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26 Cards in this Set
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Adolph Hitler |
The German dictator directing WWII |
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Joseph Stalin |
Leader of the Soviet union during WWII |
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Winston Churchill |
The prime minister of great Britain during WWII |
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Erwin Rommel |
The German general of North Africa. |
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Douglas MacArthur |
Commander of the allied forces in the Pacific |
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Dwight D. Eisenhower |
The commander of the allied forces in Europe |
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Axis Powers |
Germany Italy Japan |
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Allied powers |
Great Britain, France, the Soviet union, the U.S. |
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Neutral countries |
Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey |
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Lend-Lease Acts |
Thw American policy to give allied troops (specifically Britain) much needed applies in return four an I.O.U. OR trade of land, rent-free, for military bases. |
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Nazi-Soviet Pact |
The agreement between Germany and Russia that stated neither side would attack the other. Let Hitler invade Poland. |
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Atlantic Charter |
Signed by Churchill and Roosevelt, it was a pledge of post- war goals. |
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Rationing |
Using less of certain products, or going without so that the surplus materials can be sent overseas to the military. |
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Island hoping |
General MacArthur developed this strategy in the panic to systematically gain islands from the Japanese. |
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Pearl harbor |
The surprise attack on the US by Japan, on December 7, 1941. |
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Bataan Death March |
Prisoners of war in the Pacific, were made to March 65 miles. |
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Atomic bomb |
Preparation and research was called Manhattan project. The U.S. dropped two of them I Japan at Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
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Holocaust |
Term for the persecution of the Jews and other groups by Nazis. |
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Normandy Invasion/D-day |
A major defensive allied push, permanently turning the tide of the war in favor of the allies. Troops attacked on the Normandy shores. |
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Blitzkrieg |
Literally meaning "lightning war" the very effective style of fighting the Germans used to quickly invade or attack other countries. |
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WACs |
The women who worked as clerks and nurses during the war. |
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Japanese Americans |
Sent to internment camps because the U.S. feared they may be spies for Japan |
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Tuskegee Airmen |
African American pilot group |
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V-E Day |
Stands for victory in Europe, May 8, 1945 |
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Nuremberg |
The site of the war crime trials for Nazis. |
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V-J Day |
August 14, 1945, stand for victory over Japan |
