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World War II
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Adolf Hitler becomes leader of Germany
He was part of the Nazi party which is a party based on extreme nationalism, racism, and materialistic expansionism -
Benito Mussolini becomes leader of Italy
Was part of the Fascism party. Fascism is a strong centralized government headed by a powerful dictator. -
Joseph Stalin becomes leader of Soviet Union
The day after V. I. Lenin died (previous leadrer of Soviet Union) Joeseph was a communist. -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Kellogg-Briand PactA pact that the United States and 61 other nations signed saying that they would never make war again. This pact didn't include war that was needed for defense. -
Franklin Roosevelt become leader of United States
Roosevelt was the president during World War II. The people of the United States looked up to him and was impressed about the job he was doing to help stop the war. " I have said not once, but many times, that i have seen war and i hate war." -Presedent Roosevelt 1939 -
Holocaust
When 11 million people throughout Europe were murdered, more than half being Jews. -
Concentration Camps
A camp holding Jews and other groups of people where they performed slave labor and starved as a method of prison camp. The groups of people held in these camps were seen as eneies to Adolf Hitler. -
Neutrality Acts
Neutrality Acts Created to keep the United States out of war -
Troops build up in the Rhineland
Hitler left for Berlin from his mountain. Rhineland is a German region along France and Belgium. -
Troops build up in Ethiopia
Tens of thousands of of Italian solidiers stood ready. -
Francisco Franco becomes the leadrer of Spain
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Quarantine Speech
[Quarantine Speech](http://millercenter.org/scripps/archive/speeches/detail/3310)A speech given by FDR -
German troops march in to Austria
Hitler had troops go as a call for help. -
Munich Pact
Germany, Italy, France, and Great Britain signed it for appeasement purposes. -
Neville Chamberlaine- "Peace with honor"
British prime minister. Sudetenland would be his "last territorial demand." Signed the Munich Pact. -
Kristallnacht
Info about kristallinachtA night where Nazis invaded Jewis homes, buisinesses, and synagogues across Germany. It was also know as Crystal Night -
Nonaggression Pact
The Soviet Union and Germany signed it meaning they would not fight each other. -
Blitzkrieg
blitzkrieg bop
Germany's newest military strategy. It means lighting war. -
Soviets invade Finland
After 3 months, Finland surrendered. -
Axis Powers
Info on Axis PowersWhen Germany, Italy, and Japan oppossed the Allies in
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The Election of 1940
When Franklin Roosevelt ran for reelection for his tried term at president against Windel Willkie -
Germans invade Denmark and Norway
This was necessary for Germany to "protect [those countries'] freedom and idependence." -
Germans invade Belgium, Netherlands & Luxembourg
Info on the invasionThey were overrun by the end of May. -
Winston Churchill- "Appeasement"
Believed siging the Munuch Pact was a sign of shameful appeasement.
"Britain and France had to choose between war and dishonor. They chose dishonor. They will have war." -
Germany and Italy invade France
Hitler sent tanks through northeast France in an area known as the Ardennes. -
Battle of Britain
The German Luftwaffe launched the Battle of Britain -
Lend-Lease
a law that allowed the United States to ship arms and other supplies without having to pay immediatly, but only if the supplies were going to be used for for fighting in the Axis powers. -
Atlantic Charter
when the United States and Great Britain made goals that opposed the Axis Powers -
A. Phillip Randolph
President of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and Washington. Wanted blacks to march under a banner reading, "We Loyel Colored Americans Demand the Right to Work and Fight for Our Country." -
Hideki Tojo becomes the leader of Japan
Prime minister of Japan -
War plans with Churchill & FDR
They wanted to make the defeat of Germany the Allies' top priority because:
-Adolf Hitler= America's number 1 enemy
-Joseph Stalin= alli who wanted help against invading German forces.
-Once Germany was defeated the U.S. could use Britain and the Soviet Union to help them defeat Japan. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was the largest U.S. naval base and on December 7, 1941 the Japanese sent more than 180 Japanese warplanes to bomb Pearl Harbor -
The Manhattan Project
The project the United States was working on to create an atomic bomb for use in the second World War -
Industrial Response
Industrial ResponseWith shutdown in productionplants were used to produce tanks, planes, boats, and command cars, and factories all over were changed to war production facilities. -
Internment of Japanese
Japanese Americans were asked to evacuate from Hawaii after the bombing of Pearl Harbor left Americans doubtfull of their loyalty. 1, 444 Japanese Americans were under internment or confinement. 110,000 were shipped to internment camps. -
Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC)
These women wouldn't recieve rank, pay, benefits, or the expectation of an army career as the men did. The WAAC was established by Goerge Marshall. -
Philippines, Corregidor, Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur was a general who commanded 80,000 American and Filipino troops in the Philippines against 200,000 invading Japanese troops. -
The Battle of the Coral Sea
This battle established a new type of naval warfare. Carrier based airplanes, no more gunfire. -
The Battle of Midway
Japanese force consisted of 110 ships. Invasion plan was to move on to Hawaiii and finish the destruction of American naval power. -
Selective Service (& the G.I.)
The Selective Service System expanded the draft and later on supplied an additional 10 million soldiers to help out the armed forces needs. GI means Government Issue -
Guadalcanal
Marked Japan's first defeat on land. 19, 000 marines stormed in the Solomon Islands. -
The Battle of the Atlantic
-Germans sank 87 U.S. ships
-German wolf packs destroyed 681 ships in theAtlantic
-something had to be done or war would be lost at sea.
-1939-1940 U.S. only built 102 ships.
-143 ships made monthly by 1943
-turned in the Allies' favor -
The Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Stalingrad info The Goals of Hitler
-seize the rich Soviet oil fields in the Caucasus Mountains
-Capture Stalingrad, a major industrial center -
The North African Front
The "second front" while the Stalingrad Battle waas stilll raging. --In 1942 107,00 Allied troops
-Africa corps surrendured in 1943 -
The Italian Campaign
-Started with the capture of Sicily.
-King Victor Emmanuel III stripped Benoto Mussolini of power.
-April 28, 1945 Nazi convoy found Mussolini in disguise. -
D-Day
D-DayThe day of invasion that will live in history. -
The Battle of Leyte Gulf & Kamikazes
Battle of Leyte Gulf Kamikaze( suicide plane) was a new tactic where the Japanese crashed planes into Allied ships. -
The Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Bulge8 German tank broke through weak American defenses along an 80-mile front. -
Yalta
Yaltaa conference where the leadres of the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union agreed on a set of standards to be set into action after the defeat of Germany -
The Battle of Iwo Jima
Iwo JimaU.S. fought for and captured it from Japan along with two airfields. -
Harry Truman becomes president
Truman became president on the night that President Roovevelt died. -
Unconditional Surrender/V-E Day
Unconditional SurrenderVictory of Europe Day. First part of the war was finally over. -
The Battle of Okinawa
A battle against Okinawa, Japan and the Allies. The Okinawa sunk 30 ships and damaging 300 more, and killed almost 5,000 seamen of the Allies. -
Potsdam
Where President Truman met Churchill and Stalin in defeted Germany -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Hiroshima, Japan is where a bomber released an atomic bomb. Hiroshima iwas a nimportant military center. Nagasaki where the second bomb was dropped 3 days later.
