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WWII made possible by
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failure of Britain and France to oppose Germany
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Lebensraum
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nation power depends on amount and kind of land
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Hitler to achieve goals
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basic plan of racial supremeacy
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Hitler settled on aquiring Lebensraum
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Slavs were "inferior" people
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Britain poilcy of apeeasement
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belief that it would maintain peace and stablilty
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Hitler's 1st act of aggression
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Rhineland
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end of 1937 chamberlain...
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strong advocate of appeasement
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munich conference
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criticized by churchill as outcome of appeasement
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Following the Munich Conference
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systematiclly took Czech
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Hitler took Poland in 1939
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used Blitkrieg tactis
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after fall of Poland
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france and Britain declared war but remained inactive
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Maginot Line
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line of defenes in Easter France
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following allied evacuation at DUnkirk
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france surrendered and Vichy government was set up
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Hitler defeating Britain depended on
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Luftwaffe gaining control of the skies
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Turning point of North African campaign
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at EL Alamein
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battle of Stalingrad
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gradual breakdown in german morale
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naval battle in pacific turning point
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midway
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second front in west Europe
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invade Normandy in 1944
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policy of the grand alliance in pusuing war against axis .
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only if unconditional surrender
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final death toll of WWII
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50 million
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nazi empire was never
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never organized systematically
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nazi rule was most ruthless in
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eastern europe
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greatest tank battle fought
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at Kursk
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Germany's policy of forced labor
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caused more resistance
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major source of resistance
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communists thoughout europe
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given administrative responsibility for "final solution"
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Heydrich
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"final solution"
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extermination of all jews
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used to murder citizens
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death camps
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singled out by the Nazis (not Jews)
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gypsies
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War in north Africa
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Hitler lack of committment
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japan's 1937 attack on
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China
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cheif reason for japanese expansion
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expanding population And lack of natural resources
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Grand Alliance didnt include
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France
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prority of the U.S
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defeating Germany 1st
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key decision that led to Hitler's defeat
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immediately delcaring war on the U.S.
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Einsatzgruppen
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special strike force
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used women as combatants
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soviet union
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brunt of soviet war effort
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peasants
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mobilization of u.s. didnt include
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full employment by jan. 1942
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Soviet Union press. of mobilization
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"supercentralization"
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Germany went to war in 1939
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populace feared it would spell disaster
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civilian bombing done mainly to
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break the will of the people to resist
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1st atomic bomb
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hiroshima and nagasaki
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allied bombing strategy of americans
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primarily in the day, precision bombing
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allied bombing on German civilians
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contrary to exspectation, produced stubborn resistance
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official reason for dropping bomb on japan
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save hundreds of american lives
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cheif concerns of allies at Tehran, Yalta, and Potsdam
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determinging spheres of influence
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following ww2 germany was
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divided into 4 zones
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cheif argument between trumann and stalin
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over free elections in eastern europe
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