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61 Cards in this Set
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In 1934, ______ and an _______ colony next to it fought over the __________ ___
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Ethiopia and an Italian/boundary line
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_________ _____________ used this dispute as an excuse to invade Ethiopia
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Benito Mussonlini
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Ethiopean's emperor ______ _________ asked the League of Nations for help
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Haile Solassie
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League condemned _____ for invading Ethiopia
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Italy
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_______ took no military action
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League
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in 1937 _____ withdrew from the League
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Italy
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Invaded Manchuria
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Japan
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Invaded Ethiopia
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Italy
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Invaded remainder of China
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Japan
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northwestern part of china
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japan
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Invaded Austria (how)
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Germany (no fighting)
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Invaded the Sudetenland
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Germany (no fighting necessary)
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Part of Czechoslovakia
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Sudetenland
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Invaded the remainder of Czechoslovakia
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Germany
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Invaded Poland (name date)
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Germany and Russia (1939-WWII)
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Hitler withdrew ________ from the League of Nations
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Germany
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hitler wanted the
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sudetenland
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part of czechoslovakia where many germans lived-what did hitler claim about the germans living there?
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Sudetenland-claimed that the Germans there werebeing mistreated
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name the 4 people present at the Munich Conference
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1. Hitler
2. Mussolini 3. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain Daladion |
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followed a policy of appeasement
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yielding to the demands of an aggressor to preserve peace
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what countries allowed Hitler to have the Sudetenland?
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france and England
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In exchange for the Sudetenland, what did Hitler promise?
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not to take anymore land in Europe
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Who said "This means peace in our time?"
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Neville Chamberlain
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Hitler then took the remainder of
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Czechoslovakia
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stalin and hitler promised
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not to attack each other
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why was the stalin/hitler pact a surprise to the world?
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because of stalin's hatred of Fascism and Hitler's hatred of Communist
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what was a secret part of the Stalin/Hitler pact?
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1. both germnay and russia would obtain a part of poland
2. germany would not interfere iwth Rissi'as retaking some areas that had been laost when Russia withdrew from WWI |
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what country was invaded using the blitzkrieg? Define this terms
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Poland. "Lightning War" the rapid movement of tanks and troops
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declared war on Germany when Germany invaded poland
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Britain and France
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"sit down war"
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sitzkrieg
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who served as prime minister of Britian diring most of WWII?
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Winston Churchill
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Amazingly most wre able to escape across the English channel to Britain
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dunkirk
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leader of the free french government,leader of French troops that were in Britain
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Erwin Rommel
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Germany invasian of britain
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operation Sea Lion
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Germany invasian of britain
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operation Sea Lion
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Name the german airforce and the english airforce
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Luftwaffe and RAF (Royal Air Force)
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This invastion never occurred
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Operation Sea Lion
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This invastion never occurred
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Operation Sea Lion
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This invastion never occurred
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Operation Sea Lion
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This invastion never occurred
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Operation Sea Lion
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Known as Desert Fox
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Erwin Rommel
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outstanding German generla who fought in Norht Africa
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Erwin Rommel
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list the major 4 countries that fought on the side of Allies during WWII
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Britain, France, Russia, US
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Name the three major countries which fought on the side of Axis during WWII
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Japan, Italy, Germany
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Erwin rommel lost this battle
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Battle of El Alamein
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name for the invasion of Normany, France
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operation Overlord
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Who commanded Operation Overlord?
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General Dwight D. Eisenhower
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German's last major attack against the Allies. Tell who won
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Germany lost, Battle of the Bulge
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Describe Mussolini's death
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killed by italians, body hung upside down
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describe hitler's death
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committed suicide. Body burned on his order
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Who was present at the Yalta Conference?
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Franklin Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill
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What would happen to Germany?
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it would be divided into 4 zones
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what was created out of the Yalta Conference?
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United Nations, based in New York
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president after roosevelt
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truman
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leaders in Potsdam Germnay
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Stalin, Churchill (replaced by Clement Attlee) and Truman
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Battle of Midway
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Great victory. Stopped Japanese advance toward Hawaii
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U.S. army commander in the Pacific area
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Douglas MacArthur
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define island hopping
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taking control of islands that held supllies for other Japanese controlled islands
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what does kamikaze mean?
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divine wind
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where were the atomic bombs dropped?
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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name in order how the major axis countries fell
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1. Italy 2. Germany Japan surrendered last
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