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- 1Axis Powersa group of countries that opposed the allied powers in WW2,including Germany, Italy, and Japan as well as Bulgaria ,Hungary, Romania, and Yugoslavia
the axis powers were led by Nazi Germany
From the common pivot on which such an association revolves - 2Allied PowersItaly allied itself and united itself with Germany during WW2
The nations ,primarily Great Britain,France,the Soviet union, -and the United states allied against the axis during WW2 - 3The Nuremberg Laws of 1935officially excluded Jews from German citizenship and limited their rights as embers of the society.Included specific definitions of who was legally considered a Jew
For example. Relation outside marriage between Jews and nationals for German or kindred blood in their households - 4The final SolutionThe German plan for the extermination of Jews during WW2
- 5Neutrality act of 1935Law passed to limit the U.S. involvement in future wars
- 6Kristallnacht"Night of broken glass"On the night of November 9,1938.Huge attack on Jews throughout German Reich
- 7Wannsee ConferenceJanuary 20, 1942. Held in Berlin Suburb to determine the "Final Solution".At Wannsee,the Nazis rounded up Jews from vast areas of Nazi-controlled Europe and took them to detention centers known and concentration camps
- 8NapalmGeneral Curtis LeMay ordered his men to drop bombs filled with Napalm/a kind of jellied gasoline,used by LeMay to destroy Japans war production quickly
- 9The Double "V" CampaignThe campaign persuaded African Americans to support the war in order to achieve a double victory/victory over Hitlers racism and Americas racism at home.
- 10V-J DayAugust 15, 1945 ,when Japan surrendered to Soviet Union and the United States
- 11V-E Day(the day the war ends in Europe )V-E day "Victory in Europe" was May 8, 1945,the day after Germany surrendered to the Americans, British, and the Soviets
- 12AppeasementBritain and France agreed to Hitlers policy of appeasement believing that if they gave Hitler what he wanted ,that he would be satisfied and war would be avoided
- 13Lend -Lease actBy December 1940 Britain was unable to provide the cash needed to purchase weapons and wage its war against Germany, so president Roosevelt came up with a way to remove the cash requirement of the Neutrality act.With the Lend-Lease act,the U.S. would be able to lend of lease arms to any country "vital to the defense of the U.S." If they promised to return or pay rent for them after the war
- 14Convoy System"Cargo ships traveled in groups and were escorted by navy warships"
This made it harder for a submarine to torpedo a cargo ship and escape without being attacked - 15D-Day/Operation overlordthe defeat of Germany
artificial Harbours called Mulberry Piers
Germans put up resiistance
by evening 155,000 Allied soldiers had arrived
Omaha bad choice
Western Liberation from Nazi Occupation
6,500 crafts sailed to Normandy
10,000 allied fighter planes
funnies: special under water tanks
vital oil supplies through pipeline PLUTO
Normandy was chosen to fool Germans who thought it would be @ Calais
general Eisenhower
Utah
Omaha
Gold
juno
sword
bloody Omaha
3,000 US soldiers killed
D-day landing
6th June 1944
1,000 funnies(tanks)
cliffy beach
Germans could shoot from cliffs as Allies came in
Germany's still saw defeat - 16AyransHitlers master race(Blonde and blue eyed with pale skin)
- 17The Manhattan projectThe code name for the U.S. government's secret program to create an atomic bomb
- 18The importance of the Berlin blockade(The first main crisis of the Cold War)
USA and Britain proved they would stand up to Stalin
Boom...
They proved they could defend the policy of containment
It showed there was a clear divide between them and Germany wouldn't unite for a while....
It was a victory for the West
one of many...
It led to the formation of NATO
It was the first crisis of the Cold War and showed it consisted of threats and mind games, not actual warfare
It deepened the hostility between West and East Europe - 19The Tuskegee AirmenAfrican-American military pilots (fighter and bomber) who fought in World War II.
- 20J. Edgar Hooverthe first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
- 21Falloutradioactive particles that are carried into the atmosphere after a nuclear explosion or accident and gradually fall back as dust or in precipitation
- 22Dwight D. EisenhowerDwight Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961. He was a general in the U.S. Army during World War II and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe.
- 23Satellite NationsThe satellite nations of the Cold War were Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and East Germany.
- 24NATO(North Atlantic Treaty Organization), a military alliance of European and North American democracies after World War II —especially the United States and Europe—and to serve as a counter-balance to the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact.
- 25Japanese InternmentDuring World War II, the American government put Japanese-Americans in internment camps, fearing they might be loyal to Japan.
- 26Warsaw pactA military alliance of communist nations in eastern Europe. Organized in 1955 in response to NATO, the Warsaw Pact included Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union.
- 27The Yalta ConferenceMeeting to create the final solution
- 28Joseph McCarthyAmerican politician who served as a U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin
- 29McCarthismPeople being blacklisted or losing jobs, although most did not in fact belong to the Communist Party.
- 30Containmentthe action or policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile country or influence.
- 31What did Hitler blame for Germany's defeat in WW1?Jews
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