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29 Cards in this Set
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What was the treaty signed after WW1 that so dissatisfied Germany?
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Treaty of Versailles
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Germany had economic problems between two wars, including a rapid decline in the value of their money. This decline is know as
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inflation
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Adolf Hitler was born in
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Austria
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As a result of WW1, Germany had to give France an area known as
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Alsace-Lorraine
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Germany was also forced to split off the eastern part of Germany (East Prussia) to allow Poland access to the Baltic Sea. This is the
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Polish Corridor
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Hitler left Vienna to become
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an artist
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During WW1, Hitler was a
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brave soldier
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THe las that allowed Hitler to rule as a dictator was called the
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Enabling Act
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Hitler desired Anchluss with regard to Austria. Anchluss means
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union
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Hitler demanded that Czechslovakia turn over the Sudetenland to Germany. Despite protests from the Czechs, Britain and France forced them to agree. This policy of giving in to demands is called
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appeasement
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Before Hitler invaded Poland, he made a deal to divide up Poland between Germany and which other country?
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Russia
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France and Britain declare war on Germany as a result of Poland. Next follos a period known as the sitzkreig. What was Hitler turning his forces to this time?
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Denmark and Norway
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Which British Prime Minister offered his country nothing but "blood, toil, tears, and sweat"?
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Winston Churchill
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What was the name of the famous lone of defense that France built to defend against Germany?
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The Maginot Line
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What was the drawback of this defense? ( the maginot line)
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it did not go north far enough
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After the attack on the Low Countries, the Germans moved into France. THey overran the British and French forces within a month. Where did the evacuation of British troops occur?
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Dunkirk
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The Germans established a puppet government in the southern part of France. What was the term commonly used for this "nation?"
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Vichy
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What was the "secret weapon" that helped the British win the Battle of Britain?
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radar
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December 7, 1941 is "a date which will live in infamy". hat happened?
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Pearl Harbor was attacked.
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The US beginning to prepare for war. One of the laws passed was one allowing the shipment of war material to nations whose defense was deemed necessary for the US security. What was the name of this law?
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The Lend-Lease Act
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S.A. leader, murdered on "Night of the Long Knives"
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Ernst Roehm
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Commander of Kreigsmarine
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Karl Doenitz
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Head of Reichssicherheitshauptamt
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Reinhard Heydrich
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Head of the Gestapo
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Heinrich mueller
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Italian Dictator
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Benito Mussolini
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Head of German Military Intelligence
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Wilhelm Canaris
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German Minister of Propaganda
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Josef Goebbels
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The German Fuehrer
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Adolf Hitler
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Former Chicken farmer, later leader of the Schutz Staffel
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Heinrich Himmler
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