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24 Cards in this Set
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A system of government in which the ruler(s) of a state
control all activities including social, political, economic, intellectual, cultural, and spiritual for their own purposes |
Totalitarianism
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A political ideology that puts nation and often race above the
individual, with a dictatorship, severe economic and social regime, and forcible oppression of opposition |
Facism
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Why did Japan invade China?
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In hopes of acquiring more raw matierial, since Japan was an island/islands, it focused more on manufacturing
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What country did Japan invade in 1931?
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Manchuria
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It was the official start of the Second Sino-Japanese War
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Battle of Luguo Bridge (July 7, 1937)
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What happened on the Yangtze River, December 12, 1937?
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Japan sunk U.S. gunboat Panay
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What was the German military tactic of Air Raiding and bombing cities, than sending troops to sweep in and finish the job?
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Blitzkrieg
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Allies Strategies: The Russian War Tactic previously used on Napolian last time he tried to invade, where they burn ground and resources so that way the army on retreat can't use the lands resources.
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Scorched Earth Policy
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Allies Strategies: The name of the mission which was to establish footholds in Morocco and Algeria, where Allies planned a three prong attack on major targets
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Operation Torch
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Allies Strategies: The French attack of Saarland in Germany in hopes of assisting Poland
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Saar Offensive
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Allies Strategies: Composed of the D-Day invasion of Normandy, and the push for the acquisition and liberation of France
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Operation Overload
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What were some of the aspects that caused the French to be overwhelmed by the Germans?
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- French army poorly organized
- French refugees fled south - 300,000 British and French troops evacuated to England |
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The new government that was formed in southern France which said to be neutral, when it was highly pro-German.
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Vichy Regime headed by Marshall Pétain
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Germans military targeting and attacks on civilian cities of London. Bombed virtually daily 23,000 civilians were killed.
RAF was able to force a stalemate. |
Battle of Britain (July 10-October 31, 1940)
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The last Offensive of Germany, in an attempt to force back the western forces, as Russian forces began to close in from the east.
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Battle of the Bulge
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The attack occurring June 22, 1941, where Germany attacks the Soviet Union Largest military invasion in history with 4 million German troops participating
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Operation Barbarossa
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What contributed to the surrender of Italy?
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- The Allied navy successfully began a blockade of the
Mediterranean - The successful invasion on Sicily |
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The two nuclear bombs which caused the surrender of the Japanese.
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Nagasaki and Hiroshima
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The meeting where FDR, Churchill, and Stalin met in Yalta to discuss the fate of
Europe once Germany surrendered, which Terms included: - Formation of the United Nations - Westward expansion of Poland’s borders - Soviet Union fighting the Japanese within three months of German surrender |
Yalta Conference
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The battle where U.S. and Filipino forces, under the leadership of General
Douglas MacArthur, were able to hold out in a small region known as Bataan |
Battle of Bataan
(Jan. 1 – April 9, 1942) |
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After the surrender at Bataan,The Japanese forced over 75,000 POWs on a forced march
from Bataan to Camp O’Donnell |
Bataan death March
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What helped turned the tide around of the Pacific Front?
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In May 1942, the Allies were able to break the Japanese
naval code. |
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The battle that the Allied navy was able to stop a Japanese attack on Port Mores by, New Guinea This was the first successful naval opposition to a Japanese attack. This battle stopped the southeast Japanese advance.
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Battle of Coral Sea (May 4-8, 1942)
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The Japanese offensive which turned towards Midway Island Japanese officials hoped that this would pull the U.S. fleet away from Hawaii. The Japanese did not know that the U.S. had broken their code, allowing a victory for the prepared US and the failure for the Japanese attack.
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Battle of Midway
June 4, 1942 |
