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How did Hitler come to power and who did he blame for many of Germany's problems? |
Hitler took power because Germany was suffering an economic depression. The country wanted to restore its pride after losing WWI. Hitler was very cunning speaker |
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Identify the fascist and totalitarian leaders of Russia and Italy. |
Russia - Stalin Italy - Mussolini |
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Define fascism and totalitarianism. |
Fascists - government leaders who were militaristic and racist
Totalitarianism - crushes all opponents to one's political party
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What was Nazi blitzkrieg? |
Hitler used blitzkrieg (lightning war) to conquer major parts of Europe. |
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Where did the Japanese invade in the 1930's? Why? |
Japan invaded China for natural resources and to make military empire bigger. |
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How did USA and Great Britain respond to Japanese and Nazi aggression? |
The US sent aid to Great Britain. They also froze Japanese bank accounts in US and cut off trade. |
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What happened on December 7th, 1944? Why? |
Attack at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. They wanted to eliminate US naval power in the Pacific. |
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Where did Allied commanders decide to first attack Hitler starting in November of 1942? What had the Allies achieved by June of 1944 in this region? |
They attacked Hitler in North Africa. By June of 1944 the allies had captured Rome, Italy. |
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In the Russian's fight against the Nazi's which battle was considered the turning point? When did this happen? |
Battle of Stalingrad, February 1943. |
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How did US civilians contribute to the war effort on the home front? |
Women took factory jobs making weapons and ammunitions and also served in non combat roles.
Japanese and African Americans signed up to fight.
People rationed food. |
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In the campaigns in North Africa, Siciliy, and Italy, who was the American commander who was aggressive and flamboyant? (hint: he was a former calvary commander)
Who was his Nazi adversary and British counterpart? |
American Commander - George S. Patton
Nazi - Irwin Rommel
British field marshal - Bernard Montgomery |
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After Pearl Harbor, what was the USA's strategy to defeat the Japanese? How did they accomplish this? |
US wanted to get as close to Japanese islands so they could bomb them.
Accomplished this by island hopping |
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What was the role of the US Navy in the fight against the Japanese? |
The Navy carried the Marines and soldiers that fought on the islands
The Navy had aircraft carriers that could launch planes to bomb ships and troops.
Navy had battleships and cruisers to bomb islands and protect aircraft carriers. |
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Name one battle that served as a turning point in the war against the Japanese. Why was it considered a turning point? |
The Battle of Midway served as a turning point because the US destroyed large portions of Japanese naval fleet. |
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Describe D-day. What was the purpose of this invasion? When did it occur? Where? Was the invastion successful? |
June 6, 1944 the allies invaded Europe on the shores of Normandy, France. Germans resisted but 150,000 Americans, British and Canadian forces won within 48 hours. |
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Explains Hitler's final solution, how he tried carrying this out, and the results of these efforts. |
Hitler's final solution was to kill all Jews and other groups. He built concentration camps. The Nazi's murdered 6 million Jews. |
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When was victory in Europe finally achieved? Why do you think Hitler lost the war? |
April 1945 Hitler committed suicide. May 1945 Germans signed surrender.
Hitler lost the war because he was greedy and overextended his troops. |
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Instead of invading the Japanese homeland, what did the US decide to do to finally defeat Japan? When? |
The US decided to drop 2 atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945. |
