World War 2 Flash Cards for Mr Romeros World/Us History Classes
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| 150960379 | Nuremberg Laws | (1934) Laws inacted in Germany that identified the Jewish race. Took away their citizenship prevented from owning buisnesses . Had to wear star of Davis on there wrist | |
| 150960380 | S.S. | Nazi partys elite guard. Heinrich Himmle. Most attacks on jews | |
| 150960381 | Gestapo | the German state secret police during the Nazi regime, organized in 1933 and notorious for its brutal methods and operations. | |
| 150960382 | Third Reich | The Third Republic of Germany which began Hitler's rule in 1933 and ended with his defeat in 1945. He vowed it would last 1000 years. | |
| 150960383 | Holocaust | this was the killing of over 6 million Jews; the name given to the mass number of Jews and other groups by the Nazi Party during the war | |
| 150960384 | Kristallnacht | (1938)- "night of broken glass"- German officials encouraged people to attack Jews and their property; when Germany declared open war on the Jews | |
| 150960385 | Rape of Nanking | Dec 1937, Japan defeated the Chinese city of Nanking. Chinese civilians were brutalized and thousands were killed. Raped 30,000 Chinese women, Killed 30,000 Soliders, Killed 12,000 Civilians. | |
| 150960386 | Munich Conference | 1938 conference at which European leaders attempted to appease Hitler by turning over the Sudetenland to him in exchange for promise that Germany would not expand Germany's territory any further. sept 29th Germany,Italy,France,England signed the Munich pact which gave Germany Sudetenland. | |
| 150960387 | Non-Aggression Pact | (Aug 1939) Treaty signed by Germans and the Soviets where each pledged not to attack one another. Secret clause ,treaty calls Germany to attack West Poland and Soviets attack Poland on the East. | |
| 150960388 | Pact of Steel | May 1939 - Italy and Germany both pledged to help each other in the event of war. | |
| 150960389 | Invasion of Poland | (Sept 1, 1939) Hitler launched a lightning attack (blitzkrieg) against Poland where force after force came upon Poland. Cause England and France to declare war on Germany, starting WW2 | |
| 150960390 | Dunkirk | (1940) 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches at Dunkirk . Left supplies on the beach. | |
| 150960391 | Operation Barbossa | was the codename for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II that commenced on June 22, 1941.. | |
| 150960392 | Auschwitz | The most famous extermination camp in Europe.Killed the most number of Jews. | |
| 150960393 | Ghettos | Sections of towns and cities in which Jews were forced to live. | |
| 150960394 | Ural Mountains | Boundary between Europe and Asia | |
| 150960395 | Tuskegee Airmen | African American Piolets that served during ww2. THey faced discrimination but overcame it. They helped support long range bombers. They used the P-51 Mustang. | |
| 150960396 | Second Front | Soviets were suffering from heavy causalities fighting the German invasion of Russia. Stalin urged the allies to open a "second front" in the west to relive the pressure on the Russians . The allies did so, but only after a long delay | |
| 150960397 | Gyorgi Zhukov | Soviet General during WW2. Hero of the battle of stalingard. Coordinated the soviet offens that pushed the germans back to berlin. | |
| 150960398 | Surrealism | An artistic movement that conected dream worlds and real life | |
| 150960399 | Nazism | the name given to Adolf Hitler's brand of Facism in Germany charecterized by anti-communism, corporation,mitlarism, nationalism, racism, and racial purificationm anti-semitism, and police brutality | |
| 150960400 | Charles Lindbergh | American pilot who made the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. 33 hour flight from New York to Paris | |
| 150960401 | Rome - Berlin axis | (1936) treaty between Italy and Germany | |
| 150960402 | D-Day (Debarkation Day) | June 6, 1944 - Led by Eisenhower, over a million troops (the largest invasion force in history) stormed the beaches at Normandy and began the process of re-taking France. The turning point of World War II. | |
| 150960403 | Robert Oppenheimer | United States physicist who directed the project at Los Alamos that developed the first atomic bomb (1904-1967) | |
| 150960404 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | (1870-1967) Served as the supreme commander of the western allied forces and became cheif of staff in 1941 u.s gmeral and future president of the us nicknames was "Ike" | |
| 150960405 | 1942 | Start of the Manhatten Project ( A-Bomb) | |
| 150960406 | Tehran Conference | (november 1943) first major meeting between the big three (FDR,Stalin, Churchill) Both the us/england decided to open the Italian Front | |
| 150960407 | Battle of Stalingrad | Battle between germany and the usssr ( turning point in eastern europe) the southern german offensive reached this town and drove to take the city. First major defeat for the germans | |
| 150960408 | Chester Nimitz | Admiral , Commander of the us pacific fleet. worked with douglas MacArthur to develop the "Island hopping " Strategy | |
| 150960409 | Albert Einstein | The greatest scientific genius since Isaac Newton. German born physicist. | |
| 150960410 | Friedrich Nietzche | German Philosipher | |
| 150960411 | U.N. (United Nations) | Organization founded in 1945. The allied powers created an international agency to resolve conflicts and discourage agressor nations with military force. | |
| 150960412 | Super Powers | The name given to the ussr/usa because of their dommincance in world power, Both countries had nuclear wepaon by the late 40s and 50s | |
| 150960413 | Postdom Conference | (1945) Allied leaders Truman,Stalin, and Churchil met in Germany to set up zones of control and to inform the japense they would face total destruction | |
| 150960414 | Brazil | During/After WW2 many german war criminals escaped to brazil. | |
| 150960415 | Eva Braun | (1912-1945) Adolf Hitlers Mistress ( 1932-1945) on April 29th 1945 she married adolf hitler. they both then commited suicide by posin. Adolf hitler orders officers to burn there bodies | |
| 150960416 | Harry S. Truman | (1945-1952) Vice president of FDR known for his courfe and his decision to drop the A-bomb | |
| 150960417 | Yalta Conference | (Feb 1945) Before his death, Fdr to allow pro soviet governments in eastern Europe countries in return for soviet assistance . FDR, Churchill and Stalin met at Yalta. Russia agreed to declare war on Japan after the surrender of Germany and in return FDR and Churchill promised the USSR concession in Manchuria and the territories that it had lost in the Russo-Japanese War | |
| 150960418 | August 8th 1945 | Russia Declared war on Japan 90 days after the end of the European war due to the russo-Japenese war treat. | |
| 150960419 | Enola Gay | B-29 bomber that droped the "Little Boy" on Hiroshima. First A-bomb (aug 6th 1945) | |
| 150960420 | Bockscar | B-29 bomber that droped the seconde atomic bomb "Fat Man" on nagasaki (aug 9th 1945) | |
| 150960421 | Little Boy | Nickname of first Abomb droped on Nagasaki | |
| 150960422 | FatMan | Nickname of 2nd Bomb drobed on Hiroshima | |
| 150960423 | VJ day | Septemeber 2. 1945 Victory over japan | |
| 150960424 | Nuremberg Trials | 19 of 22 German civil and military leader were found guilty of war crimes. 12 were sentenced to death. 3 to life. the rest were sentenced 5-20 years | |
| 150960425 | Battle of Iwo Jima | (feb 19-March 26 1945) Us marines captured Iwo Jima after more than a month of savage fighting . More than 20,000 japanese soldiers were killed . The americans suffred 7,00 casualties | |
| 150960426 | Navajo code Talkers | (Native american Indians) Talked using a coded languge . Served in teh U.S. mariane cops. Primairily jobs were the tranmisions of secret codes | |
| 150960427 | 761st tank battalion | (Jakie Panthers - Former Broklyn Doger) Nicknames the "Blank Panthers" motto was "come out fighting" . Was a U.S. army tank battalion during W.W.2 the unit was made up of black soliders. | |
| 150960428 | Tokyo Rose | Japanese radio announcer who broadcasted propoganda to American troops | |
| 150960429 | Kamikaze | The 'divine wind,' , a fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II | |
| 150960430 | Battle of the Bulge | December, 1944-January, 1945 - After recapturing France, the Allied advance became stalled along the German border. In the winter of 1944, Germany staged a massive counterattack in Belgium and Luxembourg which pushed a 30 mile "bulge" into the Allied lines. The Allies stopped the German advance and threw them back across the Rhine with heavy losses. | |
| 150960431 | Okinawa | The us army in the pacific had been pursuing an "island hopping" campign, moving north from australia towards japan on april 1, 1945. The us invades okinawa only 300 miles south of japanese island | |
| 150960432 | nisei | American-born children of Japanese immigrants; second generation Japanese Americans. | |
| 150960433 | Nisei 442nd regiment | Jap-Americans surviving in Europe. Volenteers suffered more casuilties and won more medals than any other army combat brigrade in US history | |
| 150960434 | Civil Liberties act | Act which made the government pay all survivors of internment camps a total of $20,000 in 1988. 60,00 japs. | |
| 150960435 | Fall of France | Summer, 1941 - Germany invaded France and set up the Vichy government, which lasted until the Allies invaded june 1944. | |
| 150964872 | Charles De Gaulle | French general and statesman who became very popular during World War II as the leader of the Free French forces in exile (1890-1970) | |
| 150964873 | VE Day | May 8, 1945; victory in Europe Day when the Germans surrendered | |
| 150964874 | Bracero Program | This program was created when Americans were in need for skilled agricultural workers because of labor shortages. (1942-1964) | |
| 150964875 | Patton | American general who was involved in the Normandy invasion and the Battle of the Bulge; known for his great ability in tank warfare | |
| 150964876 | Zoot Suit Riots | A series of riots in L.A. California during WW2, soldiers stationed in the city and Mexican youths because of the zoot suits they wore. | |
| 150964877 | Casablanca | The meeting place of Roosevelt and Churchill where they decided to not surrender until the Axis surrendered unconditionally | |
| 150964878 | Blitzkreig | "Lighting Wars" type of fast-moving warfare used by German forces against Poland in 1939 | |
| 150964879 | Phony war | was a phase in early World War II marked by few military operations in Continental Europe, in the months following the German invasion of Poland and preceding the Battle of France. Although the great powers of Europe had declared war on one another, neither side had yet committed to launching a significant attack, and there was relatively little fighting on the ground | |
| 150964880 | Genocide | deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group | |
| 150964881 | FDR | Roosevelt, the President of the United States during the Depression and WWII. He instituted the New Deal. Served from 1933 to 1945, he was the only president in U.S. history to be elected to four terms | |
| 150964882 | Lend Lease act | Approve by Congress in March 1941; The act allowed America to sell, lend or lease arms or other supplies to nations considered "vital to the defense of the United States." | |
| 150964883 | Bond Drives | Celebrities and government representatives traveled around the U.S. selling government bonds ot raise money for the war effort. Extremely successful in raising funds. | |
| 150964884 | Pearl Harbor | United States military base on Hawaii that was bombed by Japan, bringing the United States into World War II. Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941. | |
| 150964885 | Admiral Osoroko yamamoto | Japans Greatest naval strategists, who called for the attack on Pearl Harbor. He also commanded the fleet that attacked Midway Island. | |
| 150964886 | Battan Death March | took place in 1942 . 60 mile march, involving the forcible transfer of over 78,000 american and filipino P.O.Ws. Largest surrender in U.S. history. 6-11 million estimated dead. | |
| 150964887 | Battle of Britan | hitler tried to take britan but failed, showed the germans that the war may not be so easly won. | |
| 150964888 | Appeasement | practice of giving in to aggression in order to avoid war | |
| 150964889 | Executive Order 9066 | 2/19/42; 112,000 Japanese-Americans forced into camps causing loss of homes & businesses, 600K more renounced citizenship; demonstrated fear of Japanese invasion | |
| 150964890 | Battle of Alamein | (june-Nov 1942) Turning point in the north african campaign. Hen Montgomery defeared Erwin Romel. This began the allies offensive pushing the axid powers back to turning and up to Italy | |
| 150964891 | Emperor hirohito | emperor of Japan during WWII. his people viewed him as a god | |
| 150964892 | Jesse Owens | was an African American athlete won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympic games was not recognized by Adolph Hitler when he received his medals. | |
| 150964893 | luftwaffe | the German air force in World War II | |
| 150964894 | Erwin Rommel | "Desert Fox"-May 1942; German and Italian armies were led by him and attacked British occupied Egypt and the Suez Canal for the second time; were defeated at the Battle of El Alamein; was moved to France to oversee the defenses before D-Day; tried to assassinate Hitler. | |
| 150964895 | Bernard Montgomery | often referred to as "Monty", was an Anglo-Irish British Army officer. He successfully commanded Allied forces at the Battle of El Alamein, a major turning point in the Western Desert Campaign during World War II, and troops under his command were partially responsible for the expulsion of Axis forces from North Africa | |
| 150964896 | Atlantic Charter | 1941-Pledge signed by US president FDR and British prime minister Winston Churchill not to acquire new territory as a result of WWII amd to work for peace after the war | |
| 150964897 | Douglas MacArthur | (FDR), surrender the Phillippines during WWII, He was the supreme allied commander during the Cold War in 1945. After World War II, MacArthur was put in charge of putting Japan back together. In the Korean War, he commanded the United Nations troops. He was later fired by Harry Truman for insubordination.Allied commander and five star general in the U.S. army. He headed the U.S. army in Japan and Korea but was fired by Truman for questioning the actions of his superiors in the midst of the Korean war. | |
| 150964898 | Winston Churchill | A noted British statesman who led Britain throughout most of World War II and along with Roosevelt planned many allied campaigns. He predicted an iron curtain that would separate Communist Europe from the rest of the West. | |
| 150964899 | Battle of Misway | Turning point of the war in the pacificJapan los battle ships, aircraft carriers, planes, and troops. The Japenese could recover from this attempt. Begaun Island Hopping. | |
| 150964900 | Mussolini | founded fascism and ruled Italy for almost 21 years, most of that time as dictator. He dreamed of building Italy into a great empire, but he led his nation to defeat in World War II (1939-1945) and was executed by his own people. | |
| 150964901 | Fascism | a political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance of opposition | |
| 150964902 | hitler | leader of Nazi's, organize his supporters into fighting squads, had an obsession with extreme nationalism, racism and antisemitism, promised to end reparations, create jobs and defy the Versailles treaty | |
| 150964903 | Mein Kampf | 'My Struggle' by hitler, later became the basic book of nazi goals and ideology, reflected obsession | |
| 150964904 | Jeanette Rankin | First woman to serve in Congress. Suffragist and pacifist, voted against US involvement in WWI and WWII. | |
| 150964905 | Spanish Civil War | In 1936 a rebellion erupted in Spain after a coalition of Republicans, Socialists, and Communists was elected. General Francisco Franco led the rebellion. The revolt quickly became a civil war. The Soviet Union provided arms and advisers to the government forces while Germany and Italy sent tanks, airplanes, and soldiers to help Franco. |
