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23 Cards in this Set
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Joseph Stalin
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head of the Communist Party in the U.S.S.R.
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Benito Mussolini
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he was the fascist dictator of Italy during the WWII era
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Adolph Hitler
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German dictator who led the NAZI party
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anti-semitic
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prejuduce against jewish people
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Spanish Civil War
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1936-1939 bloody war in which the Nationalists (fascists) led by Francisco Franco fought the Spanish government.
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Anschluss
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union between Germany and Austria
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Munich Pact
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an agreement between England, France, and Germany for Germany to stop expanding its borders by invading other nations.
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blitzkreig
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a German word which meant"lightening war" or sudden attack--a preferred tactic by the Nazi military
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Axis Powers
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Germany, Italy, Japan and several other nations who fought against the Allies
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Allies
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England, France,, Soviet Union, United States,China and several other nations who fought against the Axis Powers
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Winston Churchill
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England's Pime Minister who led Great Britain during WWII
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Neutrailty Act of 1939
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U.S. allowed belligerent nations to purchase supplies for war if those nations used cash and their own ships for transport (favored the british because they controlled the seas)
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Tripartite Agreement
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1940 war agreement between Germany, Italy, and Japan
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Lend-Lease Act
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law which allowed FDR to "sell, transfer, lease,lend ...any government defense article" was in effect a U.S. declaration of war (economically)
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Four Freedoms Speech
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Speech by FDR to Congress (Jan 6, 1941) which was used to justify Lend-Lease. It said U.S. interests threatened By Japan and Geramny 1. speech 2. worship 3. freedom form want 4. freedom from fear
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Hideki Tojo
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Japanese Prime Minister who believed that in order for Japan to survive it had to expand its empire throughout the Pacific Ocean
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Pearl Harbor
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in Hawaii, the site of the United States largest naval base which was surprise-attacked by the Japanese.
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WAC
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Women Auxillary Corps --provided mainly clerical workers fro the U.S. Army
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Douglas MacArthur
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commander of U.S. Army in Asia who struggled to hold on to the Philippines before leaving. He promised, " I shall return"
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Bataan Death March
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75,000 Allied soldiers in the Philippines taken prisoner by prisoner and forced to walk 63 miles . 7,000 soldiers died.
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Battle of Coral Sea
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this naval battle, won by the U.S., gave them hope, and changed the momentum of the war in the Pacific to the U.S.
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isolationist viewpoint toward WWII
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U.S. should avoid alliances with other nations and focus on ending the depression
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Interventionist viewpoint toward WWII
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U. S. should work with other nations to promote collective security and aid the Allies and assist them in a war
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