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leader of Russia; more ruthless than Hitler
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Joseph Stalin
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leader of Great Britain; democracy
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Winston Churchill
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chancellor of Germany, leader of Nazi party
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Adolf Hitler
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president of U.S. had polio
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Franklin Roosevelt
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came to power in Italy; set up brutal gov't
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Benito Mussilini
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state should have a strong leader and everyone should obey him
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Facism
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giving into German demands in order to prevent war
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appeasement
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"lightning war"; speed vital; want to create panic and confusion
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Blitzkrieg
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the Ger. attack in the West May 10-22, want to push army to Eng. Chanel
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Plan Yellow
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hundreds of ships sent across Eng. channel to save French Soldiers
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Operation Dynamo
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Ger. invasion of Poland, tore Polish army to pieces
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Plan White
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Port where British and French troops were trapped and looked doomed until Germany stopped
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Dunkirk
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codename for the building of the atomic bomb
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Manhatten Project
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name for the Ger. air force
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Luftwaffe
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leader of Luftwaffe; one of Hitler's most imp. men
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Herman Goering
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head of African Korps for Germany also konwn as "desert fox"; very smart
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Irwin Rommel
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1939 over 1/2 of military officers were killed by Hitler, kept very secret
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Purges
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city Hitler was going to wipe off the face of the earth
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Leningrad
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followed the army around-killing squads-killed all survivors
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Einsatzgruppen
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worst march for any POW; killed almost half the soldiers in it..very little water...60 miles
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Bataan Death March
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date Pearl Harbor took place
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December 7, 1941
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devised plan for Pearl Harbor
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Admiral Yamamoto
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D-Day; allied attack on German occupied France
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Operation Overlord
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worst beach to be on during D-Day
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Omaha Beach
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lead the D-Day attack became pres.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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bloodiest battle fot he war
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Flaise
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led assassination attemped on Hitler w/ a bomb..hitler escaped w/ only a few scratches
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Count Von Stauffenberg
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Christmas 1944; Hitler launched massive counter attack-surprise-their army got U.S. uniforms and sneaked into camp
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Battle of the Bulge
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Victory in Europe; May 7, 1945-Ger. surrenders
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VE Day
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name of the first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshim
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Little Boy
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led the Manhatten Project
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Robert Oppenheimer
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set up to help support World peace
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United Nations
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nuclear arms race w/ russia
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Cold War
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the "perfect" German race
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Aryan
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first ship blown up in Pearl Harbor
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The Arizona
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2 sites of the atomic bombs
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Hiroshima and Nagasake
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final battle of Pacific; fanatical fighting
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Okinawa
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auto-biography Hitler wrote
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Mein Kamf
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arrest and execution of all SA leaders
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Knight of the Long Knives
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U.S. intercepts Jap. on their way to Midway Island; fought almost entirely by aircraft
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Midway
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German street police-controlled occupied territories
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Gestapo
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Germany tried to destroy Britain Moral by bombing day and night-huge failure
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Battle of Britain
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Germany was going to cut off all supplies from Britain, almost worked
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Battle of the Atlantic
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German attack on Russia
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Operation Barbarossa
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Where Russia stopped German advancements...many people died
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Stalingrad
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