Jared Slaybaugh
Mr. Haskell
World History/E- Core
6 May 2004
WWII Study Guide
appeasement giving in to the demands of an aggressor in order to keep the peace. The policy of appeasement evolved because France was demoralized, suffering from political division at home. It needed British support for any move against Nazi Germany.
Blitzkrieg Or also known as, lightning war. First, German planes bombed airfields, factories, towns, and cities. Then fast moving tanks and troop transports roared into the country. The Polish tried to fight back, but could not stop the motorized onslaught.
Cold War -the Cold War between America and the Soviet Union virtually a battle between two different forms of government. America, as a democracy, and socialist Russia were the two most powerful countries in the world and each wanted to expand their power by spreading their ideas about government to the rest of the world.
Collaborator - people who helped the Nazis hunt down Jews, or even governments who shipped thousands of their Jewish citizens to concentration camps.
Containment (policy) - the policy of limiting communism to the areas of the world already under Soviet control. The American policy of containment lead directly to the Cold War, and to many of the minor wars such as Vietnam.
Genocide The complete destruction of an entire race. A great example of this is Hitler with the Jews. Hitler took out 6 million Jews. This was a genocide.
Kamikaze - An aircraft pilot who was associated with the Japanese who used his very own aircraft to run right into targets, causing his life to die, as well as many others. This is also known as suicide. An example was 911.
Pacifism - the opposition to all forms of war. Pacifism was strong after WWI, especially in Europe where the destruction was still visible. It was this policy that caused the other nations to allow Hitler to become so powerful.
Winston Churchill He was a British politician who did not believe in the policy of appeasement. Churchill believed that Hitler needed to be dealt with, so when Britain finally declared war on Germany, Churchill made the commander in chief.
Francisco Franco He was the general who lead the nationalist party during the Spanish civil war. He was backed by Hitler and Mussolini and opposed by Stalin.
Dwight Eisenhower He was the General who eventually became the supreme commander of the allied troops. lead the Allies to victory during WWII.
Haile Selassie - Ethiopian king who appealed to the United Nations for help defending his country against an Italian invasion. The Allied forces in the UN voted to punish Italy for breaking international law by imposing sanctions, which forbid their allies from selling war materials to Italy.
Harry Truman - the American president who had replaced Roosevelt. Truman was the one who decided to use the atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Japan) due to the failure to corporate with the United States.
Dunkirk this was the Miracle of Dunkirk, the Nazi forces had the remnants of the Allied forces in France trapped against the British Channel. Despite the danger posed by Nazi aircraft, Britain sent every vessel it could muster, including many person yachts, across the channel to rescue the stranded soldiers.
El Alamein - El Alamein was a fierce battle that took place in Egypt. The battle succeeding in driving the Axis forces back across Libya and into Tunisia. This was a major turning point in the war.
Guernica - Guernica was a sort of test run for the Nazis. This battle was suppose to test the power of the Nazi planes, but it should the rest of the world the destructive power of modern warfare, as well as foreshadowed what was to soon come.
Hiroshima This was one of the two islands that we used the atom bomb on. This was what caused the Japanese to surrender to the United States.
Nagasaki this was the other island that we bombed where we blackmailed the Japanese to surrender. We did it twice and said that we had another one but the Japanese were smart and surrendered causing them now to out-produce the United States.
Pearl Harbor This was the day that most say was the reason why we entered WW2. There is a theory that we let Pearl Harbor happen so that we would win the Support of the people, but, I think that there is no way that the US is that sick of a government.
Operation Barbarossa - Operation Barbarossa was carried out in June 1941 by Hitler. It was the conquest of the Soviet Union, as Hitler wanted to gain more living space for Germans and win control of regions that were rich in valuable resources.
D-Day this was the day where we first invaded to fight back against Nazi Germany. This was probably the most well known days of war in the last Century.
Battle of Midway - The Battle of Midway was a major turning point in the war. It occurred only six months after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. American warships and airplanes severely damaged two Japanese fleets during this battle, weakening Japanese naval powers and stopping their advance.
Holocaust - the Holocaust was one of the most horrific genocides of all time. During the Holocaust, the Nazis searched out and capture hundreds of thousands of non-German people, mainly Jews, under Hitlers orders. The majority of these people were killed on the spot, taken to crematories and burned alive, gassed out in showers, or forced to labor at concentration camps. Hitler in all killed around 6 million Jews.
Cold War rivals (which nations) The two cold war rivals was the Soviets and the United States. This was basically, the spread of Communism verses the spread of Democracy.
Francisco Franco - He was the general who lead the nationalist party during the Spanish civil war. He was backed by Hitler and Mussolini and opposed by Stalin.
Benito Mussolini This was the idol to Hitler. He was the Totalitarian leader where Hitler got all of his ideas and ways to run a nation. This included, propaganda, controlling the people, and many other things.
Adolph Hitler he is not even Human. He was the evil man who killed 6 million people because of their race. He was a monster.
Tojo Hideki - Tojo Hideki was the General of Japan who ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor. During the attack, 19 ships were damaged or destroyed, and nearly 2500 Americans lost their lives.
Neville Chamberlin - the British Prime Minister during the late thirties. He was a pacifist who promised his people peace for their generation, which allowed Hitler to gain more power and eventually cause a war more devastating than any in history.
Franklin Roosevelt - US President. He signed the Atlantic Charter with Churchill that set goals for the war, especially an ultimate destruction of the Nazi tyranny.
Stalingrad - Hitler and Stalin fighting viciously for the symbolic city. The Germans ruined the city, with the Russians surrounding their attackers, and the harsh Russian winter approaching. They fought in the streets, sometimes fighting for two weeks over a single house.
Explain 2 reasons why the US used the atomic bomb against Japan First of all, Japan was becoming too powerful, and posed as a threat to the US, especially after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Second, the US wanted to put a final end to the war, and basically had no other way to do so without losing thousands of more soldiers. This new technology proved effective as it forced Hiroshima to finally surrender, however, it did have some very bad side effects.
