Transcript wwii review for test

WWII REVIEW FOR TEST
European Theater
• Battle of Dunkirk- British army escaped capture by evacuation.
• The Munich Pact is an example of “APPEASEMENT” where Germany demanded portions of
Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers, for which a
new territorial designation "Sudetenland" was coined.
• German General charge in North Africa was ROMMAL (his greatest general of the German army)
• Battle of Brittan (to capture England and English Channels) was mostly fought in the air with his
Luftwaffe (air force) because invasion on land was too dangerous.
• Most Camps were held in Poland because they didn’t want information about the Holocaust to
leak out.
European Theater CONT.
• The Blitzkrieg meant “lightning War” happening in Brittan.
• Russia’s nonaggression treaty with Hitler relieved Hitler from having to fight in a
two front war.
• The invasion of Britain by land was to be called “Operation Sealion”
• The invasion of Russia in the beginning was called “Operation Barbarossa”
• The date for Victory in Europe day (V-E DAY) occurred when Germany
unconditionally surrendered when the allied forces overtook Berlin. Hitler
commits suicide. May 8th 1945
European Theater CONT.
• The German Air force “Luftwaffe”.
• The organization that FAILED to keep peace during WWII was: League of Nations (After WWII we develop
the United Nations “UN”)
• The Holocaust
-word for night of broken glass “Kristallnacht”
-“Operation Reinhard” or Genocide is the scientific name for killing Jews
-Himmler was the (SS) officer who created the “final solution” that Hitler carried out.
-what were ways most used to kill the Jews?
-What were the Nuremberg Laws?
-Why would people not run from the “Showers”
-Why were most camps located in Poland?
-Two Parts of the Nazi Program
Pacific Theater
• Pearl Harbor attacked December 7th 1941
• Doolittle Raids
• The Battle of Midway (turning point in the war) and stopped Japanese advance
on Hawaii
• The US policy of Island Hoping is the term used for the strategy in the war in the
Pacific
• The first Atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and the second bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki
Pacific Theater Cont.
• Truman decided to use the Atomic Bomb, because invading Japan would
kill too many American soldiers
• The Bataan death March  Philippines (which was still a US protectorate
from the Spanish-American War
• Famous Quote From McArthur concerning the Philippines “I Shall Return”
• Chester Nimitz was the commanding Fleet Admril of the US Navy at the
time of WWII
Pacific Theater Cont.
• On August 15, 1945 the news of surrender was announced to the
world, ON September 2nd 1945, the formal surrender was held
making September 2nd (V-J DAY)
• When surrender occurred on USS Missouri (ship in Pearl Harbor on
DEC 7th, McArthur ran the show, Nimitz took the surrender for the US,
and Truman watched it all unfold)
Home Front
• America converted from a consumer nation to a war time nation example: Auto
Industry changing to building tanks, jeeps, new boats and technologies.
• The Tuskegee Airmen-is the popular name of a group of African-American military
pilots who fought in World War II. Formally, they formed the 332nd Fighter Group
and the 477th Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Forces
• Flying Tigers-were a group of American fighter pilots that flew for China in the
early part of 1942. Led by a controversial American, Colonel Claire Chennault,
they were actually called the "American Volunteer Group" (AVG), and achieved
good success in their aerial battles against the Japanese.
• Native American Code Talkers (Najao Code Talkers)-In 1942, a man named Philip
Johnston thought of a code he thought unbreakable by the enemy. A code based
on the Navajo language. (greatly used in battle of iwo jima)
HOME FRONT CONT
• Women used in non combat roles (Rosie the Riviter)
• “Cash & Carry”
• Great American Generals
Omar Bradley- served Eisenhower's “eyes and ears” in North Africa
Dwight Eisenhower- MacArthur's senior assistant in Philippines (d-day)
Douglas MacArthur- commander over pacific, governed Japan until 1950.
Chester Nimitz- commander of us Navy (Midway, first defeat of Japan turning point
George Marshall- Chief of Staff from D.C , organized funding to rebuild Europe “Marshall
Plan”
Patton- Tank Commander who lead forces out of Normandy and Battle of the Buldge,
invasion of Sicily, and Casablanca in North Africa.
Differences of FDR and TRUMAN
FDR
1. Charismatic
2. smooth and sleek in his
handling of people and issues
3. naturally good at maneuvering
people and issues and could
abandon either immediately
when it suited his purposes
4. Experiment
1.
2.
3.
4.
TRUMAN
Colorless
either unpretentiously
cooperative, or as feisty as an
angry banty rooster
despised dishonesty and was
persistently loyal to his friends
and associates
Facts
Home Front
• Selective Service
• WAAC
• Rations
• Collection Drives (metal, rubber, food…)