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Geneva Convention
-international meetings that settle on agreements
-Humanitarian Law of Armed Conflicts, which was a set of rules for wounded or captured military
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Nuremberg laws
-German Jews were no longer considered citizens, instead they were subjects.
-Aryans were the only ones with actual rights
-This led to the holocaust -
Neutrality Act
-in attempt to keep the US out of war
-banned transporting goods to belligerent ports
-this helped keep the us neutral by removing any political that the us would have -
japan invades china
-japan invaded china but failed and ruined their relationship -
Kristallnacht
The act of Nazi’s burning synagogues and ransacking Jewish businesses and homes established that it was going to be impossible to survive in Germany if you were Jewish.
It showed the lengths Hitler was already willing to go to just to further oppress the Jewish population in Germany while also showing how much hatred the citizens had for Jewish people. -
Soviet Union annex Baltic State
-soviet union military occupied Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania -
cash and carry
-The us would only trade with axis if they paid in cash and transported it -
Hitler breaks Stalin agreement
-Germany invaded the soviet union, breaking the nonaggression pact. -
non aggression pact
--The soviet union and Germany said they would not fight for the next 10 years while Europe was about to break into war. The soviet union did this so they could build peace while he builds his military. Germany did this so they could invade Poland unopposed. -
War Declared on Germ by GB, F, etc
-Tension was at an all time high and then Germany invaded Poland prompting the allies of the country to declare war on Germany.
-Showed that the US was still very much not trying to get into another war with Europe despite the possible effects. -
Poland Ceases to Exist
-The soviet union and Germany took over Poland and then it officially did not exist
-The blitzkrieg was invented -
Hitler invades
-Denmark April 9
-Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg May 10 -
Blitzkrieg
-invented by Heinz Guderian
-method to taking out attackers fast
-caused less German soldier deaths -
Luftwaffe and RAF Bombings
-The RAF were hard to beat over the skies of Europe and it was found that Germany had violated the treaty of Versailles and trained an air force.
-Luftwaffe was formidable but didn’t take into account the resolve of Churchill and their hatred of Nazism. -
Selective Training Service Act
-All men between the ages of 21-45 had to register for draft -
Tripartite Pact
-It was created with the intent to keep the US out of the war and in an isolationist state.
-Germany, Italy, and Japan formed an alliance with each other and were going to aid each other in the event of another country declaring war -
Lend-Lease Plan
-Initially created to help aid Britain in their fight against fascism but later reached out to help other allies which of course really cemented US opposition to fascism regimes.
-This policy had many people believing that it gave the President too much power and caused tension between them and others how thought it to be a necessary cost. -
US Declares War
-Social and political tension caused by the bombing of Pearl Harbor that finally drove the US to declare war on Japan.
-An attack on US soil was the final straw before the states entered ww2 in retaliation -
Executive order #8802
-created by president D roosevelt
-makes racial or ethnic descrimination illegal
-set up the Fair Employment Practice Committee -
Atlantic Charter
-joint declaration released by president D Roosevelt and British prime minister Winston Churchill
-it showed their plan for after the war -
Attack on pearl harbor
-japan attacked the naval base in hawaii
-japan wanted to take out america's navy as quick as they could
-they did this to prevent the pacific fleet from messing up Japanese conquest of Malaya and the dutch East indies. -
U-Boat Attacks
-German u boats attacked american ships
-increased tension
-up until 1945 -
Executive Order #9066
-President Franklin d Roosevelt authorized internment of american citizens with Japanese ancestry
-The order ended at the end of ww2 -
Bataan
-battle took place in japan
-The us, japan, and the Philippines were involved -
Island Hopping Strategies
-military strategy used by the allies -
Midway
-It was a victory of intelligence because of the POW the US captured and were able to obtain vital information from.
-Marked the turning point of the military struggle between the US and Japan.
-lasted until June 6th -
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El Alamein (1st)
-First battle ended in a stalemate but the second one marked the beginning of end of the Axis in North Africa.
-Hitler left Italian troops to fend for themselves which caused tension between the two nations. -
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El Alamein (2)
-First battle ended in a stalemate but the second one marked the beginning of end of the Axis in North Africa.
-Hitler left Italian troops to fend for themselves which caused tension between the two nations. -
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Liberation of Concentration Camps
-Germany tried to hide the evidence of their genocide from allied troops but they inevitably found remnants of gas chambers and other appalling things.
-Created crimes against humanity and caused social tension between Germany and the rest of the world. -
D-Day
-One of the best military accomplishments in history because of the sheer scope and what it meant for the free world.
-It stunted the spread of fascism and gave hope to a ton of people. -
Bulge
-It really cemented the fact that Germany wasn’t going to be able to turn the scales of this war and undermined their hopes of winning.
-It was Germany’s last failed attempt to push the Allies out of German territory. -
Korematsu v. US
-This trial helped to alter the government’s ability to detain U.S. citizens whose loyalty is to the states no matter their ancestral background which was highly debated because Korematsu was of Japanese descent.
-It caused even more tension between the government and Japanese Americans whom were placed in internment camps out of fear of retaliation against the US gov -
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Yalta Conference
-The soviets and GB + US didn’t agree on what should happen to Poland with USSR wanting a communist Poland.
-USSR and China signed a pact of alliance and friendship. -
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Iwo Jima
-One of the bloodiest battles in the US Marine Corps history really proved just how far both Japan and the US were willing to go to beat each other in this war and the tension between the countries.
-This battle was extremely costly for the US but they eventually took over and won this battle. -
VE day
-Stands or victory in Europe it commemorates the surrender of Nazi Germany.
-It was a relief for the European part of the war to be over and released some tension that came from fighting a war on two -
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Potsdam Conference
-US and USSR didn’t trust each other like at all with the US telling them about the atomic bomb when they already knew because of their intelligence agencies or something.
-It was pretty evident that the harsh reparations of the treaty of Versailles fueled the rise of Nazi Germany. -
Atomic Bomb Hiroshima
-america dropped the atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima in japan
-america tested the first atomic bomb and then released it a month later in Hiroshima -
Atomic Bomb Nagasaki
-three days after the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, they released one in Nagasaki
-after this bomb was dropped it led japan to surrender, ending ww2 -
VJ day
-Japan surrenders and relief is felt by both sides who had a tremendous amount of casualties in the war in the Pacific.
-Was a cause for celebration for the US who had created the atomic bomb and wanted to put an end to US casualties.