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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 totalitarianism | theory of gov in which a singleparty or leader controls he economic social and cultural lives of the people |
| joseph stalin | came to power and led the communist party after bladmir lenin died |
| benito mussolini | created fascist party supported by black shrts fought agaisnt socialist/communist victor emmanuel III asked mussolini to frm gov out lawed politcal parties took over rpess created secret police oganization youth groups to indoctinate the young suppressed strikes tried to flee switz but was captured exectuated at end ofw war |
| adolf hitler | This dictator was the leader of the Nazi Party. He believed that strong leadership was required to save Germanic society, which was at risk due to Jewish, socialist, democratic, and liberal forces. |
| mein kampf | Book written by Hitler while he was exiled, my struggle. |
| blitzkieg | tactics |
| holocaust | The Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler |
| nuremberg laws | Placed severe restrictions of Jews, prohibited from marrying non- Jews, attending schools or universities, holding government jobs, practicing law or medicine or publishing books. |
| kristallnact | "Night of Broken Glass" Anti-Jewish riots of November 9-10 1938. Planned by the German government and the Gestapo. Over 1,000 synagogues were burned, Jewish stores looted and Jewish men arrested |
| axis powers | Germany, Italy, Japan |
| allies | great britain france ecentually ussr and us an china |
| spanish civil war | nationalists( fascists) vs. republicans hitler/mussolini fully supported fascists soviets only provided some support for republicans |
| munich pact | chamberalin scarifeced the sued to germany to preserve peace" |
| winston churchill | new prime minister of gb that took action unlike chamberlain evacuation of dunkirk |
| nye committee | senate committee that determind that the amreican bankers/arms manufactures brought us ito wwI isolationism |
| neutrality act of 1939 | kept us way from joining either side but allowed cash and carry provision |
| lend lease act | authorized FDR to give war supplies on loan whenever he wanted as long as he thought it was necessary |
| aanti charter | document that ensured safety of nations agrement between us/ GB |
| north african campaign | stalin wanted gb/us to fight in fr but allie chose to push germany out of north africa led to invasion of italy |
| invasion of italy | Allied Powers decided to invade the island of Sicily to gain access to the Italian mainland. Used the strategy of "island hopping" |
| tuskegee airmen | black pilots that escored bombers successful |
| tuskegee airmen | black pilots that escored bombers successful |
| european theater | The European Theater was an area of heavy fighting across Europe, during World War II, from 1 September 1939 to 8 May 1945. Allied forces fought the Axis powers in three theatres: the Eastern Front, the Western Front and the Mediterranean Theatre. |
| battle of britain | Massive air strike by Hitler against Britain |
| battle of stalingrad | a 1942-1943 battle of World War II, in which German forces were defeated in their attempt to capture the city of Stalingrad in the Soviet Union thanks to harsh winter --> turning point of war in Eastern Europe |
| pearl harbor | United States military base on Hawaii that was bombed by Japan, bringing the United States into World War II. Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941. |
| internment camps | The US forced thousands of Japanese Americans in camps and sold there land and shop, this did this because they were suspicious of them because of pearl harbor, they soon realized their mistake |
| korematsu vs us | jap sought rihts but supreme court sided with us apologies in 1988 and 20000 to every alive victim |
| 442 regimental combat team | all jap american team that fought italians ( proved loyalty to us) |
| douglas macarthur | United States general who served as chief of staff and commanded Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II |
| bataan death march | April 1942, American soldiers were forced to march 65 miles to prison camps by their Japanese captors. It is called the Death March because so may of the prisoners died en route. |
| doolittle raid | bombing of tokyo that happened in broad daylight cash anding of bombers in chian |
| coral sea | jap went to take new guinea as a strategic point but u intervened |
| midway | 1942 yamamoto wanted to pus s back to ca but chster nimitz intercepted msg and prepared us forces at idway us victory turning point in pcfic most important pacific battle |
| guadalcanl in soloman island | 1942 us offnsive from central sw pacific for 2 front war |
| iwo jima | a bloody and prolonged operation on the island of Iwo Jima in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945) |
| okinawa | a campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April to June 1945) |
| a philip randolph | leade who said african aericans would no longer b second |
| bracero progra | rural population drain by brinign laborers from mexico to wrk on american farms |
| ending the war in eu | operation overload - normandy d-day 2 front war aught 1944 |
| battle o the bulge | hitler called for english speaking germans in us uniforms to cut telepjone lines change road signs and spread confusion hurt germany more then helped v-e day |
| harry s truman | odered dropping of atomi bomb on hiroshima/nagasai thought saving american lives and ending war justified te bombing but it was immortal |
| manhattan project | code name for the secret United States project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II |
| yalta conference | the big three fdr chruchhill stlin decided thatpoland bulgaria and romania would hold free elections |
| general agreement on tariffs adtrde | expanded world trade by reducing tariffs |
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