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geneva convention
-Basically there was a series of meetings stating what is not ok in war
-Some examples are no chemical warfare -
nuremberg laws
-Increased the discrimination between the Jews and Germans
-Anti semetic and racist laws in Nazi, Germany -
nuremberg laws
-Enacted by the Reichstag
-Increased the discrimination between the Jews and Germans, set stage for holocaust -
kristallnacht
-Nazis began to arrest jews and take them to the concentration camps
-They also vandalized a ton of Jewish stuff like synagogues -
non aggression act
-The soviet union and germany signed the agreement, they promised not to go to war against each other
-This was broken by germany when they started to attack the soviet union on june 22, 1941 -
war declared on germany by poland, great britain and france
-Hitler considered these to be the “low countries”
-Increased the tensions by showing the other countries that Hitler was a big deal -
cash and carry
-The policy was announced by Franklin Delano Roosevelt
-This was added to replaced the neutrality acts -
luftwaffe & RAF bombing
-Germany bombed england
-Furthered the already heightened tensions between the two -
hitler invades (den. nor. neth. belg. luxe.)
-Denmark and norway announced they would remain neutral during war later to be taken over by germany
-Great britain tried to help but air attacks by germany where to much -
hitler invades/splits france
-France was split into two regions, one was occupied by germans, the other was not
-Created political tension between France and Germany -
selective training act
-Created the first peacetime draft
-Men between 18-25 joined entered and could either join the army or marine corps -
tripartite pact
-Based upon FDR and winston churchill
-This later gave a chance for other countries to join and gain help fighting. -
poland creases to exist
-Poland was first taken over in september which was the start of war
-Two weeks later the soviet union took over ⅓ of poland -
blitzkrieg
-Germany first experimented with it during the end of ww1
-This was helpful when they were against places with big areas to invade and coordinate -
lend lease plan
-Provided for military aid to any country whose defense was vital to the security of the United States
-Gave FDR power to lend britain their arms in exchange for payment after the war -
neutrality act
-In response to the growing threats and wars that led to World War II
-Spurred by the growth in isolationism and non-interventionism in the US -
hitler breaks stalins agreement
-This was started when the soviet union and Germany started a nonaggression pact -
soviet union annex baltic states
-Many other countries did not notice that the baltic states were incorporated into the soviet union
-Soviets occupied these states with their military -
executive order #8802
-Prohibit ethnic or racial discrimination in the nation's defense industry
-Promote equal opportunity and prohibit employment discrimination in the US -
us cutoff trade with japan
-Their response to this was pearl harbor
-Set tensions between the US and Japan at an all time high -
atlantic charter
-Organized by FDR and Winston Churchill between the us and Britain
-This is later available to the Latin American countries to join in -
pearl harbor
-This was the push for America to join the war and join the allies
-Around 3,700 men were either wounded or died -
us declares war
-After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor people were livid and wanted revenge
-War was declared four days later -
u-boat attack
-These were typically done by Nazis against merchant boats
-Destroy 22 percent of the tanker fleet and sink 233 ships in the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico -
executive order #9066
-Initiating a controversial World War II policy with lasting consequences for Japanese Americans
-Ordered the removal of resident enemy aliens from parts of the West vaguely identified -
bataan
-The bigger battles where the US fought Japan
-Majority was fought in the Philippines, where Japan was invading -
midway
-This marked a change during war in the pacific
-America had the upper hand due to the japanese codes were broken and they had more aircrafts -
el alamein
-before this great britain usually outperform germany and italy
-this battle helped britain get a better understanding of its weapons -
stalingrad
-The largest confrontation of World War II, in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad
-Largest and most bloodiest battle of ww2 -
liberation of concentration camp
-As the allies fought deeper into Europe they discovered the concentration camps
-Between 1944-1945, the allies evacuated as many camps as possible -
d-day
-Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy
-There were twenty-five hundred Allied casualties on Omaha Beach alone -
korematsu vs. us
-It ruled that the US government had the right to exclude and relocate people based on their race
-The ruling has never been overturned. -
bulge
-This battle was Hitler’s plan to split the alliees
-This was also the last major offensive from the Nazis -
yalta conference
-A conference between the us, uk, and the soviet union
-The main focus was to see what would happen in europe and germany -
iwo jima
-The iconic war photo of five us marines and navies rose the us flag
-America captured the two lands of iwo jima during this battle -
potsdam conference
-This happened months after the yalta conference with the us, uk,and the soviet union
-One of the major issues was the economic issue between germany and the soviet union -
hiroshima bombing
-An estimated 210,000 people died because due to the bombs
-The tension finally came to a breaking point -
japan invade china
-Began with the Marco Polo Bridge Incident in 1937
-Broke out when China began full-scale resistance to the expansion of Japanese influence in its territory -
vj day
-This was the day japan surrender ww2 this was also the beginning of the end of the war
-This was started due to pearl harbor which made america join the war -
island hopping strategy
-This was used in the pacific war against the Japanese
-Taking over an island and establishing a military base -
ve day
-Celebration for the end of the war
-Honoring the soldiers that were in the war