Hitler demanded, and was given, what area in northwestern Czechoslovakia?
sudentenland
two days after Hitler's invasion of ___, britan and France declared war on germany
poland
Hitler's blitzkrieg or lightening war was
a form of attack that used tank divisions supported by air attacks
on Dec 7, 1941, the JApanese
launched a surprise attack on the US pacific fleet at pearl harbor
what was the turning point of the war in the Pacific
the battle of midway island
__ administered the Nazi's final solution
reinhard heydrich
when the Einsatzruppen proved to be too slow for the Nazi they
built special extermination camps in poland
in order to address labor shortages during the war Japan,
brought in Korean and Chinese laborers.
At the Tehran conference, Stalin Roosevelt, and Churchill agreed
to a partition of postwar germany
At the post dam conference Truman demanded __ throughout Eastern Europe
freely elected governments
Great Britan policy of __ toward Germany was based on the belief that the satisfaction of reasonable demands would maintain peace in Europe
appeasement
Neville Chamberlain boasted that the Munich conference meant
peace for our time
At ___ heroic efforts by the British royal navy and civilians in private boats managed to evacuate 338,000 allied troops.
Dunkirk
The battle of stalingrad was a crushing defaet for Germany b/c
the entire German sixth army, considered the best of the German troops was lost
the __ were special strike forces charged with the task of rounding up and killing the jews
Einsatzgruppen
Hitler's minister for armaments
Albert speer
the __ was a period of political tension following the WW2
cold war
at the Yalta conference, the allies agreed to
the establishment of the united nations
The slaughter of Europeans civilians
the holocaust
policy that sought peace and stability
appeasment
Nevilie chamberlain thought the agreement reached there meant "peace for our time
Munich Conference
used as an excuse for Japanese seizure of Manchuria
Mukden incident
unoccupied france
Vichy France
German air force
luftwaffe
Germany, Italy, and japan
axis powers
spacial strike forces for carrying out Nazi final solution
Einsatzgruppen
the slaughter of European civilians
holocaust
British term for German air raids
blitz
meeting at which thew allies agreed to form the UN
yalta