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185 Cards in this Set
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Anti Semitism |
Hatred and Discrimination against Jewish people |
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Italy |
Where did the Fascist party gain power |
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Benito Mussolini |
Leader of the Fascists in Italy |
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Il Duce |
Nickname for Benito Mussolini |
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Ethiopia |
What was the First Nation conquered by the Facists |
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Mein Kampf |
What book was written by Adolf Hitler |
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Totalitarianism |
A government that regulates every aspect of life |
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Invading Manchuria |
What was Japan’s first show of force |
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Hideki Tojo |
Who was the most important Japanese military leader |
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Emperor Hirohito |
Emperor of Japan who did not have clear involvement |
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Great Depression |
What distracted the US from regulating Japans aggression |
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Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis |
In 1940 Japan joined Italy and Germany to form |
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Axis Powers |
During World War II Japan Germany and Italy were called |
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Joseph Stalin |
Who oversaw the greatest bloodshed in human history |
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
What was Russia’s name changed to under Stalin’s reign |
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Rhineland |
What demilitarized zone did Hitler move into in violation of the treaty |
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Siegfried Line |
What did Hitler build in response to the Maginot line |
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Anschluss |
What was the German Union with Austria called |
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Sudetenland |
What part of Czechoslovakia did Hitler want to claim |
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Neville Chamberlain |
Britain’s prime minister who made a deal with Hitler and said Peace in our time |
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Appeasement |
Yielding to the demands of an aggressor in order to preserve peace |
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Nazi-Soviet nonaggression pact |
Stated that Germany would not attack the Soviet Union |
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September 1 1939 |
What date did war begin on |
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Poland |
What was the first country invaded |
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Luftwaffe |
Nazi Air Force |
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Blitzkrieg |
Lightning war |
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Vidkun Quisling |
Benedict Arnold of Norway |
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Allies |
Britain and France allied to become |
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Panzers |
German armored divisions |
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Dunkirk |
Where did the Germans push the British and French troops in France |
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Winston Churchill |
New leader of Britain |
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Battle of Britain |
Bombing campaign in England |
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Wehrmacht |
German Army |
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Barbarossa |
Operation where Germany launched attacks at Leningrad Moscow and Stalingrad |
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1940 |
When did Congress pass the first peace time draft |
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T |
T/F Roosevelt wanted to raise taxes in order to pay for the war effort |
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T |
T/F During World War II the United States put thousands of Japanese in prison without charging them with a crime |
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T |
T/F Roosevelt promised in the election of 1940 that your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars |
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T |
T/F Roosevelt said that December 7, 1941 would live in infamy |
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The Atlantic charter |
Where did Roosevelt and Churchill list their common principles |
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Lend lease act |
What empowered the president to send aid to any allied nation in his terms |
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Wendel Wilkie |
Who was the republicans nominee in 1940 |
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Cash and Carry (purchase weapons from the United States on a cash basis and carry it in their own ships) |
The main provision of the Neutrality Act of 1939 |
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Charles A Lindbergh |
Leading spokesman for isolationism |
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T/F The United States took several measure to support the war effort at home including, recycling, rationing, and the creation of the War Production Board |
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T |
T/F Due to the war the U.S saw an increase in working women, taxes, and national debt. |
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Erwin Rommel |
Desert Fox |
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Douglas MacArthur |
Commander of all allied forces in the east |
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Benito Mussolini |
Who moved to annex Northern Africa |
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Benito Mussolini |
Who moved to annex Northern Africa |
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Afrika Korps |
Who was Rommel’s troops |
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Benito Mussolini |
Who moved to annex Northern Africa |
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Afrika Korps |
Who was Rommel’s troops |
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Bernard Montgomery |
Who replaced Rommel after a series of defeats |
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Benito Mussolini |
Who moved to annex Northern Africa |
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Afrika Korps |
Who was Rommel’s troops |
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Bernard Montgomery |
Who took command after a series of British defeats |
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El Alamein |
Where did Montgomery have a decisive victory over Rommel |
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Benito Mussolini |
Who moved to annex Northern Africa |
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Afrika Korps |
Who was Rommel’s troops |
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Bernard Montgomery |
Who took command after a series of British defeats |
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El Alamein |
Where did Montgomery have a decisive victory over Rommel |
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Operation Torch |
Consisted of 850 ships landing on Casablanca and fighting eastward |
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Benito Mussolini |
Who moved to annex Northern Africa |
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Afrika Korps |
Who was Rommel’s troops |
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Bernard Montgomery |
Who took command after a series of British defeats |
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El Alamein |
Where did Montgomery have a decisive victory over Rommel |
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Operation Torch |
Consisted of 850 ships landing on Casablanca and fighting eastward |
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Dwight D Eisenhower |
Who led Operation Torch |
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Benito Mussolini |
Who moved to annex Northern Africa |
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Afrika Korps |
Who was Rommel’s troops |
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Bernard Montgomery |
Who took command after a series of British defeats |
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El Alamein |
Where did Montgomery have a decisive victory over Rommel |
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Operation Torch |
Consisted of 850 ships landing on Casablanca and fighting eastward |
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Dwight D Eisenhower |
Who led Operation Torch |
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Charles De Gaulle |
Who led the thousands of Free French |
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Benito Mussolini |
Who moved to annex Northern Africa |
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Afrika Korps |
Who was Rommel’s troops |
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Bernard Montgomery |
Who took command after a series of British defeats |
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El Alamein |
Where did Montgomery have a decisive victory over Rommel |
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Operation Torch |
Consisted of 850 ships landing on Casablanca and fighting eastward |
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Dwight D Eisenhower |
Who led Operation Torch |
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Charles De Gaulle |
Who led the thousands of Free French |
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Casablanca |
Where did Charles de Gaulle Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet? |
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Benito Mussolini |
Who moved to annex Northern Africa |
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Afrika Korps |
Who was Rommel’s troops |
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Bernard Montgomery |
Who took command after a series of British defeats |
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El Alamein |
Where did Montgomery have a decisive victory over Rommel |
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Operation Torch |
Consisted of 850 ships landing on Casablanca and fighting eastward |
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Dwight D Eisenhower |
Who led Operation Torch |
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Charles De Gaulle |
Who led the thousands of Free French |
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Casablanca |
Where did Charles de Gaulle Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet? |
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Italy 🇮🇹 |
What did Churchill describe as Europe’s soft underbelly |
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Benito Mussolini |
Who moved to annex Northern Africa |
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Afrika Korps |
Who was Rommel’s troops |
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Bernard Montgomery |
Who took command after a series of British defeats |
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El Alamein |
Where did Montgomery have a decisive victory over Rommel |
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Operation Torch |
Consisted of 850 ships landing on Casablanca and fighting eastward |
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Dwight D Eisenhower |
Who led Operation Torch |
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Charles De Gaulle |
Who led the thousands of Free French |
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Casablanca |
Where did Charles de Gaulle Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet? |
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Italy 🇮🇹 |
What did Churchill describe as Europe’s soft underbelly |
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Sicily |
Where did the invasion of Italy begin |
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Benito Mussolini |
Who moved to annex Northern Africa |
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Operation Overlord |
What was the invasion into France Codename |
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Afrika Korps |
Who was Rommel’s troops |
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Bernard Montgomery |
Who took command after a series of British defeats |
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El Alamein |
Where did Montgomery have a decisive victory over Rommel |
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Operation Torch |
Consisted of 850 ships landing on Casablanca and fighting eastward |
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Dwight D Eisenhower |
Who led Operation Torch |
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Charles De Gaulle |
Who led the thousands of Free French |
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Casablanca |
Where did Charles de Gaulle Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet? |
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Italy 🇮🇹 |
What did Churchill describe as Europe’s soft underbelly |
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Sicily |
Where did the invasion of Italy begin |
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Benito Mussolini |
Who moved to annex Northern Africa |
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Operation Overlord |
What was the invasion into France Codename |
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June 6, 1944 |
D-Day |
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Afrika Korps |
Who was Rommel’s troops |
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Bernard Montgomery |
Who took command after a series of British defeats |
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El Alamein |
Where did Montgomery have a decisive victory over Rommel |
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Operation Torch |
Consisted of 850 ships landing on Casablanca and fighting eastward |
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Dwight D Eisenhower |
Who led Operation Torch |
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Charles De Gaulle |
Who led the thousands of Free French |
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Casablanca |
Where did Charles de Gaulle Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet? |
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Italy 🇮🇹 |
What did Churchill describe as Europe’s soft underbelly |
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Sicily |
Where did the invasion of Italy begin |
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Benito Mussolini |
Who moved to annex Northern Africa |
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Operation Overlord |
What was the invasion into France Codename |
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June 6, 1944 |
D-Day |
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D-Day |
Largest invasion in history |
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Afrika Korps |
Who was Rommel’s troops |
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Bernard Montgomery |
Who took command after a series of British defeats |
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El Alamein |
Where did Montgomery have a decisive victory over Rommel |
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Operation Torch |
Consisted of 850 ships landing on Casablanca and fighting eastward |
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Dwight D Eisenhower |
Who led Operation Torch |
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Charles De Gaulle |
Who led the thousands of Free French |
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Casablanca |
Where did Charles de Gaulle Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet? |
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Italy 🇮🇹 |
What did Churchill describe as Europe’s soft underbelly |
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Sicily |
Where did the invasion of Italy begin |
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Benito Mussolini |
Who moved to annex Northern Africa |
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Operation Overlord |
What was the invasion into France Codename |
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June 6, 1944 |
D-Day |
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D-Day |
Largest invasion in history |
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F |
T/F The Battle of the Bulge was a massive success for Hitler |
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Afrika Korps |
Who was Rommel’s troops |
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Bernard Montgomery |
Who took command after a series of British defeats |
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El Alamein |
Where did Montgomery have a decisive victory over Rommel |
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Operation Torch |
Consisted of 850 ships landing on Casablanca and fighting eastward |
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Dwight D Eisenhower |
Who led Operation Torch |
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Charles De Gaulle |
Who led the thousands of Free French |
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Casablanca |
Where did Charles de Gaulle Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet? |
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Italy 🇮🇹 |
What did Churchill describe as Europe’s soft underbelly |
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Sicily |
Where did the invasion of Italy begin |
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Midway |
Where did the Us halt Japan’s advance in June 1942 |
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Midway |
Where did the Us halt Japan’s advance in June 1942 |
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Admiral Chester Nimitz |
Who led the Central Pacific force |
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Guadalcanal |
Where did the drive to defeat Japan begin |
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Island Hopping |
America’s strategy in the pacific |
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Battle of Leyte Gulf |
The largest naval battle in history |
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Kamikaze |
Squadron of suicide pilots |
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Kamikaze |
Squadron of suicide pilots |
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Iwo Jima |
Toughest and costliest battle of Marine history |
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Kamikaze |
Squadron of suicide pilots |
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Iwo Jima |
Toughest and costliest battle of Marine history |
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Okinawa |
The bloodiest single campaign in the Pacific |
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Roosevelt Churchill Stalin |
Big Three |
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Yalta |
Where did the Big Three meet to lay plans for the postwar Europe |
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Yalta |
Where did the Big Three meet to lay plans for the postwar Europe |
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Harry Truman |
Roosevelt’s Vice President in his fourth term |
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Yalta |
Where did the Big Three meet to lay plans for the postwar Europe and how to stop the Japanese |
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Harry Truman |
Roosevelt’s Vice President in his fourth term |
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May 7, 1945 |
Day the Nazi surrendered/ VE Day |
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Potsdam |
Where did the Big Three meet after the defeat of the Nazis |
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Potsdam |
Where did the Big Three meet after the defeat of the Nazis |
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Truman, Clement Attlee, Stalin |
What was the new big three |
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Potsdam |
Where did the Big Three meet after the defeat of the Nazis |
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Truman, Clement Attlee, Stalin |
What was the new big three |
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Puppet governments |
Government that is supposedly in control but is dominated by an outside power |
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Potsdam |
Where did the Big Three meet after the defeat of the Nazis |
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Truman, Clement Attlee, Stalin |
What was the new big three |
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Puppet governments |
Government that is supposedly in control but is dominated by an outside power |
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Hiroshima |
On August 6 the Americans bombed the first city in Japan |
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Nagasaki |
Three days after the first bomb the Americans killed more Japanese at |
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September 2, 1945 |
VJ Day |
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Hypothesis |
Initial model to explain |
