Chapter 30

1. Chapter 30 World War II

2. Hitler/Stalin Non-aggression pact Appeasement Isolationism Failure of the Treaty of Versailles Hitler’s takeover of Czechoslovakia, Austria, Poland Fascism Nationalism Collectivist ideas Totalitarianism Causes of World War II

3. German-Soviet non-aggression pact. • Also called the Nazi-Soviet Pact, this agreement publicly stated that Germany and the Soviet Union would never attack each other. (August 23, 1938)

4. Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact • signed in Moscow in the early hours of August 24, 1939, dated August 23. The Pact is known by a number of different titles. These include the Nazi-Soviet Pact, Nazi-Soviet Alliance[1], Hitler-Stalin Pact and German-Soviet Non-aggression Pact. It remained in effect until Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941 in Operation Barbarossa. Image:Molotov signs the German-Soviet non-aggression pact. Behind him are Ribbentrop and Stalin.

5. appeasement • Policy of trying to avoid war by accepting some demands of the aggressor.

6. isolationism • The belief that one’s own country should not become involved in relations with other nations, especially alliances. The United States abandoned this policy after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

7. Munich Conference • Meeting called by Hitler in 1938 to discuss the Czech problem, which led to the annexation of the Sudetenland by Germany.

8. Anschluss • the 1938 annexation of Austria into Greater Germany by the Nazi regime.

9. Hitler invades Poland- England & France declare war on Germany

10. Germany • Adolph Hitler

11. Benito Mussolini • Italy

12. Soviet Union • Joseph Stalin

13. UK – Britain or England • Winston Churchill

14. United States • Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)

15. USA • Harry S. Truman

16. Charles de Gaulle • Leader of the “Free French” during World War II. He later became President of France.

17. Dunkirk • The British were forced to evacuate over 300,000 men from _______________.

18. Dune Church • Another image of British evacuation at Dunkirk beaches in France on the Belgian border. It means ______ ______

19. blitzkrieg • _______________ means “lightning war” in German.

20. blitz • The continual bombing of the UK (England) by Germany is known as the ___________.

21. Barbarossa • _______________- code name for Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941.

22. D-Day • ____________- June 6, 1944 is the day the allied troops began the invasion of Normandy’s coast. (North coast of France).

23. The Resistance • _________________- term describing the French people’s attempt to oppose the Nazis within occupied France.

24. The holocaust • ______________- term which describes Hitler’s attempt to exterminate European Jews and others.

25. More of the Jewish Holocaust

26. Manchuria • _______________- the Japanese invaded this area of northeast China in 1931.

27. Nanjing or (Nanking) • ________________- place in China where the Japanese military massacred over 300,000 innocent people.(20,000 women raped)

28. Pearl Harbor, Hawaii • _________________- Dec. 7, 1941 – Japanese surprise attack on the US Naval fleet here.

29. Bataan (in the Philippines) • _____________ Death March – Japanese forced American & British POWs on a brutal 60 mile march.

30. Midway • Battle of ______________ - turning point of the war in the Pacific. An atoll is a small island of coral that encircles a lagoon- a body of comparatively shallow salt or brackish water separated from the deeper sea by a shallow or exposed sandbank, coral reef, or similar feature.

31. Image of an atoll in the Pacific • The battle was a decisive victory for the Americans, widely regarded as the most important naval engagement of the Pacific Campaign of World War II.[2] The battle permanently weakened the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), in particular through the loss of four fleet carriers and over 200 naval aviators

32. Hiroshima (Japan) • _______________- place where the US dropped the 1st A-Bomb on Japan (Aug. 6, 1945).

33. Nagasaki (Japan) • ________________- second bomb dropped here 3 days later.

34. The Manhattan Project • Map showing the locations of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan where the two atomic weapons were employed. This was the project to develop the first nuclear weapon (atomic bomb) during World War II by the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada.

35. “Trinity” • _________ was the first test of technology for a nuclear weapon. It was conducted by the United States on July 16, 1945, at a location 35 miles (56 km) southeast of Socorro, New Mexico, on what is now White Sands Missile Range

36. “Little Boy” • the codename of the atomic bomb which was dropped on Hiroshima, on August 6, 1945 by the 12-man crew of the B-29 SuperfortressEnola Gay, piloted by ColonelPaul Tibbets in the 393d Bombardment Squadron, Heavy of the United States Army Air Forces.

37. "Fat Man“ • ___________ is the codename for the atomic bomb that was detonated over Nagasaki, Japan, by the United States on August 9, 1945. It was the second of the two nuclear weapons to be used in warfare and was the third man-made nuclear explosion at that time.

38. Nuremberg • _________________- place in Germany where the Nazi leaders were tried for war crimes (1945-1949).

39. Berlin, Germany • The U.S. Army blew the swastika from the top of the Zeppelintribüne on 25 April 1945

40. The U.S. Army blew the swastika from the top of the Zeppelintribüne on 25 April 1945

41. C:\Documents and Settings\C. Dennison\My Documents\Swastika Blown Up.htm • Hitler’s Last Days