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| The act of giving in to an aggressor to preserve peace. |
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| Agreement between nations not to attack each other. |
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| (1938) Meeting between British, French, and German leaders in which Germany was given control of the Sudetenland in exchange for German leader Adolf Hitler's promise to make no more claims on European territory. |
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| World War I alliance that included Britain, France, Russia, and later the United States and Italy; also the World War II alliance between Britain and France, and later the United States and other countries, that fought against the Axis Powers. |
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| Lightning war; type of fast-moving warfare used by German forces against Poland in 1939 |
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| Fortified line of defenses that France built along its border with Germany after World War I. |
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| (1940-41) Battle fought between British and German air forces for control of the skies over Great Britain. |
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| (1941) Law that allowed the United States to loan weapons and other war supplies to Britain and the Soviet Union |
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| Long-lasting World War II naval war to control Atlantic Ocean trade routes. |
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| (1941) Pledge signed by U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt and British prime minister Winston Churchill not to acquire new territory as a result of World War II and to work for peace after the war. |
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| Official end of World War I -- the "War to End All Wars" |
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| Wilson's view of Treaty of Versailles |
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| terms were much more a struggle for power and territory than for peace |
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| result of Post WWI remapping |
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| Germany lost territory to other countries |
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| Germany was forced to demilitarize what area |
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| the border of France known as the Rhineland |
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| Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin changed his name. What does it mean? |
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| In the Soviet Union under Stalin arrested and executed "enemies of the people" 8-13 million killed |
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| Stalin established what form of government by 1939 |
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communism/totalitarianism
government with complete control over the citizens |
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| Benito Mussolini's nick name |
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| What group marched Rome demanding that Mussolini be given power to lead government |
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| Adolf Hitler (Fuhrer/Chancellor) |
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| Head of the national German Socialist Workers Party - Nazi |
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| Extreme Nationlistic position |
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| the interests of the country were more important the personal rights and freedoms |
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My Struggle
United all Germans into a national state. Aryan race was superior to others |
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| to restore national pride and stature |
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| Established by Hitler - a totalitarian regina with Hitler as dictator |
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| blamed for economic problems in Germany |
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Night of Broken Glass
impetus for movement of Jews to concentration camps |
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| the muncher of 6 million Jews and 5 million others |
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| Land invaded by Japan in 1931 in order to dominate China |
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| Response of League of Nations to Japanese invasion of Manchuria |
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| Response of Japan to League of Nations criticism |
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| They quit the League of Nations |
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| Country Italy invaded in 1935 |
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| Civil War between supports of government and those of ? representing fascists |
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| Germany annexed this country in 1938 through force |
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| area of Czechoslovakia that Czech's were fired to give to Germany in 1938. This was part of the Munich Agreement |
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| agreement permitting the Nazi German annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland. Signed by Nazi Germany, France, Great Britain and Italy. |
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| He thought appeasement with Nazis in the Muncih Agreement was a victory. 1938 prime minister of Great Britain. Winston Churchill disagreed with him. |
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| Result of 1938 appeasement in Munich Agreement |
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| it failed. Germany took over all of Czechoslovakia. |
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| Soviets and Germans vowed never to attack each other. Secretly, Soviets had control of eastern half of Poland and Balkans in the event of war. |
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| signed agreement to never make war again. 1928 |
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| title of a book. Phase came to symbolize the industries and banks that supplies and funded war. Americans became outraged by the profits companies made using American lives to gain business profits. |
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| 1935 - no money or munitions to any nation who is at war |
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| First action to defy the Neutrality Act |
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| 1937 - FDR went arms aid to China against Japan's invasion of it's country |
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| German war planes/ air force |
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Germans "lightening war"
combined use of Luftwaffe planes, infantry and tanks at high speed to break through enemy lines |
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| Date Hitler attacks Poland |
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| Date Great Britain and France declare war on Germany |
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| Sept 3, 1939, two days after Hitler invades Poland |
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| mid September, 1939. Soviet Union invades Eastern Poland. This is two weeks after Great Britain and France declared war on Germany. |
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| fortified lin of defenses along Eastern France and Western Germany borders. |
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| area on French, German border that was left uncovered. Hitler sends tanks through it overwhelms the French Army. |
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| result of Ardennes Forest penetration by Germans |
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| Great Britain sends aid. It is too late. Paris is taken over in June 1940. |
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| Churchill's response to defeat of Paris |
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| "We shall never surrender." |
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| helped Britain detect the Luftwaffe and defeat Germans |
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| "Never was so much owed by so many to so few." |
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| British military hurt - no money to rebuild - Churchill's response was to ... |
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| Churchill turned to America |
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| US response to Great Britain - US to lend to any country whose defense is vital to the US. Not popular with everyone. |
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| Response to Land Lease Act |
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1. Hitler turns to Soviet union to invade despite promise not to
2. Stalin outrages and becomes ally to the West
3. US institutes Land Lease for Soviet Union
4. Hitler sends submarines to stop delivery via water
5. FDR orders navy to protect and destroy German subs in self-defense. |
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| FDR and Churchill meet; agreed to goals of war; becomes a Declaration by the United Nations |
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| 26 nations signed Declaration in opposition of Axis Powers |
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| Japan's seizure of French Indochina |
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| US response to Pacific Aggression |
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1. FDR declares embargo on exports to japan including oil
2. Demanded Japan leave Axis Powers and withdraw fro China and Indochina
3. 12-6-41 FDR shown intercepted message telling Japan to reject any peace offer from the US
4. 12-7-41 Japanese early morning surprise attack on Pearly Harbor
5. Entire US Pacific Fleet crippled |
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| FDR response to Pearl Harbor |
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| "a date which will Iive in infamy" |
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| 3 days after Pearl Harbor |
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| German and Italy declare war on US |
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| (WPB) World War II agency that oversaw the conversion of factories to war production. |
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| (WPB) World War II agency that oversaw the conversion of factories to war production. |
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| Selective Training and Service Act |
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| (1940) First peacetime draft in U.S. history. |
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| Fair Employment Practices Committee |
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| (FEPC) Committee created during World War I to prevent discrimination in war industries and government jobs. |
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| Mexican workers authorized by the U.S. government to enter the United States during World War II. |
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| (1943) Attacks by U.S. sailors against Mexican Americans in Los Angeles. |
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| Forced relocation and imprisonment of people |
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| (1942) British victory in World War II over Axis forces in North Africa. |
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| June 6, 1944; date of Allied invasion of France during World War II. |
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| (1944-45) World War II battle in which Allied forces ended Germany's ability to wage an offensive war. |
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| World War II strategy of conquering only certain Pacific islands that were important to the Allied advance toward Japan. |
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| World War II tactic, used by Japanese pilots, of crashing planes filled with explosives into Allied ships. |
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| (1942) Forced march of tens of thousands of American and Filipino prisoners during World War II up the Bataan Peninsula to internment camps. |
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| (1942) World War II battle in which the Allies first stopped the Japanese advance in the Pacific. |
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| (1942) World War II battle in which U.S. warplanes crippled Japan's navy. |
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| (1944) World War II battle in the Philippines that was the largest naval battle in history. |
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| A nuclear weapon that produced an explosion by splitting atoms; the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan during World War Il. |
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| Deliberate murder of an entire people. |
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| Secret Allied project begun in 1942 to develop an atomic bomb. |
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| The Nazis' killing of some 6 million Jews and about 3 million other people in World War II. |
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