WWII Flashcards
(31 cards)
Acts of Aggression
Warlike acts that the dictators made against other nations.
Appeasement
Giving in to the “reasonable demands” of an unhappy nation to avoid war.
Isolationism
The policy adopted by the United States after World War I. The nation wanted to stay out of others nations’ business. They declared neutrality at the start of WW II.
Ethiopia
First act of aggression by Mussolini where they seized the country and further took more of Northern Africa.
Rhineland
Hitler took the area near the French and German order. This area was declared off-limits by the Treaty of Versailles.
Anschluss
Hitler took the area of Austria because he stated “German-Austria must return to the great mother country.”
Sudetenland
An area in northwestern Czechoslovakia where mostly German-speaking people lived. Hitler threatened World War to gain the land.
Munich Pact
A meeting held where the world leaders appeased Hitler by giving him the Sudetenland and gaining his promise not to invade Poland.
Japanese Aggression
Japan took Manchuria, parts of china and French Indochina.
Rome-Berlin Axis
An alliance created between Italy and Germany before the war. Japan joined later.
Nazi-Soviet Pact
An agreement between Stalin and Hitler not to fight each other but to split the land of Poland between the two countries.
Blitzkrieg
“Lightening War” This strategy used columns of tanks and soldiers, supported by airplanes, to roll over the country.
Lend-Lease Act
Enacted by Congress in 1941 empowered the president to sell, transfer, lend, or lease war supplies—such as equipment, food, and weapons—to American allies during WW II.
Pearl Harbor
December 7th, 1941 Japanese warplanes surprise attacked the navy base in Hawaii. Marking U.S. entry into the war.
European Theater
Fighting that took place on the continent of Europe against Hitler and Mussolini.
Pacific Theater
Fighting that took place near or around the Pacific Ocean against Japan.
D-Day
The designated day to invade German occupied France and made an offensive move against Hitler.
Island-hopping Campaign
The strategy used to fight Japan by gaining one island at a time.
Hiroshima/Nagasaki
The atomic bomb dropped on these two places in Japan to end the war.
Atomic Bomb
Development of a bomb that was more deadly then any other weapon.
Axis Powers
Germany, Italy and Japan (totalitarian countries) united to conquer the world.
Allied Powers
Great Britain, France, The Soviet Union, China, The United States, and many others united to defeat the Axis powers.
Neville Chamberlain
Prime Minister of Britain wanted to use the policy of appeasement to avoid war.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
President of the United States for most of World War II-member of the Big 3.
