WW 2 Flashcards

NATIONS THAT FOUGHT WITH THE U.S. AGAINST THE AXIS

FASCIST DICTATOR OF ITALY FROM EARLY 1920'S UNTIL HE
WAS KILLED BY HIS OWN PEOPLE IN 1945

NAZI LEADER OF GERMANY FROM 1933 TO 1945, RESPONSIBLE FOR
WWII AND THE DEATH OF 50 MILLION PEOPLE

ALLIANCE BETWEEN ITALY AND GERMANY IN 1936

1940 ALLIANCE BETWEEN ITALY, GERMANY,JAPAN

GERMAN WAR WHICH MEANS LIGHTNING WAR, NEW TYPE OF
ATTACK THAT USES AIRPLANES, TANKS, RADIOS AND FAST MOVING INFANTRY TO ENCIRCLE, TRAP, AND DESTROY ENEMY ARMIES

LARGE UNDERGROUND FORTS FRANCE BUILT TO PROTECT ITSELF FROM GERMANY, THE GERMANS WENT AROUND THEM AND THEY PROVED USELESS

LEADER OF THE FREE FRENCH WHO FOUGHT AGAINST
GERMANY DURING WW II

AIR BATTLE WHERE HITLER TRIED TO DESTROY THE
BRITISH AIR FORCE BEFORE INVADING BRITAIN, HE WAS DEFEATED BY THE RAF

NAME FOR THE GERMAN AIR FORCE

ROYAL AIR FORCE, BRITISH AIR FORCE

BRITISH PRIME MINISTER DURING WWII

U.S. PRESIDENT FROM 1932-1945

U.S. WOULD GIVE ENGLAND FOOD AND WAR EQUIPMENT THEY
DID NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR

AGREEMENT BETWEEN CHURCHILL (GB) AND FDR
(U.S.) ON THE GOALS OF WW II

1939 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE USSR AND
GERMANY PROMISING THEY WOULD NOT GO TO WAR WITH EACH OTHER

HITLER CODE NAME FOR HIS INVASION OF THE
USSR IN 1941

CITY IN USSR WHERE THE GERMANS SUFFERED THEIR FIRST
MAJOR DEFEAT DURING WW II

JAPAN WAS TAKING OVER LANDS IN CHINA, AND
SOUTH EAST ASIA ANGERING THE U.S.

A RESTRICTION OF TRADE, ONE NATION STOPS TRADING WITH
ANOTHER NATION

JAPAN LAUNCHED A SNEAK ATTACK ON U.S. MILITARY BASES
AT PEARL HARBOR HAWAII WITHOUT DECLARING WAR

NICKNAME FOR GERMAN GENERAL ROMMEL WHO HAD EARLY
SUCCESSES IN NORTH AFRICA IN 1941-1942

BRITISH GENERAL WHO STOPPED ROMMEL IN NORTH AFRICA AND THEN HELPED DEFEAT HIM

AMERICAN INVASION OF NORTH AFRICA IN 1942 THAT
DESTROYED THE GERMAN ARMIES AND FREED NORTH AFRICA

AMERICAN SUPREME COMMANDER OF ALL ALLIED
FORCES DURING WW II, LATER PRESIDENT OF U.S.

AMERICAN GENERAL WHO COMMANDED IN THE
PACIFIC AREA

HITLER HATRED OF JEWS LED TO THE MURDER OF 6 MILLION
MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN DEATH CAMPS DURING WW II

A GERMAN BUSINESSMAN WHO SAVED THOUSANDS
JEWS IN GERMANY DURING WW II

JUNE 6, 1944, DAY THE ALLIES INVADED GERMAN OCCUPIED

LAST GERMAN COUNTERATTACK ON THE WESTERN
FRONT, IT FAILED, DECEMBER 1944

FDR'S VICE PRESIDENT WHO BECAME PRESIDENT AFTER FDR
DIED ON APRIL 12, 1945

A NEW TYPE OF BOMB DEVELOPED AT THE END OF WW II THAT WAS THOUSANDS OF TIMES MORE POWERFUL THAN ANY OTHER BOMB.

TRUMAN ORDERED THE ATOMIC BOMB TO BE DROPPED ON
THIS JAPANESE CITY TO END THE WAR QUICKLY, 160,000 PEOPLE WERE KILLED OR WOUNDED FROM ONE BOMB, AUG 6 1945

WHEN JAPAN REFUSED TO SURRENDER AFTER THE BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA A SECOND ATOMIC BOMB WAS DROPPED ON THIS JAPANESE CITY ON AUGUST 9, 1945, JAPAN SURRENDERED

EMPEROR OF JAPAN WHO TOLD HIS PEOPLE TO SURRENDER,
THEY HAD CONSIDERED HIM A GOD ON EARTH

CHURCHILL (UK), STALIN (USSR), FDR (USA) LEADERS OF
ALLIED NATIONS DURING WWII

MEETING OF BIG THREE IN RUSSIA IN FEB. 1945 TO MAKE PLANS TO
END WAR AND DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF EASTERN EUROPE

MEETING OF ALLIED LEADERS IN JULY 1945 THAT DECIDED THE
PEACE SETTLEMENT FOR GERMANY AND HOW TO DEAL WITH JAPAN

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION SET UP AFTER WW II TO STOP FUTURE WARS

EACH NATION HAS ONE VOTE, WHERE THE
PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD ARE BROUGHT, 2/3RD VOTE REQUIRED TO SEND UN TROOPS TO TROUBLE SPOTS

U.N.,15 MEMBERS, 5 PERMANENT MEMBERS, U.S., USSR, FRANCE, UK, CHINA, MAIN JOB IS TO KEEP THE PEACE, CAN USE ARMED FORCES

PERMANENT MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY CAN STOP ANY U.N.
ACTIONS THEY DO NOT LIKE

PERSON CHOSEN TO RUN THE U.N. FOR FIVE YEARS