WW2 Flashcards
Why did Japan invade Manchuria?
US trade barriers put japan into a depression so japan couldn’t import any food in order to feed it’s people. They invaded to gain access to the goods
What did they do to invade Manchuria?
Japanese claimed the south Manchurian railway and used this to overrun Manchuria. Here they set up a puppet government and later bombed shanghai
What is communism?
A society where there is no private property and social class and all decisions are done by the entire population.
What is fascism?
Where most of a countries power is held by 1 person or 1 small group.
Why did people vote for the Nazis?
- Mass poverty in lower classes
- Support from businesses
- Wall street crash
- Restoring German pride
- Promised to end unemployment crisis
When was the Spanish civil war?
1936 - 1939
What significance did the Spanish civil war have in WW2?
Spain were a fascist country and so we’re Germany so Hitler believed that he could cause chaos in Spain to get them out of the picture
What is appeasement in WW2
Giving stuff to Germany in order to prevent them from starting war
What was the Nazi soviet pact?
Non aggression agreement between nazi Germany and the soviet union
When was the Battle of Britain?
July 1940
When was the battle of Dunkirk?
May - June 1940
When was the blitz?
1940 - 1941
When was operation Barbarossa?
June 1941
When was Pearl Harbour?
December 1941
When was the battle of Stalingrad?
1942 - 1943
When was D-day?
6 June 1944
When was Hiroshima?
6 August 1945
What happened in the Battle of Britain?
- Dowding created radar towers to locate the Luftwaffe
- Battle of Britain day - 15th August
- 1500 planes were involved
- Hitler saw how powerful the RAF were.
What was the Blitz?
- Aimed to force Britain out of the War
- Bombing ports to disrupt import
- Hope to reduce civilian moral
- Caused US and Britain to start their own strategic bombing of germany
What was the Battle of the Atlantic?
The longest and most intense naval campaign of WW2 which involved German U-boats and warships against allied merchant ships and naval escorts.
What was Operation Barbarossa
Nazi Germany’s invasion of the soviet union on June 22 of 1941 which was designed to expand German territory and create “living space”
What was Pearl Harbour?
Where the Japanese navy attacked a US naval base on an island in Hawaii and led to Japan declaring war on USA
