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25 Cards in this Set
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On September 1st, 1939, Germany invaded (blank), causing Great Britain and France to declare war 2 days later.
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Poland
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What were the main Allied countries during the war?
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Soviet Union, Great Britain, United States
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Who were the main Axis Powers?
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Japan, Italy, Germany (JIP)
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What happened June 6th, 1944?
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D-Day (Allied invasion of Normandy, France)
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What happened December 7th, 1941?
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Japan surprised attacked the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor (Pearl Harbor Attack)
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What was the Anschluss?
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Germany's union with Austria
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Where was the Sudetenland, and why is it significant?
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Northwestern part of Czechoslovakia. Hitler demanded he be given the Sudetenland at the Munich Conference. Great Britain and France appeased the Germans with the Sudetenland
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What does Blitzkrieg mean?
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Lightning War
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What was the turning point in the war on the Eastern Front (Soviets/Germans)?
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Stalingrad
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Name a notable Death Camp.
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Auschwitz, Chelmno, etc.
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Einsatzgruppen?
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Mobile, SS killing units that rounded up the Jews and executed them
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Name the two cities hit by the atomic bombs
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Hiroshima, Nagasaki
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Nicknames of atomic bombs
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Little boy and Fat Man
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Leader of Italy?
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Benito Mussolini
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Leader of Soviet Union?
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Josef Stalin
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Leader of U.S. ?
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FDR and Harry Truman (FDR died in 1945)
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Leader of Nazi Germany?
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Adolf Hitler
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Leader of Great Britain?
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Winston Churchill
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Leaders of Japan?
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Hideki Tojo and Emperor Hirohito
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Genocide?
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Physical extermination of a people (religion, race, etc)
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Kamikaze
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Japanese for "divine wind". Pilots who flew suicide missions on US ships
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Why was the Nazi-Soviet Nonagression pact signed?
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It allowed Hitler to attack Poland with no opposition from the Soviets
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What was decided at the Tehran Conference?
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Future course of the war
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What was decided at the Yalta Conference?
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Established United Nations, and split Germany into four zones
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Potsdam Conference?
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Issue of free elections
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