WWII Flashcards
(31 cards)
Axis Powers
Germany, Italy, and Japan
Allied Powers
US, Soviet Union, UK, and France
Hitler
Nazi Leader of Germany
Holocaust
Initiated the war
Mussolini
Fascist Leader of Italy
Pact of Steel
Tojo
Prime Minister of Japan
General of Imp. Japanese Army
Pearl Harbor
Czechoslovakia/Sudetenland
Annexed to Germany
A major point of contention between Germany and Czechoslovakia
Munich Summit
Britain and France agree to allow Germany to annex the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia to avoid war
Neville Chamberlain
British Prime Minister
Policy of Appeasement towards Nazi Germany
Munich Summit
Appeasement
The diplomatic strategy employed by Britain and France in the 1930s to avoid conflict with Nazi Germany by making concessions to Hitler’s territorial demands.
September 1, 1939
Germany invaded Poland
Beginning of WWII
Poland
Invaded by Germany (& Soviet Union)
Army collapsed
Actively engaged in resistance movements
Offered help to Jews
US policy towards war in Europe
Neutrality, but evolved to supporting the Allies through aid and eventually full military involvement
US policy towards Japan
Entered into war with them after Pearl Harbor
Prioritized defeating Nazi Germany in Europe, but also engaged in a holding action against Japan in the Pacific, using fewer resources.
Winston Churchill
British Prime Minister for most of WWII
Rallied the British people and led the country from the brink of defeat to victory
Stalin
Promoted Marxism–Leninism abroad through the Communist International and supported European anti-fascist movements
Non-aggression pact
Non-Aggression Pact
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Germany and Soviet Union
Secretly divided the countries that lay between them
Lend-Lease Act
Allowed the US to provide war materials to Allied nations without directly entering the war
December 7, 1941
Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor
Caused the US entered the war
Pearl Harbor
Surprise attack on Pearl Harbor from Japan
2,300+ Americans killed
Four Freedoms
1) Freedom of Speech
2) Freedom of Worship
3) Freedom from Want
4) Freedom from Fear
Atlantic Charter
A joint declaration released by Roosevelt and British PriMin Winston Churchill
Casablanca
The site of a large American air base, which was the staging area for all American aircraft for the European Theater of Operations
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Planned and supervised two of the most consequential military campaigns
1) Operation Torch in N Africa
2) Invasion of Normandy
Tehran Conference
First meeting of the “Big Three”
Site of a major Allied conference involving Roosevelt, British PriMin Churchill, and Soviet Premier Stalin
