why did japan want to expand?
what land did they take?
-china had many valuable resources
-they took manchuria, northern china, and inner mongolia
why did italy want to expand?
what land did they take?
-they wanted more land
-they took ethiopia
why did germany want to expand?
what land did they take?
-they believed that germans needed living space
-they believed they had the right to dominate over Slaves
-they rearmed the rhineland and took austria, the sudetenland and czechoslovakia
who fought in the spanish civil war?
why was is significant?
-fransisco franco and the fascists who were supported by germany and italy
-the non fascists who were supported by the us, britain, and the soviet union
-showed the divide between democracies and totalitarianism
-demonstrated british and french helplessne
identify anchluss.
why was this union beneficial for hitler?
-a union between germany and austria
-gave germany access to southern europe and put it in a position to invade the east
how did the europeans and the rest of the world react to the growing aggression from japan?
-us refuses to recognize japan's authority of manchuria
-places economic sanctions on japan until it retreats
how did the europeans and the rest of the world react to the growing aggression from italy?
-the league voted to lift penalties against italy
-britain and france refused to use force
how did the europeans and the rest of the world react to the growing aggression from germany?
-britain and france gave in to hitler
how did the league of nations respond to the growing aggression?
-appeasement
-they did not want to commit its military to stop aggression when it wasn't in its own interests
list and explain two reasons for european appeasement
-great depression occupied them
-belief that wwI was ineffective, upset from all the loss of life
-wanted to overt war at all costs
identify the munich conference
-appeasement
-britain and france gave in to hitler
-he promises it is his last territorial demand
-he later invades czechoslovakia
when, why, and where did WWII begin?
-when germany invaded poland in 1939
-germany wanted more land
-league of nations does nothing
why did stalin agree to a nonaggression pact with hitler?
-he got half of poland
why was the beginning of WWII called a phony war
-war was declared but there was a false calm
explain hitler's plan to take over france
-invade the low countries
-go around the maginot line
why was conquering norway beneficial to hitler?
-provided air bases for germany to attack atlantic shipping and submarines
how was france divided after germany's invasion?
-german occupied france (north, nazis)
-vichy france (south, petain)
winston churchill
prime minister of britain during WWII
charles de gaulle
leader of the french resistance in free france
harry truman
president of the US after FDR died who decided to drop the bomb on japan
erwin rommel
a nazi general who broke through the british defenses in egypt and was also known as 'desert fox'
lend-lease
us lent arms to troops and they were supposed to return them but never did
blitzkrieg
lightning war" that was used by the germans against the polish and french in WWII
battle of britain
-bombing of london for 9 months in nighttime raids
-britain eventually won and hitler gave up the invasion
hiroshima
the japanese city that the first atomic bomb was dropped on
operation barbarossa
germany's secret plan to invade the soviet union
douglas macarthur
us general who came up with the policy of island hopping
franklin d roosevelt
president of the united states who denounced the aggressors but still followed a policy of isolationism
kamikaze
japanese suicide bombers
what was japan's ultimate goal in the pacific?
-create an empire in the east of china and the british, french, and dutch colonies in east asia
explain how the us got involved in WWII
-we were first neutral
-prohibited loands and arms sales to warring nations
-sent supplies to allie through lend-lease
-after pearl harbor (december 7, 1941) we decided to counterattack
wannsee conference
the conference where it was decided that the existing methods were too inefficient an that a new final solution was necessary
final solution
the last effort to create the perfect aryan race
auschwitz
an extermination camp during the holocaust
raoul wallenberg
a swedish diplomat who helped 100,000 jews escape by giving them fake passports
stalingrad
-germans surrounded stalingrad
-soviets surrounded the germans and counterattacked
-signaled the failure of the nazis to capture the soviet union
-germans were on retreat from the east
al alamein
-battle in north africa against rommel
-us, britain, and free france defeated the germans
-marked the end of german occupation in africa
-allies could launch invasion of italy
d-day
-us, british, canadian, free french, and polish troops landed in france and broke through german lines
-signaled the beginning of the liberation of france
battle of the bulge
-allies approached the german border from belgium
-germans attacked and struck back but the allies won
-last german offensive
-hitler committed suicide
-germany surrendered
iwo jima and okinawa
-tough fighting on japanese islands and kamikaze attacks
-us won
-allowed us to launch attack on japanese mainland
-resistance met convinces us that an invasion of japan would cost too many lives and we were led to drop the bomb
midway island
-us destroyed japanese aircraft and navy
-established naval superiority in the pacific
what was the us strategy in the pacific
island hopping- invade the islands and take control, push japan back to its original borders, and invade japan
why did the us decide to use the atomic bomb
an invasion of japan would cause too many lives to be lost