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allies
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britian russia
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Inflation In Germany
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Luftwaffe
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German Air Force
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Franco
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Fascist general ruling Spain
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Reich
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German word for Empire
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May 8, 1945
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V-E Day
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axis powers
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germany, italy, and japan
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euthanasia
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controversial practice of mercifully putting to death a person suffering from an incurable, painfully distressing disease
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Isolationism
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Avoiding involvement in other countries' affairs.
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Genocide
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the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.
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Aryan
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blonde-haired, blue-eyed ideal human (master race)
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holocaust
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the killing of 6 million jews
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business
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in US, economy becomes favorable towards __
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General MacAuthor
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Assisted Filipino society and government, set up a national defense system.
tried to grow military
-encouraged bombing of China
-fled by submarine to Australia after Manila surrender on January 2, 1942
used guerrilla warfare
responsible for Manchurian controversy
landing at indochina
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nazi-soviet pact
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a non-aggression agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union
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Churchill
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leader of great Britain during wwII
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The Blackshirts
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The Blackshirts (Italian: camicie nere, CCNN, or squadristi) were Fascist paramilitary groups in Italy during the period immediately following World War I and until the end of World War II. Blackshirts were also known as the National Security Volunteer Militia (Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale, or MVSN).
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Atlantic Charter
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disarmament of aggressor nations, postwar common disarmament
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Axis
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alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan during WWII
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Fascism
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A political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance of opposition
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Neville Chamberlain
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British statesman who as Prime Minister pursued a policy of appeasement toward fascist Germany (1869-1940)
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how many terms did FDR serve for?
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3
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What state is created for Jewish people at the end of the war?
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Israel
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Potsdam Conference
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Churchill, Truman, Stalin; The warning of Japan and other nations that US was going to use the Atomic Bomb. Stalin already knew.
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Lille
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Northern French City in which allied forces were trapped
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Erwin Rommel
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German tank commander "the Desert Fox"
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internment camp
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an army-style settlement in which Japanese Americans were forced to live during World War II
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island hopping
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the American navy attacked islands held by the Japanese in the Pacific Ocean. The capture of each successive island from the Japanese brought the American navy closer to an invasion of Japan.
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Douglas MacArthur
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an american general of Philippine Army, Accepted Japan's surrender
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general tojo
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Japanese general and prime minister during much of World War II; he opposed female employment in spite of labor shortages during the war (1884-1948).
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What new piece of technology allowed Britain to have a great upper hand on Germany, which eventually lead to British victory?
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Radar
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D-Day
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June 6, 1944, Americans plan a surprise attack on the beaches of Normandy, France, beginning of the end of Germany
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Appeasement
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The granting of concessions to a hostile power in order to keep the peace
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getto
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an enclosed and restricted area of a city in which Jews were required to live
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Hermann Goring
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Leader of Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain; drug addict and incompetent leader
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Potsdam
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the place at which the three allied leaders, Truman, Stalin, and Atlee, met to discuss the distribution of Germany and the ultimatum that they would issue to Japan demanding thier immediate surrender
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Enola Gay
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Dropped atomic bomb (little boy on Hiroshima, fat man on Nagasaki)
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Battle of the Phillipine Sea
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Nimitz destroys Japanese here
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Lebensraum
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a territory or living space; a main goal for Hitler to expand the German Empire to make room for its people
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Charles de Gaulle
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organized the Free French military forces that battled Nazis
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aggression
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a warlike act by one country against another without just cause
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tribunal
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court of justice; place or seat of judgment
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Fourteen Points
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a speech delivered by United States President Woodrow Wilson to a joint session of Congress on January 8, 1918. The address was intended to assure the country that the Great War was being fought for a moral cause and for postwar peace in Europe.
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Pearl Harbor
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United States military base on Hawaii that was bombed by Japan, bringing the United States into World War II. Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941.
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Calvin Coolidge
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U.S. President during the stock market boom
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battle of britain
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the prolonged bombardment of British cities by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and the aerial combat that accompanied it
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German-Soviet nonaggression pact
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agreement dividing eastern Europe into sheres of influence. This agreement publicy stated the G and Soviet would be attack each other. Each would remain neutral if the other went to war
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Final solution
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the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler
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fascist party
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political system that is rooted in militarism, extreme nationalism, and blind loyalty to the state
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Seventh Step to War
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Hitler invades Poland in 1939
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concentration camps
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prisons where the Nazis put people in during the Holocaust
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Nazi attitudes toward mankind
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Anti-Semitism and Aryan Supremacy are words that describe_____________
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Nuremburg Trials
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Series of trials in 1945 conducted by an International Military Tribunal in which former Nazi leaders were charged with crimes against peace, crimes against humanity, and war crimes
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us, england, and france
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these countries occupied west germany during the yalta confrence
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battle of midway
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U.S. naval victory over the Japanese fleet in June 1942, in which the Japanese lost four of their best aircraft carriers. It marked a turning point in World War II.
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Bataan Death MArch
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Japanese forced prisoners to walk 60 miles to POW camps in the Phillipines
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Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
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executed for conpiracy and espionage for the Soviet Union. decision is still debatable. no real evidence
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Battle of the Bulge
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December, 1944-January, 1945 - After recapturing France, the Allied advance became stalled along the German border. In the winter of 1944, Germany staged a massive counterattack in Belgium and Luxembourg which pushed a 30 mile "bulge" into the Allied lines. The Allies stopped the German advance and threw them back across the Rhine with heavy losses.
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D Day
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the Allies liberated France on June 6, 1944 with the largest invasion by sea in history by British, Canadian, and US forces under the command Eisenhower
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Francisco Franco
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-He was a leading general of the Spanish army.
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Yalta Conference
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a conference held in Yalta in February 1945 where Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill planned the final stages of World War II and agreed to the territorial division of Europe and to create a United Nations to replace the League of Nations
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harry truman
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took over and decided to use the atomic bomb against japan
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Hitler
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Born in Aus.- Hun. in 1889, a great speaker who rose to the top of the Nazi Party, father was very violent w/ him and his mother, developed obsession w/ women, moves to Germany and when WW1 begins joins Germany army & become obssesed w/ military , Blamed govt. for accepting the "Treaty of Versailes"
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December 7, 1941
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When did the bombing of Pearl Harbor happen?
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V-E Day
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May 8, 1945, the day on which the Allies announced the surrender of German forces in Europe.
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General Douglas MacArthur
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He was one of the most-known American military leaders of WW2(He liberated the Phillipines and made the Japanese surrender at Tokyo in 1945, also he drove back North Korean invaders during the Korean War)
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Battle of Leyte Gulf
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"second battle of the Philippine sea", "Battle for Leyte Gulf" is considered the largest naval battle of ww2, fought in the waters near the Philippine islands of Leyte, Samar between combined American and Australian forces against the Japanese.
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How did HItler make war?
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HItler invades Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, and France in one year-Blitzkrieg-"lightning war"
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FDR's goals
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-wanted to take a more active role in world affairs
-he wanted to heelp Britain defeat Hitler
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Why was Mussolini's dismissal a big blow to Hitler?
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he lost a big ally
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Hitler's two private armies
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SA - brown shirts (storm troopers) / SS - black shirts (protectors)
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Office of Science Research and Development
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improved radar and sonar; worked on the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb before Germany
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Leader of the US forces in the Pacific theatre
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Who was General Douglas McArthur?
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Nazi - soviet - non - aggression pact / molotove - Ribbentrop
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surprise. If germany invades Poland, soviets won't attack germany. Public announcement. Upsets everyone, even Mussolini, b/c Mussolini = ideologically pure. Secret provisiosn: soviets + germans divide up Poland + its surrounding countries. Now there's nothing to stop him from invading.
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two main goals of the US in the war in the Pacific
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1. to regain the Philippines2. to invade Japan
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