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Blitzkrieg
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lighting war/tactic to take the enemy by surprise then quickly crush all opposition w/ overwhelming force
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Neutrality Acts
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began in 1935 in an effort to keep the US out of wars, one act stated that the US could not produce or sell arms for countries in any kind of war.
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Cash & Carry
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September 1939. allowed warring nation to buy US arms as long as they paid in cash and transported them in their own ships. this takes the burden off the US. it increases our involvement in the war
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Lend Lease Act
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by late 1940 Britain was out of cash. this act said that the president could Len or lease any arms or equipment to any country whose defense was vital to the US. March 1941
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Pearl Harbor
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attacked December 7,1941(Japan). Naval base in Hawaii damaged the fleet but did not crush. able to start mobilizing for war declared on December
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Operation Overlord
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plane to invade France and free western Europe from the Nazis. they were going to leave from Great Britain to attack Normandy France plan for D-Day. June 6,1944.general Eisenhower code name for beaches (Utah, sword, gold, Omaha, Juno
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Island hopping
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capturing some Japanese islands & ignoring others in a steady path toward Japan
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Atomic Bomb
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Manhattan project = secret program to build atomic bomb led by American scientist- j Robert Oppenheimer and worked on for 3 years
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Hiroshima
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August 6, 1945 B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped the bomb 70000 people died and turned 5 square miles into Westland
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Nagasaki
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August 9,1945 US drops another atomic bomb killing 40000 people. 1945 August 14 Japan surrender. VJ day September 2, 1945 formally surrender paper signed
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Japanese internment/relocation centers
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federal government moved 100.000 Japanese Americans away from the west coast order. Forced sell property - lived in prison - bad conditions - poor education
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The home front / role of women & minorities
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HOME FRONT = propaganda , victory, collect paper, scrap metal, buy warbonds. WOMEN= work in heavy industry "raise the riveters". AA=double V " Victory against fascism + discrimination at home
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Holocaust
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policy of genocide to get rid of unworthy races or groups. believed that Aryans were the superior people "master race"
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Wartime conference (Big Three)
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met in Yaltsu. Yalta 1945(Stalin, FDR, Churchill), Polsdon Germany(Stalin, H.Thurman (US), Clement Atlee (GB)
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Genocide
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deliberate and systematic killing of an entire population. Mass murder
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Atlantic Charter
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August 1941, declaration of war aims between FDR&Churchill (Britain) pledged. collective security, disarmament, self I determination,economic cooperation-freedom of seas
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Unconditional surrender
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have to give up completely-no hope to stay in power and no negotiation
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Rationing
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form of economic control - Americans issued coupon books that limited the amount of certain goods - ensured that raw materials like rubber toil went to war production. some Americans accepted wartime controls - others resented the restriction
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Yalta Conference
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February 1945.big three meet in SU (Stalin, FDR, Churchill) meet & discuss final strategy . crucial questions concerning post war Germany Stalin took hard approach. Churchill disagree
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United Nations
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Peace keeping organization of countries. created after WWII similar to the League of Nations worked out kicks & Widley accepted by other countries
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Anti - Semitism
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prejudice against Jewis people
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Axis
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Germany, Italy, Japan (Tojo)
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Allied
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GB, Soviet Union, USA, France
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Fascism
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A political philosophy that advocates a strong control government head by a dictator
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Normandy
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France D-Day occurs on beaches of more than 1 million troops. have landed (paratroopers/navy), Allies gained toehold in France-Striking. 5 beaches - Utah, Omaha, gold, Juno & sword
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English channel
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German u-boot sank allied ships-used deception for D-Day set up "fake" headquartered across English channel from Calais
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Philippines
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December 1941 General Douglass Mc Arthur struggled to hold US positions held in Bataan Pennsylvania till may 1942 when 75.000 allied soldiers surrendered Japanese forced POWs to march = Bataan Death March
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China
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1937 unrestricted violence by Japanese shocked American-Rape of Nanjing (1937) - Japan attacked without declaration of war/plans bombed Chinese cities - killed 3 american sailors when Japanese war plans sank US gun boat Panay.
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