Mr. Haskell
World History E-Core
11 May 2005
WWII STUDY GUIDE
appeasement- placate (someone) by agreeing to their demands. Western democracies practiced appeasement when Germany sent troops into Rhineland, which was forbidden by the treaty of Versailles.
blitzkrieg- or, lightning war. This is because of the fast moving vehicles that Hitler to make the war have more of a favor for his side.
cold war- Cold war is when two sides arm themselves to be able to withstand an attack by the other. a state of hostility between the Soviet bloc countries and the Western powers after the Second World War.
collaborator- Collaborators are people who cooperate traitorously with an enemy. Collaborators during WWII helped Nazis find Jews, and ship them off to be killed.
containment (policy)- Containment was a policy ofhe action of keeping something harmful under control (communism, that wasn�t already in control by the Soviets). The Truman Doctrine was a policy of containment made by President Truman to prevent the spread of communism.
genocide- the action of keeping something harmful under control.. Nazis believed that the genocide of Jews would solve all of Germany�s economic problems.
kamikaze- a Japanese aircraft loaded with explosives and making a deliberate suicidal crash on an enemy target. They believed it was better to die fighting then to surrender to the enemy.
pacifism- Pacifism is the opposition to all war. Pacifism before WWII pushed many governments to seek peace at any price.
Winston Churchill- Churchill was the prime minister of Britain during WWII. He had warned against a Nazi threat long before the war had begun and was a better leader during war then Chamberlain.
Francisco Franco- Franco was the right-wing Spanish general who led a revolt against the republic. With the support of Hitler and Mussolini, Franco won the civil war and became the fascist dictator of Spain.
Dwight Eisenhower- Eisenhower was an American general during WWII. He was made supreme Allied commander during the Allied invasion of France.
Haile Selassie- Selassie was the Ethiopian king when Italy invaded Ethiopia before WWII. He asked the League of Nations for help and the league voted for sanctions.
Harry Truman- Harry Truman was president during the end of WWII, after FDR died. He made the decision to drop the Atomic Bomb.
Dunkirk- The Miracle of Dunkirk was when 300000 British soldiers were rescued from the beaches of Dunkirk and Ostend. They were rescued while being attacked my the Germans.
El Alamein- El Alamein was a battle between the British, under General Montgomery, and the Germans, under General Rommel. It allowed the Allies to drive back Rommel�s army.
Guernica- Guernica was a small town in Spain with no military value. The Germans attacked it in order to test their new weapons.
Hiroshima- Hiroshima was the first atomic bomb target. It destroyed four square miles of land and killed over 70000 people, not including those that died of radiation sickness.
Nagasaki- Nagasaki was the second city target by the atomic bomb, killing 40000 people. This made the emperor surrender.
Pearl Harbor- Pearl Harbor was a surprise Japanese attack on the United States. The Japanese attacked because the United States had banned sales of products that Japan could use for war.
Operation Barbarossa- Operation Barbarossa was Hitler�s plan to conquer the Soviet Union. The Germans nearly conquered the Soviet Union but were not prepared for the harsh winter.
D-Day- D-Day was the day Allied forces landed in Normandy. It was the beginning of the Allied invasion of France and led to an uprising of French resistance forces in Paris.
Battle of Midway- The Battle of Midway was a battle between the American and Japanese navies. During the battles of Coral Sea and Midway Island, two Japanese fleets were severely damaged.
Holocaust- The Holocaust was the massacre and enslavement of Jews by Nazis. The Nazis killed over six million Jews during the Holocaust through execution and experimentation.
Cold War rivals (which nations)- The United States and the Soviet Union were the main rivals in the Cold War. The United States formed a alliance of democratic nations called NATO and the Soviet Union created an alliance of communist nations called the Warsaw Pact.
Francisco Franco- Franco was the right-wing Spanish general who led a revolt against the republic. With the support of Hitler and Mussolini, Franco won the civil war and became the fascist dictator of Spain.
Benito Mussolini- Mussolini was the dictator of Italy during WWII. He was eventually killed in the conflict.
Adolph Hitler- Hitler was the leader of Germany during WWII. He ordered the deaths of 6 million of Jews and committed suicide right before Germany was defeated.
Tojo Hideki- Hideki was a Japanese general. He did not want peace so he ordered the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.
Neville Chamberlin- Chamberlin was the British prime minister before WWII, a great leader, just not during a war. He worked to prevent war with Germany.
Franklin Roosevelt- FDR was the president of the United States during WWII. He sold weapons to the British and later entered the war when Pearl Harbor was attacked.
Stalingrad- Stalingrad was a Russian city that Germany wanted to capture. The big German los made it possible for Russians to kick the Germans out of their country.
Explain 2 reasons why the US used the atomic bomb against Japan.- The US believed that invading Japan would be more costly on both sides. The US also wanted to impress the Soviet Union, which was accomplished but after the war Russia started building some of their own