ww2

august 9, 1945- us drops bomb on…

propaganda woman used to help encourage women to join the war effort

a huge instigator of ww2, germany suffered huge repercussions

total control of the government by one person, or group

state plans, and controls everything (sharing equal)

similar to communism, but includes private ownership

radical right government led by a dictatorship, with a strong sense of nationalism-began by mussolini

a radical form of fascism, but in germany-began by hitler

ww2 looms because…

dictator of the soviet union (russia)

the removal of all people in opposition of a dictator or a group (seen in soviet union first)

by 1937 what was the soviet’s rank as an industrial power

dictator of fascist italy

october 1922- mussolini marches on rome with thousands of his followers that were called the

dictator of nazi germany, in 1933 appointed chancellor

hitler wrote this book in which he outlined his beliefs and plans to: 1. ) unite all german people in one empire, 2.) have racial superiority of the “aryans”, 3.) expand nationally for more “lebensraum” (living space)

what world wide crisis helped the nazi’s rise to power quickly

men who joined hitler’s private army

once in power hitler would dismantle what republic in germany

hitler would establish the…. germany’s third empire

1936- a group of spanish military officers rebelled against the spanish republic, this was called the

the rebelling spanish military officers was led by..

german and italian alliance

first 2 countries to fall to germany in 1938 and 1939

hitler would bargain for this land in czechoslovakia

germany’s invasions in order

stalin and hitler sign this to agree to not attack each other (germany later breaks this) and to divide poland

german air force- led by herman goering

another term for lightning war, seen in poland

hitler wanting sudetenland led to this agreement and france and britain trying to avoid war through the policy of appeasement

policy meaning to try to negotiate to avoid war

impossible to get through wooded area in france

the german operation to invade britain

german air force bombing britain for almost 2 months

britain’s air force (RAF)

this act was passed by FDR in dec 1940, calling for people in the military (draft)

began from the cash & carry method- allowed countries to borrow war materials from the u.s, but after war give them back

the conference between fdr and churchill to describe their post-war plans

fdr in 1940 starts having the navy defend the atlantic coast and tells them if an enemy arrives to..

june 22, 1941- germany’s operation to invade the soviet union, helped save britain from invasion

dec 7, 1941- japanese attack on u.s military base- brings us into ww2

african american men that flew planes to help the war effort in europe

fdr signed this exclusion order that forced many japanese americans into concentration camps

navajo men that made & interpreted codes based on navajo words to help u.s war effort

a program that hired mexican thousands of temporary guest workers from mexico

worked in war industries, as nurses, planted victory gardens, however not allowed in combat

the alliance of britain, u.s, and soviet union

axis powers

allied powers

dec 1937-feb 1938 japanese killed 100k chinese civilians, raped women, captured children

may 1942- battle that u.s stopped japanese design for australia

turning point in the pacific june 1942- japanese advances stopped, u.s assumes initiative, japanese has a shortage of pilots

april 1942- 76,000 prisoners (12,000 americans) march 60 miles in the heat to get to japanese POW camps

japanese suicide pilots, “suicide bombers”

achieve the double….

one way people at home helped pay for the war

the decisive theater of the war

1942 battle in north african campaign, it ended the long fight for the western desert- famous german general rommel was commander at this battle

nov 1942- may 1943 allies plan on assault on weakest axis area in north africa- led by u.s general patton

bloody italian battle that lasted 4 months close to rome, with high casualties and ended with mussolini’s capture

june 5th, 1944 allies liberate this italian city

mussolini was hung…..

1942-1943 turning point on eastern front- german army of 300k captured and defeated at this city

january 1944- soviet’s enter…

another name for the soviet army

turning point on the western front

formal name for d-day

where was d-day

significance of d-day

leader of u.s forces on d-day

post d-day race to this city….

august 25, 1944 allies liberate this country from germany

dec 16, 1944- jan 28, 1945 hitler’s last offensive of the war which he suffered major losses

may 8th, 1945 victory in europe day

hitler wanted what land that they were forced to demilitarize

april 1943 this man assassinated by the u.s

aug 1944 loss of japanese…..

feb 1945- american marines invaded this island, which was needed to provide fighter escort for bombings over japan

famous picture of us marines holding up the u.s flag taken at this battle

battle- total japanese blockade, and japanese navy destroyed

april 1945- battle that u.s invaded this island which would provide a staging area for a large attack on japan-last major battle in pacific

april 12, 1945- fdr dies, the new president would be….

man that created the crack for germany’s enigma code

secret u.s project that developed the atomic bomb, albert einstein was a prominent member

prime member of the manhattan project, later would regret dropping it

august 6 1945- us drops bomb on…

april 14, 1945 japan surrenders, this is also called…

allied powers placed high-rank nazi’s on trial for crimes against humanities

similar to nuremberg trials, except for the pacific front

hideki tojo’s consequence

this replaced the league of nations

the security council (un) consisted of…

u.s passed these acts to remain uninvolved in european affairs

nazi stands for…

feb 1945- churchill, stalin, and roosevelt will decide on post-war plans and how to balance power

july 1945- truman, stalin, churchill (replaced by new prime minister atlee) to will decide on how to divide germany

war after ww2

consequences of war

fdr wanted the u.s to be the…

dictator of japan