Europe
What military tactic did Germany use to invade?
Blitzkrieg
What country invaded Manchuria in 1931?
Japan
What battle was a turning point for the US in the Pacific?
Battle of Midway
What did the Treaty of Versailles do for the Germans after WWI?
Blamed them for WWI conflict
Made them pay reparations
Jews were taken where, BEFORE concentration camps?
Ghettos
This battle was the turning point in World War 2 for the Soviet Union
Battle of Stalingrad
Explain the Tripartite Pact.
Alliance signed between Germany, Japan, and Italy
The Americans were persistent in staying in this state while the conflict began in Europe.
Isolatonism
Define anti-semitism
Extreme hatred for Jews
What led to the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
Tensions between the US and Japan
Describe Hitler’s “Final Solution”
Complete elimination of Jews
Describe the Island Hopping strategy
The Allies hopping on islands that were not well-defended and offered strategic advantages. Main objective was to get to mainland Japan
FDR used this to send aid to the Allies before entering the war.
Cash & Carry
Lend-Lease Act
This is a classless system in which the means of production are owned communally and private property is nonexistent
Communist Government
This is a military-dominated government that controls all aspects of life.
Fascist government
Last offensive attack of Hitler. Surprised and surrounded troops in Ardennes Forest in Belgium.
Battle of the Bulge
These were Japanese aircraft loaded with explosives and making a deliberate suicidal crash on an enemy target. Divine win.
Kamikaze pilots
This was the American territory that was invaded after Pearl Harbor.
Philippines
What are the Nuremberg Laws?
Set of racist laws against the Jews in Germany.
This was when Allied troops were forced to walk with no food or water. Main objective was to humiliate.
Bataan Death March
This was the systematic and state-sponsored movement to destroy a group of people during WWII.
The Holocaust
Which two Japanese cities were bombed at the end of WWII?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What were Japanese Internment camps and why were they used?
US feared and was suspicious of the Japanese in the US
What was the Weimar Republic?
Germany’s democratic gov. after WWI
When did Hitler write Mein Kampf?
After he was arrested for participating in a riot.