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Isolationists
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passed Neutrality Acts (No sale of arms to warning
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Axis Power
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to fight communism and to agree not to hinder each others expansion attempts.
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Loyalists
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supporters of Republic
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Nationalists
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supporters of the revolutionists
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Anschluss
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(union w/ Austria)
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Lebensraum
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"Living Space" (germans needed it)
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Appeasement of Germany
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Kept peace but was Dishonorable
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Munich Pact
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Germany signed to get land.
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Nazi-Soviet PAct
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pledging not to attack one another and to divide up poland.
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"Blitzkrieg"
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Lightening war: (start with air attack and used tanks and transports came in.)
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Battle of Britain
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When Germany attacked Southern England w. Air bombings for 2 months.
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Royal Air Force
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held the battle of britain back.
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Operation Barbarossa
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Germany turns to take Russia (natural resources and hated stalin)
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After Operation Barbarossa, Russians were unprepared and Hitler took________ and ___________?
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Moscow and Leningrad.
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Lend-Lease Act
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--Fraklin. D. Roosevelt passed this act.
--Sent war materials to any country who was vital to the US's defense. -- Became "an arsenal if democracy". |
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Atlantic Charter
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Written by Winston Churchill and FDR: stating goals to stop Nazi Tyranny, support the right of the people, and give world security- For the UN.
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General Tojo Hideki
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ordered an attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
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Genocide
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Deliberate murder or racial clensing, of Jews, Gypsies, and Slavs.
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Greater East Asia CoProsperity Sphere
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To free Asians from western colonies and rule.
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Total War
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Turned all resources towards the War effort. (factories all made war goods, food, was rationed, rights were limited.)
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Balle of El Alamein
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Held back axis in Egypt and pushed them accross Libya to Tunisia ane eventually surrendered to General D. Eisenhower after an attack from the Morocco and Algeria.
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Invasion of Italy
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took sicily and forced Germany to fight another front after Mussolini was overthrown.
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Battle of Stalingrad
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Defeated the Germans by surrounding them and killing/wounding over 300 K. and pushed the Germans further west out of Russia.
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D-Day
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(Operation Overload) Dropped paratroopers behind enemy lines, sent 176k troops to the border of Normandy.
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Battle of Coral Sea and Midway
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Stopped advancement.
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"Island-Hopping"
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campaign started when US was on the offensive, starting at Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.
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The battle of the Bulge
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Happened after Germany launched a counterattack- very bloody, many died, slowed allies.
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Village opf Stehla-
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Axis started to surrender.
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V-E Day
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Mussolini Killed- Hitler committed suicide and Germany surrendered...this day known as VICOTORY IN EUROPE.
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KAMIKAZE PILOTS
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suicide bombers
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Air Warfare
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airbombings going after civilian and military targets
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Radar and Sonar
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Radar: Plane detection.
Sonar: for Subs **We know where they are so it gives us time to prepare. |
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"Crimes agains Humanity"
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Nuremburg Trials to hold leaders accountable for their crimes.
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UN
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Organization to keep wrold peace and grew to help all world problems such as disease and improve education.
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"Iron Curtain"
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Start of the Cold war: Dividing the World.
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Truman Doctrine
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US world resist Soviet growth with economic, political, and military aid.
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military aid
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Containment
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limiting commusnism to existing soviet areas.
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Marshall Plan
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(offered by US) sent food and assistance to Europe to keep communism out of Europe.
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NATO:
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization: was formed to help one another (11 countries) against attacks.
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Arms Race
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Is and USSR engaged in this arms race: who had the strongest military strength.
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