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.
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