WWII Flashcards Created for student review TEST MARCH 9th! TH!
WHAT IS A GULAG?
LABOR CAMP THAT STALIN SENT ENEMIES TO
who was the italian dictator?
benito mussolini
who was the german dictator?
adolf hitler
who was the japanese dictator?
hideki tojo
who was the british prime minister known for his foreign policy of appeasement?
neville chamberlain british prime minister
Who was the British prime minister during wwII?
winston churchill British prime minister
who was the american president for most of wwii?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt American president
who succeeded roosevelt after his death in 1945?
harry s truman american president
who were the axis powers?
germany, italy, japan
who were the allies?
united states, england, russia
what are the 3 parts to an army?
artillery-launching projectiles calvary-using riding as a way to disrupt the enemy infantry-foot soldiers
what was the german strategy that meant “lightning quick” strikes
blitzkrieg
when did wwii begin?
september 1, 1939
what is facism?
extreme nationalism
where did hitler first send german troops
rhineland, german land made neutral by treaty of versailles
what area of czechoslovakia did hitler want?
sudetenland, a german speaking area of czech
How did hitler get sudetenland without fighting?
Munich conference=appeasement
What date will “live in infamy”
December 7, 1941 japan attacks pearl harbor
what happened june 6, 1944
D-Day, allied invasion of normandy, france
What is the term for systematically wiping out an entire group of people?
genocide
hitler killed _______ jews in the holocaust
6 million
what amerian general used “island hopping” in the pacific theater?
douglas macarthur
where did the u.s. drop an atomic bomb?
the japanese islands of hiroshima and nagasaki
when was v-j day?
august 15, 1945
how many people died in WWii?
55 million
three pronged attack