Marisa-History Ch. 14

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giving in to aggressive demands in order to avoid war

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appeasement

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the alliance of Germany, Italy and Japan in WW2

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Axis Powers

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alliance of Britain, France, and Russia in WW2, joined by the US after the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor in 1941

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Allies

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German word meaning "lightning war" Fast, forceful style of fighting used by Germans in WW2

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Blitzkrieg

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staying out of the affairs and wars of other nations, position initially held by the US at beginning of WW2

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isolationism

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WW2 battle in which Britain won a decisive victory over Germany in Egypt securing the Suez Canal

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Battle of El Alamein

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in WW2, Japanese pilots who loaded their aircraft with bombs and crashed them into enemy ships

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Kamikazes

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WW2 naval battle fight in the Pacific, Americans broke the Japanese code and knew the date and location of the attack, setting the stage for a major American victory

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Battle of Midway

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a forced march of American and Filipino prisoners of war captured by the Japanese in the Philippines in WW2

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Bataan Death March

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forced to leave a country

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deported

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Nazi party's plan to murder the entire Jewish population of Europe and the Soviet Union

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Final Solution

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area where minority groups live

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ghetto

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killing of millions of Jews and other by the Nazi's during WW2

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Holocaust

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June 6, 1944: the 1st day of the Allied invasion of Normandy in WW2

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D-Day

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Feb, 1945; meeting between Franklin Roosevelt, W. Churchill, and Joseph Stalin to reach an agreement on what to do with Germany after WW2

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Yalta Conference

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international organization formed in 1945 to maintain world peace and encourage cooperation among nations

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United Nations

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meeting of Allied leaders in German city of Potsdam to address issues about the post-WW2 Europe

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Potsdam Conference

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What was lebensraum and how did Hitler achieve it?

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"living space" for German people, achieved by rebuilding the military

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How did Hitler violate international law when he began to re-arm Germany?

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he sent troops into the Rhineland

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What countries did Hitler take over before the official start of WW2?

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Austria and Czechoslovakia

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What was the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact of 1939?

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agreement that each side promised not to attack the other

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How did the British win the Battle of Britain?

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they used radar to detect German air attacks before planes were visible

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Why was the German advance into the Soviet Union slowed down to a standstill by late 1941?

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harsh winter

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What effect did the Pearl Harbor attack have on the policy of the US toward the war?

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isolationism disappeared

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What specific action made the Japanese plan an attack on the military base at Pearl Harbor in 1941?

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American leaders banned the sale of oil to Japan

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What did Executive Order 9066 do?

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it authorized the military to declare areas of the US military zones

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What was the island hopping strategy used by the US military in the Pacific theater of war?

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it skipped over Japanese strongholds and captured weaker targets

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What was the result of the Battle of Stalingrad on the German advance into the Soviet Union?

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it retreated west

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What was the purpose of building death camps rather than labor or concentration camps?

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it carried out executions on a massive scale

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Why did the Allies fail to take more actions to stop the Nazi killing Jews?

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What was the Battle of the Bulge and what was the outcome and significance of the battle?

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Hitler ordered one last massive counterattack in Belgium with solid advances in Allied battle lines. German resistance ended

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What country was the first to capture the German capital of Berlin in 1945 to end the war?

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Soviet Union Russia

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What motivated the Americans to invade the islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa toward the end of WW2 in the Pacific?

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they needed closer air bases to make bombing raids over Tokyo less risky

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What are the 5 permanent member countries of the United Nations Security Council as established in 1945?

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US, Great Britain, France, Soviet Union, and China

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Sept. 1, 1939

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Invasion of Poland

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Dec. 7, 1941

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Attack on Pearl Harbor

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June 6, 1944

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D-Day

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May 8, 1945

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V-E Day

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Aug. 6, 1945

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Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima

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Aug. 9, 1945

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Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki

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Aug. 15, 1945

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V-J Day

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totalitarian dictator of Germany who invaded European countries and started the Holocaust

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Adolf Hitler

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US Pres. who led during the Great Depression and WW2

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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British prime minister who opposed appeasement

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Winston Churchill

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Japanese general tried and executed for war crimes

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Hideki Tojo

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Japanese emperor who surrender to US on V-J day

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Emperor Hirohito

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German general who led the German-Italian Afrika korps

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Erwin Rommel

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American general who led an American-German force in N. Africa

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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American general who led a small number of American soldiers and filipine troops in a doomed defense

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Douglas MacArthur

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Queen of England

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Queen Elizabeth

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Swedish diplomat who rescued Hungarian Jews

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Raoul Wallenberg

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US pres. after Roosevelt who issued the atomic bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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Harry S. Truman

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Why were the results of German attacks on France and Britain so different?

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France: victory and Britain: loss

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How did the stubbornness of both Hitler and Stalin affect the outcome of the Battle of Stalingrad?

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both sides suffered many losses because neither wanted to give up

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How did German military victories lead to the Nazi's Final Solution?

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millions of Jews came under Nazi control

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How were Nazi policies toward Jews before and after the start of the war different?

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Nazi's were less strict and harsh before than after war

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How did the experiences of Iwo Jima and Okinawa affect the Allied decision to drop the atomic bomb?

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the attacks caused many deaths and Truman hoped that the bomb would cause Japan to surrender

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How did the decisions of Allied leaders during and after WW2 affect the future of world history? Consider various conferences attended by the leaders in which they discussed post-war plans.

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Allied leaders helped to gain peace and stay out of fighting with their planning and post war plans