Flashcards: Harless World War 2 Final
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Great Depression | Where Germany and many other countries economy failed. |
| Nazi | Nationalist Socialist German Workers Party. |
| Nazi Revolution | In 1923, at a rally in Munich Beer Hall, Hitler proclaimed the _____. |
| Aryans | What was the pure and good race according to Hitler? |
| Third Reich | Hitler abolished the Weimar Republic and totally disregarded the Treaty of Versailles and in its place created the _____. |
| Blitzkrieg | German lightning war. |
| Panzers | German Tanks. |
| Gray Wolves | German Submarines. |
| Luft Waffe | German Air Force. Responisble for destroying enemy planes, bombing military installations, and machine gun attacks. |
| Royal Air Force (RAF) | Great Britain's fighter planes. |
| The Blitz | Terror bombing London and other British cities in a quick notion. |
| The Resistance | Fighters from France who resisted the Nazis. |
| Radar | Used for detecting planes. |
| Sonar | Used for detecting ships. |
| Jeep | General Purpose vehicle (GP) |
| Soft Underbelly | Instead of the Allies invading Nazi-held France, they attacked the German's in North Africa and then Italy. |
| Pearl Harbor | On the morning of December 7, 1941, Japan attacked____. |
| US declares War | On December 8, 1941 what did President Roosevelt declare? |
| D-Day | June 6, 1944, American, British, Engish, Canadian, and French Army, Navy, Marines,and paratroopers invaded the beaches of Normandy, France. |
| VE Day | Germany surrenders, Victory over Europe. |
| The Manhattan Project | Scientists created the atomic bomb under this name. |
| Emperor Hirohito | Emperor of Japan. |
| Charles DeGaulle | Led the French resistance from England. |
| Winston Churchill | Prime Minister of England. |
| Adolf Hitler | Leader of Nazis; who then became Germany's dictator. |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) | US Pres. during Great Depression. Declared war on Japan. |
| George Patton | US general who fought well in Italy, and captured Naples. |
| Albert Einstein | Scientist who discovered that the energy in an atomic bomb was possible to unleash. |
| Harry Truman | VP under FDR until he died and then he became president. |
| Tuskeegee Airmen | All African-American fighting squadron that escorted American bombers on bombing runs. |
| Agriculture | What was the most needed export from America that Europe needed post WW2? |
| Arab | ethnic group that dominates the Middle East and northern Africa |
| Arab-Israeli War | 1948 conflict between Israel and five neighbors |
| Berlin Airlift | Effort to fly food and supplies into West Berlin after the Soviet blocked off all ground routes and walled off the city |
| Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) | This group was created after WW II to coordinate American intelligence activities abroad, conspiracy, and meddling as well. |
| Employment Act | Which legislation promised full employment after WW2? |
| GI Bill of Rights | What was the most comprehensive bill passed to help assimilate soldiers back into American society post WW2? |
| Government | Most challenging part of both Japan and Germany to rebuild. |
| Israel | This country was formed in 1947 by the United Nations to give Jews a homeland. |
| Japan Germany | List the 2 country's that lost WW2 and needed to be rebuilt. |
| Marshall Plan | United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952) |
| dictator | A ruler who has complete power over a country |
| totalitarian state | Single party controls the government and every aspect of people's lives. |
| aggression | Warlike act by one country againist another without just cause |
| ration | limited the amount of certain goods that Americans could buy |
| concentration camp | Prison camp where civilians who are considered enemies of the state are forced to work. |
| death camp | a concentration camp where prisoners will most likely die. |
| racism | belief that some races are better than others |
| gas chamber | also called "the showers"; place where victims of the Holocaust were killed with poisonous gas |
| crematorium | large furnace where bodies are burned to ashes. |
| synagogue | a place where Jews practice their religion; similar to a church. |
| Gestapo | Secret police...the SS. |
| Ghetto | place where Jews were forced to live during World War II. |
| prejudice | strong dislike toward someone/something that is not based on reason. |
| genocide | the extermination of an entire group based on race, ethnicity, or political beliefs. |
| discrimination | treating one person or group worse than others. |
| barracks | place where people sleep |
| cattle car | trains used to transport victims of the Holocaust to camps. |
| Appeasement | Giving up principals to pacify aggressors |
| Winston Churchill | Leader of Britian |
| Joseph Stalin | Leader of USSR |
| Benito Mussolini | Leader of Italy |
| Judaism | religion that Jewish people practice |
| Fascism | Stressed nationalism, placed state above rights of indviduals |
| Totalitarian | Goverment that exerted complete control over it's citizens |
| Nationalism | Pride in one's country |
| Nazism | German form of Fascism, stressed nationalism over anything |
| Blitzkrieg | Attack that stresses lightning fast attacking with overwelming force |
| Holocaust | The extermination of 11 million people across Europe |
| Axis Powers | Germany, Italy, Japan |
| Allied Powers | France, Britian, USSR and Later United States |
| Neutrality Acts | Outlawed sale of arms to nations at war |
| Lend Lease Acts | Allowing nations to borrow military equipment and pay for it after war is over |
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