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WWII General Stuff

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Who was Benito Mussolini? Benito Mussolini was the leader of the National Fascist party and ruled as prime minister in Italy during the 1920s to early 1940s. His main goals were to bring glory to Italy and to acquire territories that Italy had been denied.
Who was General Francisco Franco? Francisco Franco was a Spanish military general who led the Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War
Who was Emperor Haile Selassie? Emperor Haile Selassie was the emperor of Ethiopia during the time of Italy's conquest into Ethiopia.
Who was Emperor Hirohito? Emperor Hirohito was the emperor of Japan during the time of the surrender. (1945)
What was the United Front? (China) Refers to Chinese Nationalists and Communists coming together against Japan.
Why didn't Western Powers interfere with China and Japan? Western powers took no action against Japan after the Rape of Nanjing because of the great depression.
Japan did not face opposition to expansion until when? 1941
Who was the Spanish Civil War between? Spanish Civil War was between National militarists and republican government.
Why did some European nations see Hitlers expansion as justified? Europeans saw Hitler's actions as justified because they thought the Versailles Treaty was too harsh.
Who attended the Munich Conference? The Munich Conference was attended by Italy, France, Great Britain, and Germany.
What made European nations realize the appeasement failed? After Germany annexed Czechoslovakia, European nations realized the appeasement failed and therefore promised protection for Poland.
What was the Lend-Lease Policy? The United States lent destroyers and war goods to Britain and in return the British gave the US lease to their naval bases.
Where is this quote from: “November crime" “November crime” - How Hitler referred to the 1918 armistice.
Who said these quotes? “This war is a new kind of war,” “It is warfare in terms of every continent, every island, every sea, every air lane.” FDR
What are Panzer columns? Columns of armored tanks used by the Nazis.
What does Blitzkrieg mean? Blitzkrieg (“lightning war”) - Stealth invasion tactic used by Nazis.
What is an Unterseeboote Unterseeboote - German submarines
What was the Blitz? The Blitz - British name for the air war (Battle of Britain)
Who said this quote? “You only have to kick in the door, and the whole rotten structure will come crashing down.” Hitler about Operation Barbarossa
Who said this quote? “Now it is impossible for us to lose the war: We now have an ally who has never been vanquished in three thousand years.” Hitler; his reaction to the war between Japan and the US
Who said “So we had won after all!” Winston Churchill; about the war between Japan and the US
Who was in the Allied Powers? The Allied powers included France, Britain and the Commonwealth allies, the Soviet Union, China, and the US.
Who was in the Axis Powers? The Axis powers were an alliance that formed between Japan, Germany, and Italy.
What was Anschluss? Anschluss was the forced annexation of Austria by Hitler and the Nazi regime in March 1938.
What form of military was used by the Nazis in the Battle of Britain? The Nazis used their air force called the Luftwaffe.
What does the term Lebensraum refer to? The term means "living space" and refers to the Nazi's ideas of expanding the amount of space for Germans by expelling people he opposed, such as Jews, and expanding their territory overall.
What was Stalingrad? Stalingrad was the city where the Soviets attempted to halt German forces by using bloody street-by-street warfare.
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