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causes of ww2
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failure of treaty versailles to solve the problems of ww1
failure of league of nations to stop agression |
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colorful u.s. general - europe
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george patton
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british general
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montgomery
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dictator of italy
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mussolini
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japanese naval commander
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yamamoto
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dictator of germany
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hitler
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wartime president of u.s.
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fdr
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u.s. chief of staff
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marshall
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"desert fox"
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rommel
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commander of normandy invasion
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eisenhower
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russian dictator
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stalin
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government that has total control
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totalitarian government
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german secret police
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gestapo
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"lightnigh war"
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blitz kreig
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government that glorifies state and race
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facism
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to give in in hopes of no more demands
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appeasement
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how a battle is fought
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tactics
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overall plan
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strategy
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the attempt to destroy all jews in europe
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holocaust
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axis powers
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japan, germany, italy
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the draft
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selective service
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german submarine
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u-boats
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hitler's ideas published
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mein kampf
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league of nations
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u.s. never joined, but worked with at times
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depression - world problems
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debt payments
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washington naval conference
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limit to warships
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kellogg-briand pact
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outlaw war except in self-defense
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ussr
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1917-1933 no relations, 1933 established diplomatic relations
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good neighbor policy
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better relations with latin america
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conditions in germany
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economy down, political unrest
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why hitler was appealing to germans
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used jews as a scapegoat for germany's problems
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other name for nazis
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national socialist labor party
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steps to war:
1. moved within germany |
austria taken over, rhineland, czech.
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steps to war:
2. threatened war over, appeased, took all in the end |
czech., britain, france, italy, germany
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steps to war:
3. tested weopons, "dress rehersal" |
spanish civil war - italy, germany, ussr
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steps to war:
4. alliance |
italy, ussr, germany
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steps to war:
5. italy |
conquers albania and ethiopia
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german-soviet agreement
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divide poland, get land
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september 1, 1939
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germany into poland, official start of war
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1939-1940 conquests
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poland, norway, denmark, belgium, netherlands, france
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dunkirk
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british army rescue after fall of france
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pro-german french government
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vichy government
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u.s. reaction
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destroyer - bases - 50 destroyers to england/ use of caribean bases
lend-lease - loan/lease military equiptment/supplies to anti-axis |
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why did japan want to expand?
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large population, small land, few natural resources
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1931
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manchuria conquest, solved problems
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strained relations
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1. philippines - threat to japan domination
2.carolines, marshalls, marianas - threat to u.s. contact with philippines (military bases) 3. washington naval conference (japan felt insulted, not equal to u.s. and eng.) 4. immigration acts - barred japanese 5. hawley-smoot tariff - hurt trade, vital to eco. health of japan 4. imm |
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prosperity sphere
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japan, marchuko, china
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threatening moves by u.s.
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stopped oil shipment with japan
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japans choice faced with u.s. demands/threats
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retreat from indochina and lose face or fright war
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why pearl harbor?
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delay u.s. ability to stop conquest
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december 7, 1941
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attack on pearl harbor
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office of war management
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coordinate production and supply
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ofice of price management
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rationing - gas, metals, clothing, sugar, meat, coffee, etc.
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women's help
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worked in factories, women's army corp (ferry pilots)
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why was there inflation?
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price controls
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pay for war
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warbonds and taxes
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philip randolph
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talked to fdr about the threats of marches and strikes
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charles drew
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developed the blood bank
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japanese-american treatment
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put into interment camps
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442nd regt. combat team
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asian-american unit (airforce)
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mexican-americans
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barcero program
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war effort
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victory gardens and bond drivers
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european theater:
fronts where did the u.s. go first? |
russia, north africa, italy
north africa |
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american leaders
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eisenhower and patton
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british leader
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montgomery
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german leader
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rommel
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turning points
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germans stopped allies advance
north-africa - el alamein russia - stallingrad |
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june 6, 1944
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western europe - normandy - d-day
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atlantic
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u-boats vs. allied convoys
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italy
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sicily - stepping stone, anzio invasion
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may 8-9, 1945
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germans surrender
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japanese victories
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guam, wake, singapore, hong kong, philippines, bataan
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japanese strategy
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island hopping
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pacific turning point
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midway
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1st american offensive
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guadalcanal
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iwo jima
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flag raising statue
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okinowa
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kamikazes - suicide pilots
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a-bomb
where and why |
hiroshima, nagasaki
fear of large casualties from an invasion of japan |
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september 2, 1945
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japanese surrender
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atlantic charter
who and what |
fdr - churchill
war aims - germany first |
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yalta
who and what |
fdr - churchill - stalin
plans to end the war, occupy and divide germany, establish united nations |
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holocaust
who and what |
6,000,000 jews, 5,000,000 "undesireables"
hitler's plan to exterminate jews - "final solution" |
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u.s. as #1
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accepted our role in world affairs
no physical damage strong economy a-bomb |
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yalta
who and what |
fdr - churchill - stalin
plans to end the war, occupy and divide germany, establish united nations |
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holocaust
who and what |
6,000,000 jews, 5,000,000 "undesireables"
hitler's plan to exterminate jews - "final solution" |
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u.s. as #1
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accepted our role in world affairs
no physical damage strong economy a-bomb |
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prime minister of england
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churchill
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prime minister of japan
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tojo?
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