build up/start
Which three countries had totalitarian leaders in the lead up to WWII? and who were their leaders?
USSR, Italy, Germany
List the 3 main Axis Powers of WWII
Japan, Italy, Germany
Why did Pearl Harbor happen and how did the US respond?
US cut off oil and trade and we declared war
What is anti-semitism?
discriminatory or racist actions or feelings toward jewish people
What did the Yalta Conference do?
Broke Germany up into Allied occupied zones
What was appeasement and what is an example of it? Also, what british leader supported it?
giving into hitlers demands and czech, Chamberlain
What is another word for Blitzkrieg and give 2 places this was used effectively
Lightning war/ Poland and France/Belgium
What was the last battle of the pacific front and give one characteristic of the battle
okinawa, japanese kamikaze, civilian use for war
Give 2 examples of early actions toward jews in Germany
Kristallnacht, Nuremberg laws, ghettos
What is collective security and what organization was made after WW2 which was supposed to provide this?
Nations working together to keep peace, and UN
List 3 causes of WWII
Treaty of Versailles, Dictators, LON failure, Appeasement, invasion of Poland
What was the first major event of WWII and who declared war on Germany because of it?
Poland invasion and France/Britain
What was the turning point on the eastern front in WW2 and why was it a turning point?
stalingrad, first loss for hitler
How did Germany get the public on board with their anti-jewish ideas?
Made one radio station that talked bad about the jews on loop, media, propaganda
What was the Universal Declaration of Human rights a direct response to? Give 2 events!
The Holocaust and Nanjing Massacre or Unit 731 in Japan
What are two ways in which Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles?
Rebuilds the German military and reoccupies the Rhineland, gains territory
For what 2 reasons did Germany have major success in taking France?
Blitzkrieg, going thru the Ardennes Forest
In what country and beach did the D-Day invasions happen? What was the deadliest section of beach to land on?
France, Normandy, Omaha beach
When did WW2 start and end? (years)
1939-1945
What did the Soviet Union and Stalin do in their newly occupied territories in Eastern Europe?
Created communist governments
What did the Munich agreement do and what is this an example of?
Allowed Hitler to take a part of Czechoslovakia if he promised not to take any more, appeasement
What was the non-aggression pact and what did it secretly say?
Hitler and Stalin agreed not to fight each other and would invade poland together
What was Operation Barbarossa and what was one difficulty faced in it?
Germanys invasion of Russia and Winter weather and Scorched earth policy
Who did Hitler blame for the issues Germany faced before WW2 and then issues the army faced toward the end of WW2?
The Jews and then his own generals
What were the Nuremberg trials and what were 3 things that people were on trial for?
When the allies charged leaders of Germany for their actions during WWII - War crimes, Crimes against humanity, crimes against peace