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40 Cards in this Set
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September Massacre
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French radicals began pullin people who opposed the revolution out of jail and killed them
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Egyptian Campaign
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Napoleon attacks Br. forces in Egypt and wins, but the the Br. navy sinks all his ship; he abandons army and escapes and becomes a hero before disaster happens
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Battle of Trafalgar
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Napoleon's navy is beaten by the the British navy; Napoleon is stuck in Britain
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Battl of Leipzig
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Austria, Prussia, and Russia defeat Napoleon and send him into Exil
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Battle of Waterloo
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Napoleon is defeated because of a storm; captured and sent to St. Helena
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Fashoda Crisis
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late 1800s; French and English armies run into eachother; one has to possess land; French back down
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Jameson Raid
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In South Africa; conflict between Boers who stand their ground and Britain, who want them to leave; Boers win
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Boer War
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nasty war; started when British subjects go against the Boer gov.
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Sepot Mutiny
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mutiny of Indian soldiers in the the British East Inda Company
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Boxer Rebellion
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anti-imperialism movement in China
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September Massacre
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French radicals began pullin people who opposed the revolution out of jail and killed them
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Egyptian Campaign
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Napoleon attacks Br. forces in Egypt and wins, but the the Br. navy sinks all his ship; he abandons army and escapes and becomes a hero before disaster happens
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Battle of Trafalgar
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Napoleon's navy is beaten by the the British navy; Napoleon is stuck in Britain
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Battl of Leipzig
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Austria, Prussia, and Russia defeat Napoleon and send him into Exil
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Battle of Waterloo
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Napoleon is defeated because of a storm; captured and sent to St. Helena
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Fashoda Crisis
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late 1800s; French and English armies run into eachother; one has to possess land; French back down
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Jameson Raid
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In South Africa; conflict between Boers who stand their ground and Britain, who want them to leave; Boers win
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Boer War
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nasty war; started when British subjects go against the Boer gov.
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Sepot Mutiny
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mutiny of Indian soldiers in the the British East Inda Company
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Boxer Rebellion
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anti-imperialism movement in China
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Peninsula War
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fought against Spain; thorn in Napoleon's side; nothing ever decided
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Continental system
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Napoleon's economic attack on Britain
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Russo- Japanese war
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largest war ever; Japanese defeats Russia; embarassment
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Battle of the Marne
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Germany defeated; showed that a quick German victory was impossible
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Battle if Tannenburg
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1st major defeat for Russians
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Battle at Somme
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Germany runs into no-mans land; bloodiest battle
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Battle at Verdun
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longest and most devastating; French vicotry; Germany failed to capture French city of Verdun
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Gallipoli Campaign
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Fr. and Br. failed to capture Istanbul to secure sea route to Russia; many casualties on both sides; defining moment in history of Turkey
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blitzkrieg
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a style of warfare; moving armies quicker than ever; associated with invasion of Poland
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Maginot Line
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defensive line in Fr; Hitler came through Ardennes forest, where they thought he couldn't come through; Hitler pinned Fr. army at this line
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Dunkirk
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French army is pinned here; Br. army sends ships and saves them
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Operation Sea Lion
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German offensive to knock out England; the German airforce (Luftwaffe) decided to bomb the English
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Battle of Britain
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Hitler tries to destroys cultural landmarks in Br; Br. keeps getting stronger so he calls it off
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Operation Barbossa
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Hitler decides to invade Russia to get their unlimited resources
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Stalingrad
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where Hitler focuses; where the war changes; Stalin issues no surrender and hold off the Germans
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Operation Torch
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combined British and US invasion of North Africa; push Germans completely out of Africa so they can invade Italy.
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Battle of the Atlantic
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lond drawn out effort ro control the seas; German codes are cracked and the German navy is pushed back to Germany
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Tehran Conference
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TR, Churchill and Stalin talk about how they will defeat Germany; Stalin begs for Fr. invasion
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Operation Overload
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D-day; June 6, 1944 at Normandy
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Battle of the Bulge
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Germany's last effort; aimed at Americans in the west; many die but they resist the attack
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