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Unit 6 - World War 2 Flashcards

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372411555Kellogg-Briand PactAgreement signed by 62 nations in 1928 that outlawed war except in cases of self-defense.
372411556Appeasement Policy (Munich Pact)France and England agree to give Hitler the Sudentenland if he promises not to attack any more nations in Europe.
372411557Nonaggression Pact (Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact)Germany and the Soviets promise not to fight each other, agree to split Poland, and the Soviets gain control of Finland.
372411558Lend-Lease ProgramUS president may sell, lend, or trade weapons with any country he chooses.
372411559BlitzkriegLightening War. Airplanes, tanks, and infantry.
372411560Wolf PackGerman submarines used to sink ships carrying supplies and weapons across the Atlantic.
372411561Phony WarSeven month stretch during which the French and British awaited the German attack.
372411562EthiopiaWhen the League of Nations refused to send them aid, this country fell to Italy in 1935.
372411563ManchuriaJapan attacked this area in 1931.
372411564RhinelandIn 1936, Germany annexed this area of land between Germany and France.
372411565AustriaIn 1938, in addition to taking the Sudentenland, Hitler took control of this country.
372411566PolandFrance and Britain declared war on Germany after Hitler invaded this country.
372411567France, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, NorwayCountries captured by the Germans in 1940.
372411568BritainHitler led nightly bombing raids against this country.
372411569JapanUS began an embargo against this country in 1941.
372411570United StatesJapan attacked this nation on December 7, 1941.
372411571Franklin Delano RooseveltElected to his third term as US president in 1940.
372411572Neville ChamberlainPrime Minister of Great Britain. Signed the Munich Pact with Germany. Resigned after France fell to Germany.
372411573Winston ChurchillPrime Minister of Great Britain. Led Britain through WWII and Cold War.
372411574Identify the three major Axis powers.Germany Italy Japan
372411575Identify three European nations who remained neutral during WW2.Spain Sweden Ireland
372411576Operation TorchAllied plan to push the Axis powers out of Africa.
372411577Baatan Death March75,000 Allied soldiers were captured in the Philippines and forced to take a 65-mile death march.
372411578Coral Sea1st Allied victory in the Pacific.
372411579MidwayAllied troops attack and sink 4 Japanese aircraft carriers. The turning point in the war.
372411580Doolittle RaidsUS pilots cross Japanese airspace and bomb major Japanese cities.
372411581StalingradSoviet winters stun and kill thousands of German soldiers. Remaining Germans are captured.
372411582D-DayThe Allies cross the English Channel attacking the beaches at Normandy to liberate the country of France.
372411583Battle of the BulgeLast German offensive. Germans lose to inexperienced US troops around Christmas of 1944.
372411584Elbe RiverUS troops attack from the west and Soviets from the east. Meet at this German river in April 1945.
372411585HiroshimaUS drops atomic bomb on this city to expedite the end of WW2.
372411586Identify the Big Three and the country they represent.FDR US Churchill GB Stalin USSR
372411587Identify the three fronts of World War 2.Europe Africa Pacific
372411588List two changes brought by the Nuremberg Laws.Jews had to wear yellow stars and carry identification.
372411589Island HoppingStrategy used by Allies in Pacific. Jumped from island to island
372411590Kamikaze pilotssuicide pilots who sacrificed their life for their country.
372411591Code TalkersUS used Navajo Indians to send secret code. Never decoded by Japanese
372411592HolocaustNazi's killed over 6,000,000 Jews and 3,000,000 others in concentration camps.
372411593GenocideExtermination of a race or ethnicity
372411594Final SolutionHitler's plan to eliminate all Jews
372411595KristallnachtNight of the Broken Glass. Revenge for the killing of a German diplomat by a Jewish man. Jewish businesses and synagogues destroyed. Hundreds murdered, thousands sent to concentration camps.

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