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53 Cards in this Set
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What year did Italy invade Ethiopia? |
1935 |
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How did the League of Nations respond to Italy's invasion of Ethiopia ? |
Weakly |
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The Spanish civil war started in ________. |
1936 |
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Francisco Franco (Fascist) took over ___________ with the help of Hitler and Mussolini . |
Spain |
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The Nazis used the Spanish civil war to practice ______________. |
Blitzkrieg |
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Hitler broke the treaty of ______________. |
Versailles |
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Hitler rebuilt the _______________. |
Military |
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Hitler Remilitarized the _____________. |
Rhineland |
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Hitler annexed ______________. |
Austria |
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______________ pact gave Hitler the Sudetenland (Western Czech) |
Munich |
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Hitler signed the __________________ pact with the USSR. |
Non-aggression |
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The invasion of Poland happened in, ________________. |
September 1939 |
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Germany claimed _______________ to be theirs. |
Poland |
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Britain and France declared war on ______________. No more appeasement. |
Germany |
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________________ is considered the start of WWII |
September 1939 |
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Poland was conquered in _____ weeks. |
4 |
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Poland was divided between ______________ and the _________________. |
Germany and the Soviets |
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Germans conquered Denmark , Norway, Holland Belgium, & Luxembourg between _________________ . |
April -May 1940 |
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The miracle of Dunkirk was in ___________. |
May 1940 |
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British forces were surrounded and trapped. 338,000 Troops escape on a fleet of various ships across the English Channel. |
The Miracle of Dunkirk |
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France is conquered on ______________. |
June 1940 |
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German tanks and trucks avoided the ________________ by going through the Ardennes forest. |
Maginot line |
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France became an occupied country in ______________. |
June 1940 |
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The battle of Britain was between _____________. |
July 1940 through May 1941 |
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Winston Churchill became prime minister in ________________. |
1940 |
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In the battle of Britain, what did the Germans try to control? |
The sky |
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In the battle of Britain, why did the Germans try to control the sky? |
So they could invade by sea |
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In the battle of Britain, the British were successful in maintaining control of the __________ . |
Air |
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In the battle of Britain, what new weapons were created? |
Radar and code breaking "Enigma" machine |
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In the battle of Britain, what did the Germans do to break morale? |
Bomb cities. |
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Hitler was unable to defeat _____________. |
Britain |
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Hitler invaded the Soviet Union on _____________. |
June 1941 |
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Stalin was caught off guard by ____________. |
Hitler Germany |
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What year was Stalin caught off guard by Germany's invasion? |
June 1941 |
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In June 1941 Nazi armies moved quickly into ______________. |
Russia |
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Term used for Soviets burned as they retreated. |
"Scorched Earth" |
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When the Nazi's invaded Russia they were stopped by _____________. |
Harsh winter weather |
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The United States entered WWII on ___________. |
December 7 1941 |
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Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on _____________. |
December 7 1941 |
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The U.S. declared war on the _____________ powers. |
Axis |
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U.S. had been assisting the Allies with ______________. |
War Materials |
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Soviets counter-attacked Germany and defeated them at ______________. |
Stalingrad |
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The Allies constantly bombed ____________. |
Germany |
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Nazi's were also defeated in ______________. |
North Africa |
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The Allied invasion of Normandy, France is called ______________. |
D-day |
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The Allied invasion of Normandy France was led by ________________. |
General Dwight Eisenhower |
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D-day forces broke through ______________ defenses & headed into Germany. |
German |
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From the West & the East, Allied forces advanced across Europe toward ___________. |
Germany |
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U.S. President Roosevelt died on _______________. |
April 12 1945 |
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Hitler commits suicide on ______________. |
April 30 1945 |
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Why did Hitler commit suicide? |
He didn't want to be captured |
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Germany surrendered on _____________. |
May 1945 |
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President ______________ declared "V-E Day" |
Truman |
