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14 Cards in this Set
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Chamberlain |
The first British prime minister during the war |
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Churchill |
the british prime minister during most of the war |
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Dwight D. Eisenhower |
He commanded the Allied forces in Europe |
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Douglas MacArthur |
Commanded the US Pacific Forces. A general, who commanded a Filipino-American force, he took over the Philippine Island. |
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A. Phillip Randolf |
Apart of the Union and the head of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, threatened a mass protest unless Roosevelt moved to end discrimination in the armed forces. He planned a massive protest to end discrimination. |
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Harry S. Truman |
After FDR died suddenly he took the position as being president. He was the President at the end of the war. |
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Executive Order 9066 |
The order that made Japanese-Americans go into camps. It was used to Intern some 110,000 Japanese-Americans into camps during the war. |
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Nazi Soviet Pact |
The germans and the Soviets decided to split Poland. |
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Anshulas |
The forced annexation of Austria in Germany |
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Desert Fox |
Erwin Rommel- Commanded german forces in Africa |
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Sudetenland |
A valuable part of Czechoslovakia |
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Sitzkrieg |
Allies axis powers stood and faces the Germans side but did not fight. It was used as a distraction to where they were actually going to attack. |
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Dunkirk |
French vs. Germany. The French were forced onto the beach and many British boats came and got them. This is important because it saved tons of people that were later able to fight and help win the war. |
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Places where we carpet bombed |
Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
