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WWII made possible by
failure of Britain and France to oppose Germany
Lebensraum
nation power depends on amount and kind of land
Hitler to achieve goals
basic plan of racial supremeacy
Hitler settled on aquiring Lebensraum
Slavs were "inferior" people
Britain poilcy of apeeasement
belief that it would maintain peace and stablilty
Hitler's 1st act of aggression
Rhineland
end of 1937 chamberlain...
strong advocate of appeasement
munich conference
criticized by churchill as outcome of appeasement
Following the Munich Conference
systematiclly took Czech
Hitler took Poland in 1939
used Blitkrieg tactis
after fall of Poland
france and Britain declared war but remained inactive
Maginot Line
line of defenes in Easter France
following allied evacuation at DUnkirk
france surrendered and Vichy government was set up
Hitler defeating Britain depended on
Luftwaffe gaining control of the skies
Turning point of North African campaign
at EL Alamein
battle of Stalingrad
gradual breakdown in german morale
naval battle in pacific turning point
midway
second front in west Europe
invade Normandy in 1944
policy of the grand alliance in pusuing war against axis .
only if unconditional surrender
final death toll of WWII
50 million
nazi empire was never
never organized systematically
nazi rule was most ruthless in
eastern europe
greatest tank battle fought
at Kursk
Germany's policy of forced labor
caused more resistance
major source of resistance
communists thoughout europe
given administrative responsibility for "final solution"
Heydrich
"final solution"
extermination of all jews
used to murder citizens
death camps
singled out by the Nazis (not Jews)
gypsies
War in north Africa
Hitler lack of committment
japan's 1937 attack on
China
cheif reason for japanese expansion
expanding population And lack of natural resources
Grand Alliance didnt include
France
prority of the U.S
defeating Germany 1st
key decision that led to Hitler's defeat
immediately delcaring war on the U.S.
Einsatzgruppen
special strike force
used women as combatants
soviet union
brunt of soviet war effort
peasants
mobilization of u.s. didnt include
full employment by jan. 1942
Soviet Union press. of mobilization
"supercentralization"
Germany went to war in 1939
populace feared it would spell disaster
civilian bombing done mainly to
break the will of the people to resist
1st atomic bomb
hiroshima and nagasaki
allied bombing strategy of americans
primarily in the day, precision bombing
allied bombing on German civilians
contrary to exspectation, produced stubborn resistance
official reason for dropping bomb on japan
save hundreds of american lives
cheif concerns of allies at Tehran, Yalta, and Potsdam
determinging spheres of influence
following ww2 germany was
divided into 4 zones
cheif argument between trumann and stalin
over free elections in eastern europe