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Trying to defeat the enemy by destroying its morale. -
This was a mass murder/rape committed by japanese troops against people in nanjing during the second sino-japanese war. -
Germany annexed the sudetenland because Hitler wanted the land. he wanted it because it contained czechs most valuable resources and was vital defense zone against Germany. -
It was a Nazi policy of conquest and expansion before the beginning of WW2. -
The systematic killing of an entire people; like the holocaust -
This was a military evacuation of 340,000 British & French troops. -
Blitzkrieg AKA ¨lightning war" was a strategy used across Europe and beyond; strike quickly and unexpectedly. -
Pearl Harbor was a naval base near Hawaii that was the scene of a devastating surprise attack by japanese forces. -
Axis forces invaded the Soviet Union and destroyed it. It was one of the primary military and political objectives for Axis forces in their invasion of the Soviet Union. -
A pivotal policy statement was issued during WW2 that defined the allied goals for the post-world war. -
Women didn't actually fight in the war, they were given other jobs that helped the war effort such as medical and combat support roles. -
180,000 allied troops landed in Sicily, capturing it from Italian & German troops by August & toppling Mussolini from power. -
US troops fought time and are crushed, over 230,000 German and Italian troops were taken as power. -
A military term that referred to the start of the Battle of Normandy in France. -
The US dropped 2 atomic bombs on these 2 cities, destroying them. This made Japan surrender & ended WW2 in the pacific.