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15 Cards in this Set
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The initial onset of WWII came with the ending of WWI. ____ was stripped of 1/6th of their territory, forced to pay reparations, and their money became worthless |
Germany |
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The war began with ____'s invasion of ____ in 1939 |
Germany; Poland |
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___, ____, and ___ all came under the influence of dictatorships - became the Axis Powers |
Germany, Japan, Italy |
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____ took power in Italy in 1922 _____ took power in Germany in 1933 both set up ___ governments |
Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, totalitarian |
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Then ____ began to prepare for war, ____ sent troops to take Ethiopia in Africa, and ____ invaded Manchuria, China. None of the democracies did anything to stop them |
Germany, Italy, Japan |
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____ planned to take over Europe; began by taking ___ and then ___ |
Hitler; Austria; Czechoslovakia |
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in 1938, ____ invaded ____. World war II in Europe had begun |
Germany, Poland |
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Honoring their guarantee of ____'s borders, ____ and _____ declare war against ____ |
Poland; Britain; France; Germany |
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The ____ ____ invades ____ as well from the East |
Soviet Union; Poland |
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___ and ___ ___ divide Poland between them |
Germany, Soviet Union |
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In 1940 ___ enters the war and invades southern France |
Italy |
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On December 7, 1941 ____ bombs Pearl Harbor and __ ___ enters the war |
Japan, US |
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Hitler makes two major mistakes at this point: he attacks the ___ ____ (expecting it to be a quick victory) and declares war on the ___ ___ |
Soviet Union; United States |
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With major aid from ___ ___, Germany is defeated and surrenders to ____ and ___ ___ |
US, Allies , soviet union |
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___ ___ drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Then ___ formally surrenders, ending WWII |
US, Japan |
