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WWII flashcards

TermDefinition
Total War giving all effort to the war and nothing else
Homefront The line that protected France from Germany
Women Germany treated them bad when they went to invade the Soviet Union
Japanese Big part of the Axis Powers; they bombed Pearl Harbor
Refugees There were many when Britain was raided by Germany
Cities Destroyed Many were destroyed by Germany in air raids
Starvation Germans suffered from this when they invaded Russia
Stalingrad When Germany invaded the Soviet Union
Poland Taken over by Germany
Battle of the Bulge fought on the Western front. France vs. Germany
Appeasement making concessions to an aggressor in order to preserve peave
Rationing saving money so they can give it to war (USA)
Internment Camps Camps that were organized by Japanese (POWs)
Blitzkrieg Lightning war (Germany)
Sudetenland areas in Czechoslovakia where people spoke German
Churchill New Prime Minister of Britain
Chamberlain Old Prime minister of Britain (Appeasement plan)
Hitler Dictator of Germany
Mussolini Dictator of Italy
Stalin Dictator of Soviet Union
Roosevelt President of the United States
Axis Japan, Italy, Germany
Allies France, Britain, USA, and Soviet Union (half axis half ally)
Rome-Berlin Axis Cooperation between Italy and Germany in Spain which led to military alliance
Anschluss a union between Germany and Austria
Isolationism policy followed by the USA
Why did Hitler attack Britain? He wanted to weaken Britain before actually invading them
Pacific Japan vs. USA
European Europe & USA
North Africa British/USA/French? vs. Italy/Germany/Colonies
Fransisco Franco a Spanish general who eventually became prime minister of Spain
Nazi-Soviet Pact a non-aggression treaty made by Hitler. This pact said that Germany and the Soviet Union would not attack each other. They also agreed to divide Poland and other countries in Europe evenly for each other.
Phony war was when after Germany conquered Poland and nothing really happened
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