War In Europe

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Chamberlain's gaffe means that who becomes prime minister

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Churchill

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France is invaded in 1940, what failed

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Marginot Line

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What government was put in place by the Nazi Monstrosity and who led it

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Vichy Government led by Petain

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Who led the French Resistance

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de Gaulle

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US was initially

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isolationist

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US's policies were initially

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-"Cash and carry" - offer goods for money
-Peace Time Draft
-Lend Lease Act 1941 - being openly supplying the allies ("Arsenal of Democracy")

Front 7

Battle of Britain was German attempt for Luftwaffe (air force of Germany) to gain superiority of the British (which was called?) and to

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Royal Air Force, clear way for invasion

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British used what new technology to help challenge German raids

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radar

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End result of Battle of Britain

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Germans quit and don't invade GB and unites British people in war

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Operation Barbarossa was

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German invasion of Soviet Union

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How did Operation Barbarossa fare on the "largest battles list"

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it was the largest battle in history, Soviets lost nearly 9 million soldiers and 15-20 million civilians, and Axis lost 5 million

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Stalin assumed Germans wouldn't attack as

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Russia was giving Germany substantial food aid

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Ultimately, Operation Barbarossa was a failure because

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despite rolling Soviets back 1000+ miles, the large Soviet population that was forced to fight to the death + harsh weather conditions = impossible victory for superior Axis forces

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What was significant about the Battle of Stalingrad

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both sides saw city as a key morale boost, and although the Soviets outlasted the Germans, both sides suffered massive casualties

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Battle of El-Alamein had which Axis general known as the "Desert Fox"

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Rommel, for consistent victories over allies in North Africa

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British countered Rommel with a new commander named

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Montgomery

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Allies took advantage of what, and defeated the German army in North Africa, protecting the Suez Canal and Middle East oil fields

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Rommel's supply shortages

Front 18

Germans surrendered

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in Africa by mid-1943

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D-Day was on what day

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6/6/1944

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D-Day utilized what and what to spread out German forces

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air superiority and months of bombings + deceptive tactics

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D-Day was led by whom, a dude that was the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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D-Day's consequences

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successful and over the next month the Allies established position all the way to river Seine, but casualties were steep

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D-Day impact

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the allied invasion is largely seen as the beginning of the end for the Nazis

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Battle of the Bulge (1944-45) was

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the last attempt by the Nazis to attack the Allied Forces

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Battle of the Bulge ended up

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surprising Allies and created a bulge in Allied Lines but ultimately failed

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Battle of the Bulge was initially aided by

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bad weather as Allies' superior air force could not be used

Front 27

The heaviest fighting for the Americans in the Western Front was

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in the Battle of the Bulge

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Tojo's philosophy

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Japanese militarism

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Japanese aggression (invading China (then Indochina)) leads to

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US embargo

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Pearl Harbor date

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12/7/1941

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Who won World War II

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Axis Powers

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Who was winning early in the Pacific War

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Japanese dominated

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General MacArthur replied "I shall return" after

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Japanese took Philippines

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Battle of the Coral Sea

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first time Japanese were halted

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Doolittle Raid

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US bombed Japan, was significant because...

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Kamikaze

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Divine Wind - the Mongols were going to invade Japan, but a hurricane destroyed the Mongols, so the Mongols turned back. Japan thought that they couldn't be invaded, but then the Doolittle Raid puts a blip on that

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What was the strategy that the Americans employed during the Pacific War

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Island Hopping

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Atomic Bomb was dropped first on

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Hiroshima

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Rape of Nanjing

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Japanese murder the Chinese in incredibly cruel and sadistic ways, Chinese babies are used for target practice, million Chinese women are raped

Front 40

In the Holocaust, how many Jews were killed

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up to 6 million Jews (2/3 of European Jewry), up to 1.5 million children

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Holocaust in general has

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15-20 million dead including Roma, mentally disabled, Polish and Soviet civilians (around 6 million), homosexuals, communists, etc.

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Einsatzgruppen did what

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rounded up and executed Jews in conquered territories, responsible for 1.4 million executions

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Final Solution

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Hitler's order to wipe out Jews from Europe

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Nuremberg Trials

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war crimes meant people were sentenced to life in prison or death

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Eichmann escaped

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to Argentina, found years later by the Israelis, brought to Israel, tried, and hanged

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Yalta

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Allied powers agreed to divide Austria and Germany into zones of occupation

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Yalta decided that Berlin would be divided into four parts

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Soviet, American, French, British

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Yalta decided that other countries would be granted self-determination (right to determine own future) like

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Poland

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Soviets hoped for

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"buffer zone"

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Potsdam - second meeting, five principles

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1. Germany would be one country (although temporarily divided)
2. Germany must be demilitarized
3. Nazi party must be outlawed
4. Germany should be rebuilt as a democracy
5. Individuals responsible for war crimes should be brought to trial
-Potsdam not that successful and Soviets bullied their way to gains

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Soviets want to retain territory that they took from

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Poland in Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

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To make up for this, Poland receives

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German territory to the west

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Total, Germany loses

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25% of land

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Many Germans in other places immigrated back to Germany and this leads to...

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leads to lack of jobs

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Problems

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reparations and displaced persons

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Nuremberg Trials

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22 Nazi leaders tried with crimes against humanity, 12 sentences to death and 7 life in prison (others committed suicide), Victor's Justice? Where are the Soviets being tried here?!1??!?!?!?!?!?!!11111!?!?!?!?!1121?!!?!??!

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US occupied ____ post World War II

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Japan

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Who jointly led Japan

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Hirohito and MacArthur

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The occupation established a

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free market democracy

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Japan was demilitarized, but

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US guaranteed its safety/security

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With US help and free market (enterprise), Japan emerged as

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dominant economy in Asia, and one of the strongest in the world