Ch 27 (Wwii) Vocabulary

Front 1

Mein Kampf

Back 1

Hitler's work, written in prison, in which he lays out his plans for Germany and for revenge for the defeat of WW1.

Hint 1

Translates to "My Struggle", a written work. What did it summarize? Why?

Front 2

Lebensraum

Back 2

"living space" Germany should dominate the "inferior" peoples of Europe and use their land for food production and increase in territory for the Aryan or master race of Germans.

Hint 2

Translates to "Living Space". What should Germany do? For what?

Front 3

Rearming of Germany

Back 3

Hitler sets out to rebuild the military might of Germany after he becomes Chancellor in 1933. In violation of the Versailles treaty.

Hint 3

Rearm is similar to rebuilding, but what? What was it's consequence?

Front 4

Geneva Disarmament Conference and League of Nations

Back 4

Germany withdraws from both in 1933

Hint 4

What significant thing did Germany do here?

Front 5

Rhineland

Back 5

An area between Germany, France, and Belgium that prohibited German troops from being stationed. Hitler violated this term of the Versailles treaty in 1936

Hint 5

Where was the Rhineland? What was prohibited for Germany? What was the consequence of what Hitler did?

Front 6

Spanish Civil War

Back 6

Hitler and Mussolini support the fascist Franco in the conflict.

Hint 6

Who supported who in the conflict?

Front 7

Rome-Berlin Axis

Back 7

Alliance formed in 1936

Hint 7

A what formed?

Front 8

Anti-Comintern Pact

Back 8

signed by Germany and Japan in 1936, maintaining a common front against the Soviet Union.

Hint 8

Signed by two countries, maintaining what against whom?

Front 9

Blitzkrieg

Back 9

"lightening war" part of the rearmament of Germany. Tanks, armored vehicles, planes for swift attack.

Hint 9

Translates to "lightening war." A 'rebuild' of who which included three things for the 'rebuild'?

Front 10

Austria

Back 10

Hitler forces a union with Austria in 1937, in violation of Versailles Treaty.

Hint 10

What occurred in Austria in 1937? What was its consequence?

Front 11

Czechsolvakia

Back 11

Hitler threatens war against this country, which had pacts with France and the Soviet Union. Hitler wanted to control the Suetenland, an area of German speakers living in Czechosolvakia.

Hint 11

What occurred in Czechsolvakia? What pacts did Czech have? What else did it have and why did it cause an 'issue' for Germany?

Front 12

Munich Conference

Back 12

Britain (Chamberlain), France (Deladier), Italy (Mussolini) and Germany meet to discuss the Czech. Crisis in Sept 1938.

Hint 12

Discussed by three people of three nations over what during Sept 1938?

Front 13

Appeasement

Back 13

The policy shown Hitler at Munich to avoid a general war by giving in to Hitler's demands.

Hint 13

Definition: pacify or placate (someone) by acceding to their demands. With this, what was shown to avoid what by doing what?

Front 14

Poland

Back 14

Next country threatened by Hitler, but only after he has secured a Non-aggression Pact with Soviet Union.

Hint 14

What happened to Poland by Hitler? What did Hitler 'secure' with who?

Front 15

Sept 1, 1939

Back 15

Hitler invades Poland and World War II begins.

Hint 15

What did Hitler to? What was the consequence?

Front 16

China

Back 16

Japan invades China and occupies much of the northern parts of China in 1937.

Hint 16

In 1937, what happened in China and what did Japan do?

Front 17

PROMPT: What caused the 2nd World War in Asia and Europe?

Back 17

See daily sheet.

Front 18

New Nazi Empire

Back 18

Racial considerations played an important role in how the conquered people were treated.

Front 19

Himmler

Back 19

In charge of the resettlement programs, moving "inferior peoples" (Slavic) or racial undesirable (Jews) from conquered lands. And in use of slave labor.

Front 20

Economic exploitation

Back 20

Germans controlled the wealth, resources, and cultural heritage of the conquered territory.

Front 21

Foreign workers

Back 21

Germans imported many foreigners as laborers into Germany. Most of these were prisoners of war.

Front 22

Charles de Gaulle

Back 22

led the Free French movement from London

Front 23

Tito

Back 23

led the partisans, a band of guerrillas fighters against the Germans who occupied Yugoslavia.

Front 24

White Rose Movement

Back 24

anti-Nazi movement in Munich led by a professor and students.

Front 25

Count von Stauffenberg

Back 25

attempted to assassinated Hitler on July 20, 1944.

Front 26

Madagascar Plan

Back 26

aspired to the mass shipment of Jews to the island off the coast of Africa, abandoned when the war began.

Front 27

SS

Back 27

given responsibility for the Final Solution, the annihilation of the Jewish population of Europe.

Front 28

Einsatzgruppen

Back 28

mobile death squads sent to round up and kill Jews in the captured territories, mostly in the Soviet Union.

Front 29

Death Camps

Back 29

systematic annihilation of Jews and others in special camps built throughout eastern Europe.

Front 30

Auschwitz Birkenau

Back 30

largest and most infamous of the six extermination centers in Poland.

Front 31

Wannsee Conference

Back 31

Jan. 20, 1942, Heydrich outlines the steps to “solve the Jews question”, a final solution. Cooperation among Nazi departments for the total extermination of the Jewish population of Europe.

Front 32

Other Holocaust

Back 32

Nazi also systematically killed millions of gypsies, ethnic minorities, prisoners of war, mentally ill, handicapped, homosexuals, political prisoners, other undesirables.

Front 33

“Asia for the Asians”

Back 33

Japan encouraged independence, under Japanese control, to former European colonies in Asia.

Front 34

Japanese Occupation

Back 34

brutal treatment of native populations by the Japanese military, especially in China and in Korea.

Front 35

Cost of WWII

Back 35

21 million soldiers, 40 million civilians killed. Greatest losses were sustained by the Soviet Union almost 29 million total.

Front 36

Displaced Persons

Back 36

perhaps 30 million people in Europe had been uprooted by the war.

Front 37

Tehran Conference

Back 37

Stalin (USSR), Churchill (GB) and Roosevelt (US) met in 1943 to discuss war strategy. Especially the long awaited “second front” in France.

Front 38

Yalta Conference

Back 38

again the Big Three meet, this time in the Soviet Union, to plan the end of the war. Especially the issues facing the end of the war in Europe, the participation of the Soviet Union in the war against Japan, the creation of a United Nations, the principle of free elections in Eastern Europe and the unconditional surrender of Germany.

Front 39

Grand alliance

Back 39

the victorious allies in WW II. Now chiefly the United States and the Soviet Union.