AP World History World War 2 Flashcards
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| 6531527016 | "Big Lie" | the phrase given for any lie, if stated with authority and repeated and guarded from critical analysis will be accepted by most people | 0 | |
| 6531527017 | Adolph Hitler | german leader of Nazi Party. 1933-1945. rose to power by promoting racist and national views | 1 | |
| 6531527018 | Allied Powers | Alliance of Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States, and France during World War II. | 2 | |
| 6531527019 | Anschluss | The union of Austria with Germany, resulting from the occupation of Austria by the German army in 1938. | 3 | |
| 6531527020 | Axis Powers | Alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II. | 4 | |
| 6531527021 | Benito Mussolini | Fascist Dictator of Italy that at first used bullying to gain power, then never had full power. | 5 | |
| 6531527022 | Blitzkrieg | "Lighting war", typed of fast-moving warfare used by German forces against Poland in 1939 | 6 | |
| 6531527023 | D-Day | Allied invasion of Normandy | 7 | |
| 6531527024 | Fascism | A political philosophy that glorifies the state above the individual by emphasizing the need for a strong central government led by a dictatorial ruler. | 8 | |
| 6531527025 | General Eisenhower | This American general led the North African Campaign or D-Day | 9 | |
| 6531527026 | General Fransisco Franco | Spanish fascist general who revolted and overthrew the spanish government | 10 | |
| 6531527027 | Genocide | Deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group | 11 | |
| 6531527028 | Gestapo | German secret police under control of Heinrich Himmler | 12 | |
| 6531527029 | Heinrich Himmler | German Nazi who was chief of the SS and the Gestapo and who oversaw the genocide of six million Jews (1900-1945) | 13 | |
| 6531527030 | Holocaust | A large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering | 14 | |
| 6531527031 | Manhattan Project | A secret U.S. project for the construction of the atomic bomb. | 15 | |
| 6531527032 | Marshall Plan | A plan that the US came up with to revive war-torn economies of Europe. This plan offered $13 billion in aid to western and Southern Europe. | 16 | |
| 6531527033 | Mein Kampf | "My Struggle"-a book written by Adolf Hitler during his imprisonment in 1923-1924, in which he set forth his beliefs and his goals for Germany | 17 | |
| 6531527034 | Nationalist Social Party | Nazi Party | 18 | |
| 6531527035 | Nuremberg Laws | A group of laws that robbed German Jews of their citizenship in 1935 | 19 | |
| 6531527036 | Pearl Harbor | December 7, 1941- Japanese airplanes attacked in Hawaii and destroyed much of the American Pacific fleet and killed over 2000 armed personnel and civilians | 20 | |
| 6531527037 | Potsdam Conference | gave soviets control of eastern poland, made final arrangements for division of germany and also divided austria | 21 | |
| 6531527038 | President Truman | ordered air force to use atomic bomb after japan belittled allied demand | 22 | |
| 6531527039 | Rhineland | A region in Germany designated a demilitarized zone by the Treaty of Versailles; Hitler violated the treaty and sent German troops there in 1936 | 23 | |
| 6531527040 | Tehran Conference | allied powers decided to focus on liberation of france, allowing soviet union to gain ground in eastern europe | 24 | |
| 6531527041 | Totalitarianism | A political system in which the government has total control over the lives of individual citizens. | 25 | |
| 6531527042 | United Nations | An international organization formed after WWII to promote international peace | 26 | |
| 6531527043 | Weimar Republic | German republic founded after the WWI and the downfall of the German Empire's monarchy. | 27 | |
| 6531527044 | Yalta Conference | soviet union agreed to join war against japan in exchange for territory in Marchuia and northern island of japan | 28 |