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38 Cards in this Set
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What treaty led to ww2? |
Treaty of Versailles |
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When did the war begin |
1939 |
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When did america join the war? |
1941 |
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Whwn did the war end? |
1945 |
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Joseph stalin |
Leader of communist head party |
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Benito Mussolini |
Founded fascism; appealed to youth looking for a strong leader |
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What did Germany become after ww1 |
A democracy |
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Hitlers book? |
Mein kampf |
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In 1931 japan invades |
Manchuria: japan withdraws from league of nations |
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In 1935 italy invades |
Ethiopia: league of nations tries reasoning |
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1937 Japan invades |
China |
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In 1938 germany demands |
Sudentenland |
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Spanish war dates |
1936-1939 |
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What did Roosevelt say aboit the war in the beginning? |
He made a speech, which the u.s. criticized him for. Roosevelt's word failed to prevent Japan from invading China |
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What is the nazi-soviet non-aggression pact |
A treaty, because Germany did not want to fight on two fronts between the Soviet Union with Britain and France. Occurred August 23rd 1939 |
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What was the Battle of Coral Sea |
Japanese Navy forces and us, 1942 |
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What was the Battle of Bulge |
German versus Western Front, 1945 |
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Winston Churchill |
Great Britain's new prime minister |
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Battle of Dunkirk |
1940 between France and Germany |
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Operation Sea Lion |
Hitler's plan to invade Britain, Germany lost more than 1,700 planes while the British lost 1,000 |
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Neutrality Act of 1939 |
Included a cash and carry provision |
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Charles Lindbergh |
Leading isolationist voice, believe that the real threat to America with the Soviet Union and Japan |
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Tripartite Pact |
Germany Italy and Japan signed it they became allies |
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Four Freedoms |
Franklin Roosevelt's speech he talked about freedom of worship freedom of want and Freedom From Fear 1941 |
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Atlantic Charter |
A document that endorse National self-determination and International System of General Security, only Churchill and Roosevelt |
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Pearl Harbor |
Japanese bombed Hawaii the u.s's Navels Maine Pacific base |
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After Pearl Harbor |
The US declared war 1941 |
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The Soviet Union became one of the allies when Germany |
Went back on the nazi-soviet non-aggression pact invaded the Soviet Union in 1941 |
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Who was the General in the US |
George Marshall |
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Bataan Death March |
Japanese troops were forced to walk over 60 miles more than 7,000 American and Filipino troops died |
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Battle of Midway |
Important naval battle of World War II the United States. Japan decisive defeat |
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Kamikaze |
Japanese Pilots |
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Island hopping |
Capturing japanese-held islands and ignoring others in a steady path to Japan |
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When was D-Day |
June 6th 1944 |
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When was VE Day |
May 8th 1945 |
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Who became president after Roosevelt |
President Harry S Truman |
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Manhattan Project |
Bombing of Japan |
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V-J Day date |
August 14th 1945 |
