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52 Cards in this Set
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Axis Powers
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Japan, Germany, and Italy
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Allies
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Great Britain, United States, Russia, and France
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What country did Germany annex? (Peaceful take over)
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Austria
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Germany signs non-agression pact with ____.
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Russia
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Who said this. "A date which will live in infamy."
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Another name for Hitler's Nazi party
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The Third Reich
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Many Jews and other people whom Hitler deemed undesirable
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Holocaust
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What did the Munich agreement accomplish?
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Not much! Czechoslovakia gave up the Sudentenland to the Germans. This was Great Britain's attempt to "appease" Hitler. It didn't work.
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What was the United States policy regarding the war prior to the Pearl Harbor attack?
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Isolationism
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What invasion led to the liberation (freedom) for France from the Germans?
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D-Day
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Fascist Dictator of Italy
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Mussolini
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Chancellor of Germany: Referred to as the Fuhrer
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Adolf Hitler
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President of the United States when the war began
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FDR
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Japanese Emperor
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Hirohito
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Army general who was the commander of the Allied War effort in the Pacific
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Douglas MacArthur
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Commander of the Allied War effort in Europe
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Dwight Eisenhower
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Japanese military leader
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Tojo
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Took over after FDR died; ordered the dropping of the bomb
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Truman
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Overseeer of the Manhatten Project
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Oppenheimer
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Leader of the U.S.S. R.
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Stalin
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U.S. General; became famous for his conquest of Sicily and North Africa Campaign
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General Patton
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Germany's most respected military leader
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Rommel
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British Prime Minister during WW II
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Winston Churchill
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British Prime Minister prior to WW II who believed appeasement would work
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Chamberlain
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What type of governments?
United States |
democracy
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What type of government? Germany
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Nazi
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Naval Commander in Pacific (This is different than MacArthur). MacArthur was an Army General
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Admiral Chester Nimitz
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What type of government existed in the U.S.S.R.
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Communist
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What type of government did Great Britain have?
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Democracy
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What type of government existed in Japan during WW II?
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Militaristic Totalitarian Regime
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December 7, 1941
Attack on American fleet by Japan |
Pearl Harbor
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Turning point of war in Europe when Germany invades Russia
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Battle of Stalingrad
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Battle in the Pacific that saw the last Japanese fleet destroyed
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Battle of Leyte Gulf
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Naval Battle in the Pacific; Japanese fleet badly damaged and Australia was kept safer
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Battle of the Coral Sea
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Invasion of Normandy; largest land invasion ever
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D-Day
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Germany's last stand in the war; fought in December 1944
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Battle of the Bulge
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African-American Pilots who fought World War II
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Tuskegee Airmen
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Mexican-American Pilots
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Blue Devils
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Turning point in the war; gave the United States control of the central Pacific
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Battle of Midway
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France is taken over by Germany
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Battle of France
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Most reproduced image of WW II was shown here; base needed in order to organize a direct invasion of Japan
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Iwo Jima
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What country attacked Pearl Harbor?
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Japan
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What country invaded Poland?
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Germany
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What country broke the Non-aggression pact?
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Germany
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What country signed the non-aggression pact with Germany?
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Russia
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Japanese pilots who crashed their planes into American ships
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Kamikaze
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U.S. strategy of attacking key islands on the way towards Japan
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Island Hopping
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June 6, 1944
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D-Day
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What did Hitler do when he realized the war was lost?
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Committed suicide
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What did Hitler do that was considered the biggest mistake he made in World War II?
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He broke the non-agression pact and invaded Russia
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Axis Powers
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Germany, Italy, Japan
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Allies
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United States, Soviet Union, France, Great Britain
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