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Genocide as practiced by the Nazis |
The deliberate extermination of a specific group of people |
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Blitzkrieg |
"Lightening warfare" that depended on surprise and overwhelming force of land and air attacks. |
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What group suffered the loss of 6 million people during the Holocaust |
Jews |
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When did France and Britain adopt a policy of appeasement toward Germany? |
They did this before the war began to pacify Hitler by giving him what he wanted,which was Sudetenland. They did this in hopes to avoid war but Hitler wanted more. |
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Who signed a non-agression pact with Germany |
The Soviet Union |
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What is Appeasement? |
Essentially, it is "Giving a bully what they want to avoid conflict." |
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What brought the US officially into World War two? |
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 |
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Who were Britain and France drawn into war with Germany? |
Germany attacked Poland |
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The Battle of Britain |
It major campaign fought only by airforces; British vs germans, and the bits refused to let up |
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Lend-lease act |
Principle means for providing US military aid to foreign nations during World War two. |
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Office of Price Administration |
OPA's function was to control money and rent after the outbreak of WW2 |
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Phillip Randolph |
A leader in the African American Civil rights labor movement, the American Labor Movement, and Socialist Political Parties. He organized and led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (the first predominantly black labor union) |
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General George Patton |
Famous for playing a key role in defeating the German counterattack in the Battle of Bulge. |
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D-day |
The Normandy landings on June 6th that were the largest seaborne invasion in history, and the turning point of the war |
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V-E Day |
Victory in Europe day celebrating the formal acceptance by the allies of WW2 of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. |
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Douglas MacArthur |
Famously liberated the Phillipines from Japan in 1944 |
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What was Truman's aim in deciding to drop the atomic bond? |
To end the ongoing war and to save American lives. |
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Japanese Nisei interment |
Japanese Americans were forced in camps after pearl harbor. |
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Benefits of the war for African Americans |
-allowed to fight -Tuskegee airmen were the 1st African American pilots in the US -more opportunities |
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The Battle of Bulge |
The last major nazi campaign. Allies won. |
