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Chapter 16

Terms in this set (51)

Britain
This nation won the Battle of Britain
Neville Chamberlain
This British prime minister signed the Munich Pact.
Charles de Gaulle
After the fall of France, he set up a government in exile in Britain.
Battle of Britain
The result of this led Hitler to call off the invasion of Britain indefinitely.
blitzkrieg
This German military strategy of "lightning war" was first used in Poland.
Austria
In 1938, this country was Germany's first target.
Nonaggression pact
Prior to the invasion of Poland, this is what Germany and the Soviet Union agreed to.
Poland
This nation ceased to exist after it was divided between Germany and the Soviet Union.
Germany
This country invaded Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg.
appeasement
By signing the Munich Pact, Britain and France agreed to take this policy toward German aggression.
Winston Churchill
About the Munich Pact, he said, "Britain and France had to choose between war and dishonor. They chose dishonor. They will have war."
France
The terms of surrender forced on this nation included German occupation of the northern part of the country and the establishment of a Nazi-controlled puppet government in the southern part.
Hideki Tojo
After promising his emperor that he would try to maintain peace, Japanese Prime Minister ___ ordered the Japanese navy to prepare for attack on the United States.
Axis
Germany, Italy, and Japan were called the ___ powers.
Draft
Congress boosted defense spending and created the first peacetime ___ in U.S. history.
Lend-Lease Act
The ___ passed, allowing the president to lend or lease arms and other supplies to "any country whose defense was vital to the United States."
The Soviet Union
Germany invaded ___ in spite of the peace treaty signed between the two nations just prior to the invasion of Poland.
Pearl Harbor
Japan launched a surprise attack on the naval base at ___.
trade embargo
Japan took over French military bases in Indochina. In response, the United States placed a(n) ___ on Japan.
Atlantic Charter
Churchill and Roosevelt met secretly aboard the U.S.S. Augusta. Together, they drafted the ___.
Joseph Stalin
Last name meant "Man of Steel"
Totalitarian
Government that maintained complete control over its citizens
Benito Mussolini
established A TOTALITERAN GOVERMENT IN ITALY
Fascism
state above the people
Adolf Hitler
Extreme nationalist & racism, private property with strong government controls, anti-communist
Nazism
The German brand of fascism
Francisco Franco
Led Spanish army to rebel against the Spanish public
Neutrality Act
A series of laws enacted in 1935 and 1936 to prevent U.S arms and sale and loans to nations at war
Chamberlain
British Prime minister
Winston Churchill
Chamberlains political rival in Britain
Appeasement
Giving up principles to pacify an aggression
Nonaggression Pact
An agreement in which two nations promise not to go to war with each other
Blitzkrieg
"Lightning War"
Charles De Gaulle
French general that fled to England where he set up a government in exile
Holocaust
The systematic murder of 11milion people across Europe, more than 1/2 were Jews
kristallnacht
Nazi soldiers attacked the Jews in their home, business, and churches
Genocide
Killing a group of people on purpose
Ghettos
Segregated Jewish areas in certain Polish cities
Concentration Camps
Labor Camps for Jewish
Axis Powers
1. Germany
2. Japan
3. Italy
4. Spain
Atlantic Charter
Joint declaration of war armies
Allies
1. Britain France
Neutral
1. The United States
2. The Soviet Union
Italy's Plan
To take over North Africa & rebuild the Roman Empire
Germanys plan
Plan to take over Europe
Japan's Plan
To take over the Pacific Ocean
Reasons Why FDR did not want to go to war
1. Great Depression
2.Many felt that WWI was a mistake
3. U.s felt that Soviets and Japans more of a threat
Hitler takes over
1. Rhineland
2. Austria
3. Student land
4. Czechlokakia
5. Poland
WWI Begins
September 1, 1939
Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941
America goes to war
December 8, 1941
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