Mr. Haskell
World History
11 May 2005
WORLD WAR II STUDY GUIDE
CH. 31
appeasement - Appeasement is described as giving way concessions to possible enemies to maintain peace. Nations would give away things to other nations to prevent conflict.
blitzkrieg - Blitzkrieg was a German method used in WWII based on speed and surprise and needed a military force to be based around light tank units supported by planes and soldiers on foot. This method was developed in Germany by an army officer called named Hans Guderian.
cold war - The Cold War was not an actual war being fought with soldiers and military men. It was rather a time a conflict and depression among many nations.
collaborator - A collaborator was a person who would share secrecies and plans throughout the war with a war enemy. These people were considered to be treasonable.
containment (policy) - Many nations thought that the USSR occupation of other countries should be left alone. These nations also wanted the communism to stay in places it already was and not to expand further.
genocide - Genocide is the killing or exterminating of a certain group of peoples, usually a certain race or ethnicity. Hitler used genocide tactics to kill millions of Jews and other minorities during WWII.
kamikaze - A kamikaze was usually a Japanese pilot who would commit suicide to help their nation. They would fly their planes into aircraft carriers and other enemy army stations.
pacifism - Pacifism is the policy of not taking either side and letting things be. America and other nations took on pacifism for many times during the war and did not step in or get involved.
Winston Churchill - Churchill was a very influential leader from England. He became part of the Big Three and helped find solutions to end the war.
Francisco Franco - Franco rose to power following the Civil War and helped Spain make prosperous decisions. By keeping Spain out of WWII he saved them from economic ruin.
Dwight Eisenhower - Eisenhower was President during WWII and had to make many important decisions pertaining to the war. He became a member of the Big Three and helped resolve issues of the war.
Haile Selassie - Selassie was a ruler of Ethiopia during WWII times. He made allies with many varied nation so that they were available for help during times of need.
Harry Truman - Truman was the President following President FDR. He is known for giving the orders to drop the atomic bomb on Japan.
Dunkirk - During World War II, many Allied troops could not use retreat on land by the German breakthrough to the French Channel. They were evacuated and were from Dunkirk.
El Alamein - This battle, taking place in northern Africa, was one of the most decisive battles of WWII. The Germans ended up surrendering here.
Guernica - The Germans bombed Geurnica in Spain for many hours. The Spaniards still did not give in and kept out of the war.
Hiroshima - Hiroshima was the location where the Americans dropped the A-bomb. This opened a large market for nations wanting to have the most nuclear weapons.
Nagasaki - Is a city that was bombed by the A-bomb as well. This was following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor - Pearl Harbor was the location in Hawaii where the Japanese launched their air raid attacks. This was the event that got the US involved in the war.
Operation Barbarossa - Operation Barbarossa was a tactic being taken by Hitler to gain more land and power. He used this operation to make his nation more powerful and superior.
D-Day - D-Day is the very important day that the Allied Troops reached the shores of Normandy. Soon after the concentration camps were liberated and the war came to an end.
Battle of Midway - Before this battle the Japanese had been considered as a better naval nation. Following the Battle of Midway, the US soon took the offense.
Holocaust - The Holocaust left large marks on the European nations and damaged the nation's morale. The horrors of the Holocaust were very great and many nations did not know the full extent of the Holocaust and the tortures and misery inflicted on Jews and others in the Nazi camps.
Cold War rivals (which nations) - The Cold War left many nations very bitter and conflicts grew among separate nations. The Allied forces were the rivals of the others following WWII.
Francisco Franco - Fransisco Franco was a very important leader during the war. He help Spain stay out of trouble by not entering into WWII and letting the nation recuperate.
Benito Mussolini - Mussolini was a powerful Italian dictator. Hitler and Mussolini joined their forces and made a large military power.
Adolph Hitler - Hitler was one of the most influential and powerful leaders during the time of WWII. He is known for the holocaust which was his "final solution" in trying to kill all the Jews and other minorities.
Tojo Hideki - Hideki Tojo was Prime Minister of Japan when the attack on Pearl Harbor took place. He was the man who initiated the attacks on the US.
Neville Chamberlin - Chamberlin was the prime minister of Great Britain during WWII. He had many views on the war and appeasement.
Franklin Roosevelt - FDR was a president during WWII. He made many important decisions and met with Churchill and Stalin to negotiate and bring the war to an end.
Stalingrad - The Battle of Stalingrad was a very important battle during WWII. The Germans wanted it because it was Stalin's named city, and the Union wanted to defend it for that very reason.
Explain 2 reasons why the US used the atomic bomb against Japan.- The US had many viable reasons to drop the A-bomb on Japan. One reason is because the Japanese made air-rade attacks on the US, and the other because the US gave many warnings to Japan that they would act if Japan did not negotiate.