WWII Flashcards
What did Joseph Stalin want to do to the Soviet Union that caused 1 million deaths?
Transform them into a industrial power
Who was the leader of the Fascist party? What did he oppose?
Benito Mussolini;
Liberalism and socialism
What book did Hitler write in jail?
Mein Kampf (My Struggles)
Describe Hitler’s Total State Techniques.
Propaganda, mass demonstrations, rearmament of the military, controlled people using fear based on Nazi ideology, churches and youth groups
Goal= Aryan Racial State
What was the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact? What was it talking about?
(Aug. 23, 1939) An agreement was made in which they would not attack one another and recognize each others territorial disputes;
Future land disputes in Poland
What was the Blitzkrieg? Who used it?
German military tactics,
“Lightning War”
Who were the Axis? Allies?
AXIS- Germany, Italy, Japan
ALLIES- US, UK, France, China, Russia
What did the Neutrality Act of 1935 state?
It prohibited arms shipments to all belligerent countries
What did the Neutrality Act of 1936 state?
Forbid loans to all belligerent countries
What did the Neutrality Act of 1937 state?
“Cash and Carry”
all nations must pay for nonmilitary purchases and ship the goods in their own vessel
What did the Neutrality Act of 1939 state?
Prohibited Americans from traveling on ships of belligerent nations
What did the Neutrality Act of 1940 state?
A program offered to Great Britain in which the US becomes “arsenal of democracy”
What was the Selective Service Act?
(1940) provided 1.2 million troops trained and 800,000 reserved troops a year
What does WAR stand for?
Wwii and the treaty of Versailles
Appeasement
Rise of Totalitarianism
Describe the Treaty of Versailles.
Germany lost land to surrounding nations, War reparations ( Germany had to pay back Allies)
