Quiz-
Know the WWII leaders-Identity, side, country and how they lost power. Also know their biggest achievement. Study all of the notes.
The Munich Conference-The conference was between Germany, Britain, France, and Italy. It was signed on September 30th 1938. The western leaders agreed to divide Czechoslovakia with the promise that Hitler would take no more land. France and England wanted to conserve the peace in Europe. It promised the Czech army to get away from the German areas of Czechoslovakia. The agreement failed and a couple year later WW ll started. They met for a meeting in Munich, Germany.
Invasion of China-The decisions that led to the Japanese invasion of china was made by the Japanese army and politicians. They launched a full scale invasion of china in 1937. The Japanese claimed china started the war by firing the first shot. All the major cities we captured by 1937 and 1million Chinese were captured. Chinese forces were unable to resist the Japanese since the Japanese had much better technology and weapons in which their army was equipped. China was not a industrialized as china. The US put an end to the war by dropping the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. After the allied victory in the pacific, General Douglas MacArthur ordered all Japanese forces to surrender. Chinese casualties were around 20 million and 15 million wounded. Japanese only suffered 1,055,000 deaths and 1,172,000 wounded.
The German soviet Non-Aggression Pact-It was a pact between Germany and the soviet union and agreed to not take military for the next ten years In order to build up Stalin’s army and agreed that the would divide Europe once concurred. Hitler dint want to make the same mistakes as the one that happened in ww1 by fighting a war on 2 fronts. Russia didn’t want them against Germany. This agreement greatly affected Eastern Europe. In exchange for the soviets not to join the future war, Germany gave them Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. When World War 2 started the soviets didn’t want to attack Germany But the fought back when Germany invaded them on June 22, 1941. Hitler used the pact to make sure that Germany could invade Poland without being challenged.
The Battle of Britain-The main fighter planes were the hurricane and the spitfire. The Germans were defeated because the were to d=far w=away from their base to be able to refuel and rearm as quickly as the Britain forces. The battle of Britain was one of the most famous battles of WWII. Bad weather stopped the Germans from planning daily raids. the Germans lost 60 planes while the Britain only lost 28. On June 18th 1940 Churchill gave a speech to the British people and four says later France surrendered to Hitler.
Anschluss-Anschluss means union in German. Anschluss was a union between Austria and Germany. It was an invasion of Austria in 1938. It was very unsuccessful. When the Austrian Government changed to an authoritarian right-wing Government Germany began to get worried. Germany force the chancellor to let them take control of Austria. The merging of Austria with Germany previously forbidden by article 30 of the treaty of Versailles. the chancellor of Austria tried to resist because he though they we tearing the country apart. SO he banned the Nazi party but that failed because they were not backed up by the Austrian military. Later succeeded in 1938. The new chancellor agreed to Hitlers presence in Austria since Hitler would not let off pressure and appointed a Nazi minister within his government.
Invasion of Manchuria-In japan,the kwangtung military attacked Chinese troops in Manchuria. this invasion was an attempt to gain control over the province of the Japanese empire. it is believed to be one of the causes of WWII. IN 1945 the soviet invaded Manchuria. 1 million soviets were sent to take down 700,000 Japanese army men. the Japanese weren't expecting war until 1946 but the Soviets attacked anyway. Japan was becoming over populated and sent 200,000 citizens to Manchuria. Manchuria was rich in forest vegetation and soil. A lot of money was put into Manchurian economy. Then Manchuria became its own country. This invasion made a significant change in the japan foreign policy.
Policy of Appeasement-To bring to a state of peace. It as the efforts by France in the 1930's to allow the Nazi Germany to have almost anything they wanted, hoping that Hitler would stop his aggressive ways. the let Germany build up its army even though it wasn't supposed to be allowed arc according to the treaty of Versailles. They let him take Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia. they let him take the rest of Czechoslovakia. this policy was supposed to get Hitler to stop what he as doing bu all it did was make him even more aggressive. Many agreed the treaty was to herd on Germany and it was right for Hitler to react with outrage. Britain and France could decide id Stalin or Hitler was a greater threat. They were also to far away to protect the countries that were being concurred.
Blitzkrieg and Sitzkieg-Military strategy used by Germany they would just attack fast and in a very concentrated way. Heinz Guderian wrote a pamphlet called achtung and Hitler red it and used it against the British, french, and Russians armies. Sitzrkieg, German troops continued to pour into Poland. France and Brittan declared war on Germany but no major military land operations were launched. No activity in the western front between Sept. 1939 and may 1940. The Germans consolidated their gains in Poland and the Soviets invades their share of the country. After the allied armies stirred themselves and pushed forward into Belgium to meet the enemy who had fallen into their trap. Known as The sitting war, the phony war, the bore war.
Italy Invading Ethiopia- The Italian invasion of Ethiopia was initiated in the month of October 1935. it was a brief colonel war that is also remembered in history as the second italo-Abyssinian war. it was the first time mustard gas ans phosgene was used as illegal weapons. Mussolini was the leader of Italy.Ambassador reported tank factory working day and night. The UN was trying to stop the outbreak of war, but Ital refused to not carry out their plan. The League suggested a plan to part of Abyssinia to Italy. Mussolini ignored them and invaded them.Reasons- Revenge for an earlier defeat in 1896(the battle of adowa).acess to the red sea Ethiopia was weak so they could win National honor.
Winston Churchill- Prime Minister of Great Britain. He was famous for the saying "we will never ever surrender". He was a member of the Allied group. He lost power by not being re-elected.
Hirohito-was the emperor of japan in WW2 and came from a family of nobility.
he did not die till 1989. he survived past many of the ww2 leaders.
Hideki tojo-wanted the expand the japanese empire. ranked 10th in his military school. was born to family of high nobility and his father was a high ranking military officer. he was promoted to major general in 1943. he was one of the three major axis powers. he tried to commit suicide in 45 by shooting himself in the heart. he was hung in 48 for military crimes.
Hitler-was very against jews and created camps to eliminate them. he gained power completely legally. He made many promises that he could not keep. he made the mistake of fighting a battle on two fronts which led to his downfall. he and his wife killed themselves and VE day occurred shortly after.
Mussolini-very poor and was a terrible student. he served in the military during WWI and ran for office in 1919 and was defeated and was elected prime minister in 1922. He was killed by his own people in Italy by being hung and was then drug around the streets of italy behind a truck.
Joseph Stalin-he was Russian and the leader of the USSR and he had a very troubled childhood. Before he got into politics he was not for following laws. he was appointed general secretary in 1922. but when linen died he became the leader of the USSR. He was very paranoid and sent many people to labor camp of Siberia. he started off with the axis powers but when Hitler invaded him he switched to the allied powers. he burned overrun towns to prevent Germans from stealing supplies. many thing he was as cruel or even more cruel than Adolf Hitler.
Franklin roosevelt-he was a democrat and ran for office in 1932. he married his 5th cousin Eleanor Roosevelt. h ran against Mr. dewey and won by a landslide. there is a low chance that he was aware of the bombing that occurred at pearl harbor before hand. he is known for all of hi new deal programs. he was diagnosed with polio. He went over the term limits. he is known for his fireside chats over the radio.
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