Global Term 2 WWI & WWII
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Start of WWI | Russia mobilized along German boarder which caused Germany to declare war. Then Germany declares war on France and Great Britain declared war on Germany cause their allies. |
| Militarism | The policy of glorifying military power and keeping an army prepared for war. |
| Schlieffen Plan | Germany's military plan at the outbreak of World War I, according to which German troops would rapidly defeat France and then move east to attack Russia. |
| The Triple Alliance | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Japan, France, and Italy |
| Triple Entente | GB, France and Russia. |
| BIg Four | Italy, GB, France, US. |
| Gallipoli Campaign | Allied invasion of the Dardenelles Strait; there was unprofitable fighting for months and there was a stalemate. the Allies had to retreat. |
| The Treaty of Versailles | forced Germany to surrender colonies in Africa and the pacific, as well as pay $33 Billion in reparations and they also had their army limited. (ended war) |
| Franz Ferdinand | Archduke of Austria-Hungary who was assassinated by a Serbian terrorist group called the Black Hand; his death was a main cause for World War I. |
| League of Nations | International organization founded to promote world peace and cooperation but greatly weakened by the refusal of the United States to join. It proved ineffectual in stopping aggression by Italy, Japan, and Germany in the WWII. |
| Zimmerman Note | This was a note to Mexico for them to join the war on Germany's side. The Germans said that they would help Mexico get land back they lost to the U.S. This gets the U.S very upset |
| Self-Determination | Allowing individual nations to pick their own type of government |
| Charles de Gaulle | Set up a government in exile and tried to reconquer France. |
| Battle of Britian | a series of bombings on GB; This battle taught the Allies the crucial lesson that Hitler's attacks can be blocked. |
| Erwin Rommel | Hitler send a German tank force the Afrika Korps, commanded by Rommel to reinforce the Italians and take some random African country. |
| Atlantic Charter | Joint declaration between Roosevelt and Churchill; Upheld free trade among nations and the right of people to choose their own government. |
| Isoroko Yamomoto | Japan's greatest strategist who called for the attack of Pearl Harbor because he said it was "a dagger pointed at Japan's throat". |
| Battle of Midway | U.S. naval victory over the Japanese fleet in June 1942, in which the Japanese lost four of their best aircraft carriers. It marked a turning point in World War II. |
| Battle of Guadalcanal | (1942-1943) World War II battle in the Pacific; it represented the first Allied counter-attack against Japanese forces; Allied victory forced Japanese forces to abandon the island |
| Nuremburg Laws | 1935 laws defining the status of Jews and withdrawing citizenship from persons of non-German blood (de-humanized Jews) |
| Aryan | member of Hitlers master race |
| Krystillnacht | meaning Night of Broken Glass It was a night where Nazi leaders went through Jewish communities destroying Jewish buildings in rage because of the death of a German diplomat. This diplomat was shot by a 17 year old after he heard that his father had been deported from Germany for being a Jew. The Nazis were angry. |
| Battle of Stalingrad | Unsuccessful German attack on the city of Stalingrad during World War II from 1942 to 1943, that was the furthest extent of German advance into the Soviet Union. |
| Battle of Bulge | a 1944-1945 battle in which allied forces turned back the last major German offensive of World War II |
| Potsdam Declaration | Ultimatum from the Potsdam Conference that was issued by the United States to Japan offering them the choice between surrender and total annihilation. |
| Cities bombed by US | Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
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