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NAZINational Socialist German
Worker’s Party:Fascist political party led by Adolf Hitler that took over Germany in
the 1930’s.
Militarism & Nationalism
Totalitarian State
Government that has TOTAL control over all
aspects of life in a country. Examples are NAZI Germany & the
Soviet Union
Also called a . . POLICE STATE
Battle of BritainGerman Bombing of Britain after the defeat of France. British Pilots and
secret new radar helped win the battle.
British (RAF- Royal Air Force)
Planes that defeated the German Bombers
Appeasement Plan by Britain and France to give Hitler (Germany) anything they wanted to keep out of war.
Including allowing Germany to take parts of other countries
British Prime Minister meeting Hitler to give up the Sudetenland in Czechoslavia for peace
Germany before appeasement in Gray
Lebensraum“LIVING SPACE”
Hitler’s excuse for needing more land for Germany. This included the Sudetenland, Austria before the war and Poland after the war started.
Germany invadesPoland 1939
Lend-Lease Act
Plan by the U.S. to give war supplies like ships to democratic
governments (Britain and France) to fight Germany before
the U.S. joined WWII.
Tuskegee Airmen
African-American pilots who helped end army
segregation by proving Af-Am. were as capable as
white pilots in WWII fighting.
Erwin RommelFamous German General known
as the ‘Desert Fox’. Rommel fought the Allies in Africa and
Europe and then had to commit suicide for opposing Hitler.
Code Talkers
Navajo Native Americans used as radio operators in the war against
Japan. Japan had no one who could break the Navajo language, making all American radio messages safe .
Kamikazes
Japanese Suicide Planes sent to attack U.S. ships
and troops as a failed attempt to keep the U.S.
from invading Japan.
Did You KNOW??
Kamikaze means “ Divine Wind” in Japanese
Only 14% of Kamikaze Planes Made it through to hit
A ship
Manhattan Project
Secret project during WWII to build a NUCLEAR
BOMB. Working in secret cities, scientist created 3
bombs by the end of WWII. Two were dropped on
Japan.
Lead scientist Dr. Robert Oppenheimer
Rosie the Riveter
American propaganda Character that showed that women were strong enough to work in factories at
home to help the war effort.
Iwo JimaBloody American victory, part of Island Hopping, to defeat Japan. Famous Flag Raising picture
from Iwo Jima helped Americans continue to fight.
2 Current Moviesabout Iwo Jima
Battle Stats:
6,875 U.S. Killed
22,000 Jap. Killed
7.5sq Miles
36 days of fighting
BIG 3 & Yalta Conference
The Big Three:Roosevelt -US, Churchill-Britain,
Stalin-Soviet UnionYalta was a meeting of the Big 3 to decide how to govern Europe after Germany & Japan were defeated
Stalin: More LandFor
Communism!!
Churchill:I want to save
British Power & Colonies
Roosevelt: Can’t we all just get
along
Japanese Internment Camps
Remote camps where Japanese-Americans were
forced to go leaving businesses, homes and property. Racist
thoughts believed Japanese-Am. would help the Japanese during
the war.