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26 Cards in this Set
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Atomic Bomb
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the bombs that were dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima
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Gestapo
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secret police
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Kamikaze
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Japanese suicide pilots
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Juden
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German for "Jews"
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Blitzrieg
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German "lightning war" tactics
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Axis Powers
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consisted of Germany, Italy, and Japan
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D-Day
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when the allied troops landed on Omaha Beach
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Midway
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U.S victory over Japan off Midway Island
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Battle of the Bulge
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Final German assult on Belgium and Luxemburg
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Pearl Harbor
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Naval Base in Hawaii; site of surprise Japanese aerial attack in 1941
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Land-lease
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alllowed the U.S to lend weapons to allies
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Appeasement
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meeting demands of a hostile power in order to avoid war
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Fuhrer
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Hitler's made up name for himself means "Absolute Leader"
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Holocaust
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An attempt to genocide that specifically targeted Jews
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Facism
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political philosophy that advocates a strong nationalistic dictatorship
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Death Marches
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marches that lasted for months for Jews, marching from camp to camp where many died
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Final Solution
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to kill every Jew in Europe
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Harry Truman
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U.S president for the last part of the war
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Adolf Hitler
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the chancelor of Germany during the Holocaust (1933-1945)
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Dwight Eisenhower
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supreme allied commander of Europe
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Hideki Tojo
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emperor of Japan
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Winston Churchill
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Prime Minister of Britain
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Benito Mussolini
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dictator of Italy
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Japanese Americans
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American citizens with Japanese descent
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Selective Service Act
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the law in 1940 that all men between 21-35 had to register to military service
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Auschwitz
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a very well known Death Camp in Poland
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