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35 Cards in this Set
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Pearl Harbor
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On Dec. 7, The Japanese launched a surprise attack on the American Pacific fleet based here in Hawaii
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Harry S. Truman
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-Succeeded Franklin D. Roosevelt.
-He met in Potsdam with the Allies |
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Appeasement
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-Policy of granting concessions to a potential enemy in order to maintain peace
-Countries did this for Hitler |
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Dachau
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One of the concentration camps in Germany
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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-Allied commander
-Assembled force for D-Day |
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Vichy
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In southern France, the Nazis set up a puppet government here under Henri Petain.
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Neville Chamberlain
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-British Prime Minister
-Believed in appeasement for Hitler -Met Hitler in Munich, Germany |
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Collective security
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-The common defense interests of several nations gaainst an enemy
-Britain, France, and the U.S. could not decide on this |
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Atlantic Charter
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-U.S. and Britain met and issued a joint declaration called this. It upheld freedom of trade and the right of people to choose their own government. It also called for the final destruction of Nazy tyranny.
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Tripartite Pact
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-Japan signed this with Germany and Italy.
-Under this pact, the three pledged to cooperate to reach the goal and come to the others aid if attacked |
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After Hitler moved to invade western Poland, Russia quickly moved to occupy what?
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Eastern Poland
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What did Stalin sign after his calls for unity against Hitler were rejected?
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Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
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What is Nuremburg the sight of?
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Trials help that brought many Nazi leaders to justice for committing crimes against humanity.
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What was one factor in Germany's inability to take over Moscow?
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-The Russian winter
-The Soviet resistance |
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Who killed Mussolini?
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Italian partisans, or resistance leaders
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Who did the Nazis choose to exterminate?
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Jews, Slavs, Gypsies, and homosexuals
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Who was the last Axis power to surrender?
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Japan
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The Ardennes Gap and the Maginot Line aided ___.
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France (Britain?)
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How did the League of Nations take action against Italy's aggression in Africa?
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They imposed economic sanctions, measures designed to stop trade and other economic contacts, against Italy
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The collapse of France paved the way for Japan to achieve control of ___.
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-French Indochina
-Dutch East Indies -Singapore -East Asia |
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During the Spanish Civil War, who did Hitler support?
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Nationalists
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What made German losses at Stalingrad even greater?
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-Large quantities of German military equipment were seized
-The Soviet Union broke the back of the Nazi military machine |
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Where was the second atomic bomb dropped?
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Nagasaki
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During the early phases of the war, the U.S. Congress favored what?
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To remain neutral
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What did Germany achieve by occupying Norway and Denmark?
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Hitler won the outlet to the Atlantic that he needed to ensure that the German navy would not be bottled up in the Baltic Sea like in WWI
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Finland
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Conquered by the Soviet Union
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Berlin
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In Germany
-Divided between Britain, U.S. France, and Soviet Union |
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Nuremburg
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Site of trials for Nazi leaders
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Midway
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In this battle, the Americans defeated the Japanese navy and ended Japanese naval superiority in the pacific
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Russia
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Soviet Union, ruled by Stalin
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Francisco Franco
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Led the Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War
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Genocide
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The deliberate, carefully planned killing of an entire people on the basis of race, politics, or culture
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Kamikaze
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Japanese air pilot who volunteered for suicide mission
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V-J
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Victory over Japan day, the day Japan surrendered, Sept. 2
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Selassie
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Ethiopian emperor who appealed to the League of Nations
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