Other Flashcards
(20 cards)
Holocaust
An eliminating process of Jews
Rosie the Riveter
Propaganda, Lady dressed in a factory dress, gave women hope ‘You can do it!’
Wolf Pack
German UBoats traveled in tight packs and would attack at night
Enola Gay
B-29 bomber (American war plane) flew over Hiroshima and dropped atomic bomb. (Aug. 6)
United Nations
Reps from 50 countries meet in San Francisco to join UN.
Battle of Midway
Island hopping, turning point of war, moved towards Japan from U.S
Battle of Bulge
Allies moved East, Germany almost collapse, GB bombs German cities
Internment
Roosevelt signed an order removing all Japanese Americans from the coast. Put them in camps
Luftwaffe
German air force
Fascism
Glory of the state, Mussolini strict about this
Lend- Lease Act
Allowed US to send weapons to GB whether they could pay for them or not
Blitzkrieg
Lightning war- air and fast moving tanks attacks at the same time
Final Solution (Result of Holocaust)
Jews rounded up, killed by gas, cruel medical experiments, and abuse. US invades German
Nuremberg Laws
Stripped Jews of German citizenship and took away most civil and economic rights
Propaganda
The spreading of ideas, national association, war office information, rumors, watch by gov, etc.
Zoot Suit
White sailors in LA fought Mexican Americans, trying to get rid of all cultures
Bracero Program
Mexican workers are encouraged to come work in the USA
Bataan Death March
War crime, people walked until the died
Yalta Conference
Attempt to stop communism, Soviet Union tried to take Eastern European countries
Enigma
U.S broke Germany’s code (1941)
