history ww2

Manhattan Project

A secret U.S. project for the construction of the atomic bomb.

How did Kristallnacht demonstrate Nazi persecution of Jews?

Aka the night of broken glass, the Nazis started a campaign to destroy jewish homes and businesses. During the event, approximately 100 jews died, 7500 jewish businesses were damaged, 30000 jewish men were arrested, and much much more.

what happened during the battle of the bulge?

Allies were drove against the region of Belgium and northern France. The Germans created a bulge in the Allied lines which 200.000 Germans attacked on 80,000 U.S. troops. German then surrenders May 8th 1945

Why did President Truman agree to use the atomic bomb?

America tried to send an unconditional surrender over to Japan, but they rejected it, so he decided to bomb the Industrial city of Hiroshima and the city of Nagasaki to hopefully finally get Japan to surrender

Name 3 of the most famous Nazi extermination camps.

Auschwitz, Treblinka, Majdanek

What policy of the Nazi party led to the Holocaust?

By late 1938 jews were banned from most public places, and when world war 2 started, many german people had anti jew campiegns, eventually when jews tried to leave the country, they were not accepted by other countries because of the sheer amount of them so they had to return to germany which germany did not like

What domestic challenge made it difficult for France, Great Britain, and the United States to halt German and Italian aggression in the 1930s

France and Britain were greatly weakened from world war 2 so they could not do much, and the United States did not want to get involved with these affairs at all

Who was the mastermind of the "island-hopping" strategy?

General Douglas McArthur

Who was Erwin Rommel?

German commander of Nazi forces in North Africa; "Desert Fox"

The Soviet Union signed a nonaggression pact in 1939 with what other country?

Germany

During what event did Hitler "stab Stalin in the back?"

Germany and the Soviet Union were supposed to be at peace because of a pact they made, but then Hitler forced the Soviet Union to change sides when he invaded them in 1941

Name all of the countries involved in the Axis Powers.

Germany, Japan, and Italy until September 8th, 1943

Name 4 major countries involved with the Allies?

Great Britain, France(not like they could do literally anything), United States, and the Soviet Union

In his quest for a "New Roman Empire," Benito Mussolini did what?

He became the facist leader of Italy

Explain General Eisenhower's involvement in WWII.

He was the supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe. He also oversaw the invasions of North Africa and Sicily before supervising the invasions of France and Germany.

Where were atomic bombs dropped?

Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan

Who said the following quote? "One blood demands one Reich (Empire). Never will the German nation have the moral right to enter into colonial politics until, at least, it includes it's own sons within a single state..... Oppressed territories are led back to the bosom (chest) of a common Reich (empire), not by flaming protests, but by the mighty sword."

Hitler himself

What was significant about the Battle of Midway?

It turned the tide of the war in the Pacific against the Japanese

What was the goal of Hitler's "Final Solution"?

It was genocide of people the Nazis considered inferior

Lend-Lease Program

Lending money for weapons to European countries

Who said the following quote? ""We should seek by all means in our power to avoid war, by analyzing possible causes, by trying to remove them, by discussion in a spirit of collaboration and good will."

Neville Chamberlain

What did the Soviet Union ask the Allies to do during WWII?

Open a second front on Germany, recognition of territorial demands in Eastern Europe, massive aid

What event occurred on the day described as "a date which will live in infamy"?

Pearl Harbor

What important role did Winston Churchill play during this period?

Prime minister of Great Britain

Which nation paid the greatest price in terms of the number of lives lost during the war?

Russia, with 6.75 million military deaths and 7.2 million civilian deaths

What years did World War II occur?

September 1, 1939 - September 2, 1945

Who said the following quote? "An appeaser is one who feeds the crocodile hoping it will eat him last."

Sir Winston Churchill

what happened in the battle of Stalingrad?

Soviets defeated the Germans; turning point of the war in Europe on the eastern front

Rosiz the rivetor

Symbol for American woman joining workforce

What crucial lesson was learned in the Battle of Britain?

That Hitlers advances could be blocked/prevented

What does the use of kamikaze pilots show about Japanese culture?

That they were willing to give everything they had to be victorious (they would drug their pilots, and Jill themselves to sink ships at Pearl Harbor)

What was the policy of appeasement?

The British and French decision to give in to aggression to keep peace

How did the Nuremberg Laws help to set the Nazi Holocaust in motion?

The Nuremberg Laws were racist laws created by Hitler that were meant to belittle Jews and allow Jews to lose their rights. Those laws helped to set the Holocaust in motion by legally creating the base of the holocaust in the first place.

What occurred on D-Day?

The allies launch the biggest amphibious invasion ever in history, it was codenamed "Operation Overlord" and it involved the allied forces landing on the beaches of Normandy, France, which was part of Hitlers atlantic wall.

How were the Holocaust and Hitler's "Final Solution" related?

The holocaust involved killing off as many jews as possible, and that would get rid of all of the jews which is what Hitler wanted to happen with the "Final Solution"

What motivated Japan to build an expansive empire?

Their want to be independent, they did not want to have to rely on other countries for their resources

What did Germany, Italy, and Japan have in common during the early 1930s?

They all had a major change in government

In the 1930s, why did Great Britain and France respond to German and Italian aggression with appeasement?

They wanted to prevent Europe from getting into a war with Hitler

Cash and Carry Policy

US selling weapons to European countries for cash

Which event marked the final Allied victory in Europe during World War II?

VEU or victory in europe day

What prompted Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany?

War was declared because of Hitler continuing to invade poland.

How many civilians died in WWII as compared to WWI?

a lot more than ww1, and mostly civilians died in ww2. 40 million people died in world war 1 and 75 million people died in ww2.

Why did Hitler target the Jewish population as scapegoats for all of Germany's troubles?

because of his massive hatred for anti-Semitism and blamed them for their loss in WWI

Prior to WWII, what country was used by Hitler as a testing ground for his new weapons?

spain

The German blitzkrieg was a military strategy that depended on what advantage?

the strat was to fight in a surprise attack and with a ton of force