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16 Cards in this Set
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Nikolai Lenin
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founder of Soviet Union
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Treaty of Brest
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Litovsk (March 3, 1918)-the Russians are out of the war, and now the Germans have won the eastern front and can move all their troops to the western; Russians are to give Germany Ukraine where they can get lots of wheat (food)
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The Big Four
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o David Lloyd George (PM of Great Britain)
o Woodrow Wilson (P of USA) o Georges Clemenceau (Premier France) o Vittorio Orlando (Premier of Italy) |
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Diktat
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this what the Germans called the treaty because it was like a command
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Article 231 “War Guilt Clause”
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Germany was responsible for ALL the bad stuff in the war ($33 Billion to cover cost!)
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Gustav Stresemann
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foreign minister of Weimar Republic (national security advisor, secretary of state, etc.), he felt the treaty was a little harsh and he persuaded the people of France and Britain to knock off some of Germany’s punishments one by one
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Paul von Hindenberg
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ran against Hitler for president; well-liked because he was great war leader in defeating Russia
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Hirohito
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emperor of Japan
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Strike North Faction
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Japan needs to take land from east Asia in Manchuria
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Strike South Faction
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get land from south-east Asia, but it was colonial and would lead to war with Britain and France
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Pact of Steel
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Nazi and Japanese are allied
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Hideki Tojo
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shogun
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Isoroku Yamamoto
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in charge of destroying the Pacific fleet
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Tomoyuki Yamashita
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in charge of taking southeast Asia
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Battle of Midway
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US engaged Japanese when they were changing over their planes from attack to defense mode
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Guadalcanal
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US won battle and pushed Japan back to their land
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