History Flashcards
(22 cards)
what event started world war 2
hitlers invasion of poland
why was roosevelt apprehensive about going to war with germany
he was afraid of getting into another european war
what is the holocaust
the genocide of 6 million jews
when did the US join the war
after the bombing of pearl harbor
why was sicicly so important to the allied invasion
it was a staging ground fror the invasion of italy
why was Iwo Jima particulatry hard for the US marines
the mountain bunkers made it difficult to get the japenase out
What was the name of the battle that sank 4 japenese aircraft carriers
The battle of Midway
why did the germans ally themselves with the soviets before their invasion of poland
it gave them an ally to invade and made them less of a threat to the soviet
why was WW2 so important for womens equality
women felts more fulfilled outside of the home
what cause the Japanese to surrender in August of 1945
dropping the atomic bomb on hiroshina and nagasalie
why was it hard for britian to get supplies from the US during the war
German U-boatrs sank suplly ships
Who were the members of the azxis power
Germany, italy, Japan
What is blitzrieg
a form of war where bombs are dropped followed by taks and infanrty
what was fighting in the pacifc so difficult for US troops
the US was not used to fighting in Jungles and swaps
what is tolaitraianism
a form of goverment where the leading body has complete control
what is facism
a totalitarians government with extreme nationalism
what is D-Day
the allied invasion Normandy, France on June 6th 1944
what is the vichy government
the puppet goverment set up by the nazis after the invasion of paris
adolf hitler
acsses, germany (one of the 3)
Hideki Toji
Acessess, japan (One of the 3)
Benito mussolini
acssess, italy (one of the 3)
how the treaty of versaille and the great depression led to the rise of germany and adolf hitler ( give at least 3 examples)
the great depression made people lost hope and hitler used his influenced instill a fascist government germany under the guise of hope
Losing land - the treat took land from germany and used this as an excuse to take land by force before ww2
Reparations- The price they had to pay from the treaty was to high and germany could not afford it
