the invasion of Poland - used blitzkrieg - sept 1, 1939

- establishing a line of overlapping island bases - capture key islands until Japan is in range

ww2 test Flashcards by Claire Tebbutt

3 German POW camps

Robinson
Chaffee
dermott

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4 main causes of ww2

hitler- vowed to defy the treaty of Versailles and restore Germany
expansionism- Germany, Italy and Japan began expanding their empires by overtaking countries
appeasement- meeting demands of a hostile power to avoid war
treaty of Versailles- Germans resented treaty and its harshness

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3 advancements in ww2

Manhattan project
radar and sonar
penicillin

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Maurice footsie Britt

served in North Africa and Italy
congressional Medal of Honor
lt governor

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William Darby

army ranger battalion

from fort smith

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Paul Douglas

highly decorated fighter pilot

from Greene county

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pierce McKinnon

shot down more that 20 enemy planes

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Woodrow Crockett

Tuskegee airmen

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Munich agreement

England agrees that Germany could have sudentland of hitler didn’t take over more land

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appeasement

meeting demands of a hostile power to avoid war

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Munich conference

meeting between Germany and Great Britain

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what started ww2?

the invasion of Poland

used blitzkrieg
sept 1, 1939

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non-aggression pact… who signed it with Germany?

Soviet Union

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what 2 things stopped hurlers defense in the Battle of Britain?

radar and enigma

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name of British Air Force

Royal Air Force

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name of German Air Force

Luftwaffe

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2 Japanese internment/relocation camps

Jerome

- rowher

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island hopping

establishing a line of overlapping island bases

- capture key islands until Japan is in range

blitzkrieg

lightning warfare

VE Day

victory in Europe

kamikaze

Japanese suicide planes

what 2 places were bombed in Japan?

Nagasaki

- Hiroshima

allied powers

Britain
Russia
U.S.

who was on axis powers?

Germany
Italy
Japan

Tuskegee airmen

black group of pilots that escorted bombers into war

3 reasons why the U.S. stayed isolated

- U.S. citizens felt like they were dragged into ww1 - felt they should focus on domestic problems - congress passed neutrality acts in 1930s

Marshall plan

George Marshall offered economic aid to all European countries regardless of what side they were on during the war

williwaw war

conflict in aluetian islands in Alaska | Arkansas national guard served in it

commander of allied forces in Europe

Eisenhower

commander of allied forces in pacific

Douglas mcarthur

baton death match

- forced march of over 50 miles where Japanese treated captives terribly - killed 16,000 of 70,000 prisoners

what made Japan mad at us?

we cut off their oil supply

Doolittle raid

- Doolittle bombed Tokyo and 4 other Japanese cities | - Japan went into China killing 250,00 civilians to look for doolittles men

War production board

directed the manufacture of wartime supplies

Pearl Harbor

December 7, 1941 | "a day which will live in infamy"

Battle of Britain (matching)

- nazis bombed Britain hoping to force them into withdrawing from the war - first battle fought over control of air

Stalingrad (matching)

Luftwaffe conduct nightly raids , soviets launch counter offensive - trapped Germans inside city - Germany now on defensive

battle of the bulge(matching)

last German offensive

midway(matching)

turning point of pacific war U.S. broke Japanese code and knew of attack allies launch counter attack

iwojima/Okinawa

in Japan bloodiest battles of war land battles Japan put up desperate fight

d-day(matching)

Land sea air battle significance- Germany retreats eastward allied troops secured beaches by end of the day

what events from ww2 have changed our world and our way of thinking?

holocaust- shows what a bad person in power can do; racism; communist is bad Pearl Harbor- one day can change the fate of a country or war; how important oil is; us joined war; aggressiveness

should we have dropped the atomic bomb?

1) pro- showed Japan we weren't kidding; revolutionary weapon 2) pro- made the war end quicker; less deaths than ground war

desert fox

Erwin rommels; sent by hitler to defeat afrika korps and allies