WWII unit review Flashcards
(45 cards)
Appeasement
Appeasement is giving into demands of an aggressor in order to keep peace.
Nazi-Soveit Pact
Nazi - Soveit Pact bound Hitler and Stalin to peaceful relationships.
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco was a Spanish general who led nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Republic during the Spanish Civil War.
Pacifism
Pacifism is the opposition to all war.
Axis Powers
The Axis powers were Germany, Japan, and Italy.
Munich Conference
The Munich Conference is when Hitler was given Czechoslovakia.
Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg was the German name for the Lighting war, and Hitler’s strategy for winning battles.
Luftwaffe
Luftwaffe was the Nazi air force.
Vichy
The Vichy was a puppet government in Free France.
General Erwin Rommel
General Rommel was a German general during WWII.
Concentration camps
Concentration camps were where the Jews were being held and killed.
Lend Lease act
The Lend Lease Act stated that the U.S could lend or lease war supplies.
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was the navy base located in Hawaii that Japan invaded.
Rosie the Riveter
Rosie the Riveter was a poster that promotes women to help out in factories.
D-Day
D-Day was an invasion by the allies in Germany.
Yalta Conference
Soviet Union would attack Japan three months after Germany surrendered.
Third Reich
Third Reich was the name for Hitler’s empire.
VE Day
VE Day was the victory day in Europe.
Bataan Death March
Bataan Death March was when Japanese POWs were forced to march miles.
Island Hopping
Island hopping was a strategy used by the United States to get from island to island.
Kamikazes
The Kamikazes were Japanese suicide planes.
Manhattan Project
The Manhattan project was a research and development undertaking during WWII that produced the first nuclear weapons.
Nuremberg
Nuremberg was the center of the Nazi regime.
U.N (United Nations)
U.N. is an international organization that helped increase political and economic cooperation among the members.
