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WWII Terms

WWII Terms. t otalitarian regimes – governments with total control over their people aggression – to act in a strong, bullying way Appeasement – to give in to demands of an aggressor in hopes they will stop Anschluss – German expressions for the joining together of all German peoples

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WWII Terms

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  1. WWII Terms • totalitarian regimes – governments with total control over their people • aggression – to act in a strong, bullying way • Appeasement – to give in to demands of an aggressor in hopes they will stop • Anschluss – German expressions for the joining together of all German peoples • Blitzkrieg – German for “lighting war” – aka “the blitz”, quick sustained attacks • Maginot Line – France’s fortified boarder with Germany • Luftwaffe – German air force • Auxiliary – additional, usually supportive • Lebensraum– German word for “living space” • RAF – “Royal Air Force” – British

  2. Key WWII Actions/BattlesEurope 1933 – Hitler opens first concentration camp 1935 – Hitler takes the Saar 1935 – Nuremburg Laws go into effect spring 1938 – Hitler joins Austria to Germany fall 1938 – Hitler takes the Sudetenland Nov. 9, 1938 – Kristallnacht 1938 – Munich Conference spring 1939 – Hitler takes all of Czechoslovakia Aug. 23, 1939 – Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact Sept. 1, 1939 – Germany invades Poland*

  3. Key WWII Actions/BattlesEurope Sept. 1, 1939 – Germany invades Poland* Sept. 17, 1939 – USSR invades Poland May 1940 – Miracle at Dunkirk Summer 1940 – Battle of Britain Sept. 1940 – Tripartite Pact June 1941 – Germany invades USSR fall 1941 – Hitler orders attacks on US ships early 1942 – saturation bombing of Germany by RAF begins 1942-Jan 31, 1942 – Siege of Stalingrad Sept. 3, 1943 – Italy surrenders June 6, 1944 – Operation Overlord/D-Day Dec. 1944 – Battle of the Bulge May 7, 1945 – V-E Day

  4. Key WWII Actions/BattlesPacific 1931 – Japan attacks Manchuria Dec. 1937 – “Rape of Nanjing” Sept. 1940 – Tripartite Pact Dec. 7, 1941 – attack on Pearl Harbor, HI May 1942 – Bataan Death March April 1942 – Doolittle's Raid May 1942 – Battle of the Coral Sea June 1942 – Battle of Midway August 1942 – Battle of Guadalcanal Feb.-March 1945 – Battle of Iwo Jima April 1945 – Battle of Okinawa Aug. 6, 1945 – A-bomb on Hiroshima Aug. 9, 1945 – A-bomb on Nagasaki Sept. 2, 1945 – V-J Day

  5. Key WWII Actions/BattlesNorth Africa 1935 – Mussolini takes Ethiopia Oct. 1942 – Battle of El Alamein May 1943 – German & Italian forces in Africa surrender July 1943 – invasion of Italy from Tunisia

  6. WWII: Key US Actions 1934 – Nye Committee 1935 – Neutrality Act 1936 – Neutrality Act 1937 – Neutrality Act Oct 5, 1937 – FDR’s “Quarantine” speech 1939 – Neutrality Act/ “cash & carry” Sept. 1940 – Selective Service Act Jan. 6, 1941 – FDR’s “Four Freedoms” speech March 1941 – Lend-Lease Act Aug. 1941 – Atlantic Charter Dec. 8, 1941 – US Congress declares war on Japan 1941 – WACs established Jan. 1941 – War Production Board (WPB) established Feb. 1942 – Executive Order 9066 (Japanese internment) 1942 – Manhattan Project begins 1944 – Korematsu v. US – Japanese internment upheld

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