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WW2

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What countries made up the Allies? (5) Axis? (3) US, France, Britain, Soviet Union, China Japan, Germany, Italy
What was the Munich Conference? Appeasement; they got to keep: Rhineland, Austria, Sudentland
What was the non aggression pact? Who was it between? Hitler + Stalin, they agreed to team up but also had trust issues with one another
What was the battle of Britain and why was t a turning point? Germany's plan to invade Britain - turning point because Britain won and it was the first time Hitler lost
Who are the following people... Adolf Hitler - Benito Mussolini - Winston Churchill - FDR - Harry Truman - Joseph Stalin - Germany leader Italy Leader Britain US US (after FDR died) Soviet Union
What is totalitarianism? One person (dictator) has total control of their people
What are the eight causes of WWII? G - Great Depression I - Isolationism M - Militarism I - Imperialism D - Dictators A - Appeasement T - Treaty of Versailles A - Alliances
What was the spark? Germany invades Poland - September 1, 1939
When did Pearl Harbor get attacked? Why did it get attacked? Who attacked it? December 7, 1941 - Japan attacked - US cut off resources (rubber + oil), destroy the fleet in Hawaii, froze their money in US banks
When was the D-Day invasion? What occurred during the invasion? June 6, 1944 - the Allied ships landed on the coast of Normandy, fierce assault from German bunkers
What was the Battle of the Bulge? Hitlers last time to stop the US from attacking him. US won, got into Germany.
Which cities were bomb ed in Japan? Hiroshima + Nagasaki
What was the Manhatten project? Secretly building atomic bombs
Why did Truman decide to drop the bombs on Japan? Did not want Staling to get involved, it would've spread communism, they wanted war to end and they didn't want a land invasion
What were the effects of using atomic bombs in Japan? Radiation, many people died and got cancer, skin melted off, some vaporized
What is Fascism? Italy has fascism - its a political party, Mussolini started it, took away rights + liberty
How did Hitler rise to power during WWII? Used propaganda to brainwash people
What countries did Germany, Italy and Japan take over prior to the war beginning? Italy (2) - Ethiopia, Albania Germany (4) - Sudentland, Czechoslavakia, Rhineland, Austria Japan (2) - Manchuria, Philippenes
Make sure you know the cash and carry act and the lend lease act. Cash + carry - US wanted Allies to pay cash for weapons + carry them away on their ships, if we sent our ships the Germans would sink them. Lend lease - sell, lend, or lease. borrow to anyone who we're willing to help
Why did FDR focus on Germany rather than Japan first? Hitler was winning, he was the biggest threat, if Germany got to Soviet Union they thought he'd be unstoppable
What was V-E Day? V-J Day? Victory in Europe, Victory in Japan
What occurred at the Potsdam Conference? Separate Germany - west + east Germany (4 zones) Japan was given the altimatum - "surrender or be destroyed"
What is a blitzkrieg? air attack, followed by land invasion (fast + unpredictable)
What was the Pacific war strategy? Island hopping (get to mainland of Japan)
Be familiar with major battles and concepts from the War in the Pacific (who won, why they are important battles, goals, outcomes) Coral Sea - first all air battle - prevented Japan from getting Australia. Gaudel Canal - prevented Japan from making an air strip, get to Australia, used the Navajo code talkers.
Be familiar with major battles and concepts from the War in the Pacific (who won, why they are important battles, goals, outcomes) Midway - US wins, closest island to Pearl Harbor. Iwo Jima - slow battle, marines with flag (US) navajo code talkers helped us win . Okinawa - Closest island to Japan, lost the most people in the battle, US wins
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