Flashcards: World War II: Global Conflict and Atrocities — 20 cards

Total war — definition?

Nation mobilizes all resources for conflict.

War of annihilation — role?

Driven by mass violence to eliminate enemies.

Globalization of war — mechanism?

Expansion of fighting to worldwide theaters.

Crime against humanity — meaning?

Atrocities classified as modern legal crimes.

WW2 casualties — civilian ratio?

Civilians outnumber soldiers in deaths.

WW2 phases — four?

Opening, Axis widening, checked, defeat.

World power shift — post-WW2?

US and USSR gain global influence.

Versailles treaty violation — effect?

Germany's expansion breaches treaty terms.

Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis — role?

Military alliance for imperial ambitions.

Nazi-Soviet pact — date?

August 1939, with secret invasion plan.

Germany’s invasion of Poland — date?

1 September 1939.

Operation Barbarossa — start date?

22 June 1941.

Pearl Harbor — attack date?

7 December 1941.

Battle of Midway — date?

June 3–6, 1942.

Dunkirk evacuation — date?

27 May–4 June 1940.

Leningrad siege — start?

8 September 1941.

Kyiv retaken — date?

6 November 1943.

Pacific victory — key battle?

Midway, June 1942.

Atomic bombs dropped — cities?

Hiroshima and Nagasaki, August 1945.

Holocaust extermination sites?

Auschwitz, Treblinka, Sobibor, Belzec, Majdanek, Chelmno.