World War II Part 1 Flashcards
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Isolationism
policy in which a country avoids entanglement in foreign conflicts
Interventionist
believed the US should get involved to help people fighting aggression
Blitzkrieg
“Lightning War”
Appeasement
Giving into someone to avoid conflict
Embargo
an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country
Draft
enlisted recruitment for military service
Causes of WWII
- Treatment of Germany- Resentment over Treaty of Versailles
- Economic Problems- The Great Depression
- Nationalism- New radical political groups
- Rise of Dictatorships- Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Hirohito
Joseph Stalin
Dictator of Soviet Union
Adolf Hitler
Dictator of Germany (Nazi Party) “der Fuhrer”
Benito Mussolini
Dictator of Italy “IL Duce”
Emperor Hirohito
Emperor of Japan
Hideki Tojo
General of Japan
Mein Kampf
The book that he wrote in prison of all his goals. It means "my struggle" Goals: 1. Rebuild 2. Unite 3. Lebensraum 4. Promote
Lebensraum
One of the goals means “living space” for the German people (retake lost land)
1936 Olympic Games
They were the Nazi Olympics. Jesse Owens, won four gold medals. The American Team won 12 men’s track gold medals; the success of the African American athletes was considered a blow to Hitlers Aryan ideals.
The Rhineland
In Treaty of Versailles Germany was not allowed to have any military force in the Rhineland area
The Neutrality Acts 1935-1937
mandatory arms embargo for countries at war
discretionary travel restrictions
no loans to countries at war
Franklin Roosevelt
the president of US
America First Committee
Formed to promote isolationism; stay out of conflict in Europe
The spokesperson was Charles Lindbergh
Annexation of Austria
1938 Germany “annexes” Austria (Hitler’s plan to unite Ger. people under gov’t) The “Anschuluss”
Sudetenland
fall of 1938 Germany wants to annex the Sudetenland- region of Czechoslovakia with large German population- countries of Europe are very concerned with this,
Munich Agreement
September 1938
Meeting between Great Britain, France, and Germany
GB and FR agree to let Hitler have the Sudetenland; he promises “that’s all I want”
Neville Chamberlain- Br. Prime Minister- travels to Munich, Germany to meet with Hitler.
Winston Churchill
outspoken with anti-Hitler views, League of Nations does nothing to protect Czechoslovakia from being taken apart
Non-aggression Pact
by march of 1939 Hitler had take control of the rest of Czechoslovakia Hitler signs a “Non-aggression Pact” with Stalin in August 1939