britain
An aerial battle fought in World War II in 1940 between the German Luftwaffe (air force), which carried out extensive bombing in Britain, and the British Royal Air Force, which offered successful resistance. It is also the most amount of men dead than if you combined all the deaths from ww1
The Blitz
the British term for the German air raids on British cities and towns during World War II
The Battle of the Atlantic
Americans sent 300,000 ships to Britain that contained food, water, weapons, etc. These boats were called liberty boats. German U-boats hunted our boats in their "wolf pact"
U-Boats
Were big submarines that the Germans started to use
Destroyers
versatile ships, "workhorses of the fleet." Fast and maneuverable, they could attack at close quarters and hope to escape, yet hit hard enough to threaten even the largest ships afloat.
Erwin Rommel - The Desert Fox
Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel was a German General Nazi during World War II. Popularly known as the Desert Fox. Rommel was a charismatic leader who inspired his troops and led by example. He was known for his personal courage, often leading his troops from the front lines
Panzer Tanks
They were German tanks and Panzer 4 was one of the best tanks
Tiger Tanks
They were German tanks and were the biggest tanks made.
M4 Sherman Tanks
They were part of the American army, were medium sized and we made a lot of them and was one of the fastest tanks on the battlefield.
T-34 Tanks
At its inception, the T-34 was the fastest and most powerful tank in its class.
Monty
Nickname for General Bernard Law Montgomery
Battle of El Alamein
This was the first battle the Germans lost, their tanks got stuck in the quicksand.
Gen. George S. Patton
As a result of the German victory at the Kasserine Pass in Tunisia, he regrouped the American troops and began an effective counteroffensive.
General Irwin Rommel
Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel was a German field marshal during World War II. Popularly known as the Desert Fox he served in the armed forces of Nazi Germany. He was injured several times.
General Eisenhower
A US Army general who held the position of supreme Allied commander in Europe, among many others. He was best known for his work in planning Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Europe.
General Bradley
served as field commander of American soldiers during the Allied invasion of Normandy on D-Day and led Allied troops as they drove into Germany near the end of World War II.
General Bernard Law Montgomery
During the Second World War, he led a decisive victory at El Alamein, Egypt; he was also commander of all land forces involved in Operation Overlord.
Valkyrie
The plan was known as Operation Valkyrie. The idea was that, once Hitler was dead, the military would claim that the assassination was part of an attempted coup by the Nazi Party and the Reserve Army would seize key installations in Berlin and arrest high-ranking Nazi leadership.
Garbo
He was a double agent for the British, performing so well that they nicknamed him for the enigmatic actress Greta Garbo.He tricked Hitler and saved D-Day
Operation Fortitude
Codename of fake operation to deceive the Germans into believe an invasion would occur at Calais
Fake Army
Even built a fake army with inflatable tanks, trucks, planes, and radio traffic to be led by Gen. Patton. Tricked Hitler into thinking landing was to happen in Calais, France.
Operation Overlord
the code name for the Allied invasion of Europe at Normandy on June 6, 1944; also known as D-Day
D-Day Normandy
a name given to June 6, 1944—the day on which the Allies launched an invasion in Normandy of the European mainland during World War II.
Omaha Beach
One of 5 beaches invaded during WWII D-Day. Biggest struggle because of deep water, little to no cover, and bluffs with Germans and machine guns
The Hedgerows
dirt walls, several feet thick, that were covered in shrubbery and surrounded many fields in Normandy; Germans used them for cover and defense
The Cullen Tank
Sgt Curtis Grubb Culin III was a World War II soldier credited with the invention of a hedge-breaching device fitted to Allied armored vehicles during the Battle of Normandy.
Operation Cobra
American offensive aiming to punch through German lines in Normandy using massive bombing raids
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge started on December 16, 1944, when German forces launched a surprise attack on Allied forces in the forested Ardennes region in Belgium, Luxembourg, and France
V-E Day
May 8, 1945; victory in Europe Day when the Germans surrendered
Pearl Harbor
Base in hawaii that was bombed by japan on December 7, 1941, which eagered America to enter the war.
Battle of the Coral Sea
A battle between Japanese and American naval forces that stopped the Japanese advance on Australia.
Battle of Midway
(June 3-6, 1942), World War II naval battle, fought almost entirely with aircraft, in which the United States destroyed Japan's first-line carrier strength and most of its best trained naval pilots.
General Douglas MacArthur
commander of the US forces in the Philippine Islands who directed the Allied occupation of Japan
Admiral Chester Nimitz
Nimitz was serving as Chief of the Bureau of Navigation when the Japanese Imperial Navy attacked Pearl Harbor
Battle of Guadalcanal
(1942-1943) World War II battle in the Pacific; it represented the first Allied counter-attack against Japanese forces; Allied victory forced Japanese forces to abandon the island
Battle of Tarawa
he Battle of Tarawa was fought on 20-23 November 1943 between the United States and Japan at the Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands, and was part of Operation Galvanic, the U.S. invasion of the Gilberts.
Battle of Wake Island
The Japanese won the Battle of Wake Island. They lost four ships, one submarine, and some 1,000 lives; just over 100 Americans and Guamanians died during their defense of Wake Island.
U.S. Invades the Marshall Islands
The Marshall Islands were invaded in late January 1944. The capture of the numerous islands, islets, and reefs improved communications across the Pacific
Battle of Iwo Jima
was a major battle in which the U.S. Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.
Battle of Okinawa
(1945) World War II victory for the Allied troops that resulted in the deaths of almost all of the 100,000 Japanese defenders; the battle claimed 12,000 American lives