World War Ii -American Studies

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The postwar years brought the belief of nationalism, which is....

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nationalism: loyalty to one's country above all else, dreams of territoral expansion.

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The Treaty of Versailles, created in WWI overwelmed the Weimar Repulic, which is...

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Weimer Republic: the democratic covernment set up in Germany after WWI

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In Russia, a civil war broke out leaving it to be known as...

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Soviet Union

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Joseph Stalin

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"man of steel" took control of the country and focused on creating a model communist state. He made industrial and agricultural growth priorities economically.

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In 1939 Stalin established a totalitarian government that tried to exert complete control over its citizens.

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Totalitarian: individuals have no rights and the government suppresses all opposition.

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Benito Mussolini was establishing a totalitarian society in Italy, where unemployment and inflation produced strikes therfore he..

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established a Facist Party.

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Facism:

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Facism: stressed nationalism and placed the interests of the state above those of individuals.

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"black shirts" came from...

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the black uniforms the followers of Mussolini wore in his march.

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In Germany, Adolf Hitler followed a path to power like Mussolini's.

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example of totalitarian society.

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After WWI, Hitler joined a group called _____.

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The National Socialist German Worker's Party aka Nazi Party (not linked to socialism)

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Hitler promised to bring Germany out of chaos while being the ____

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"the leader" of the Nazi Party

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Nazism

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The German brand of Facism, based on extreme Nationalism.

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Born in Austria, he dreamed of uniting German speaking people into an empire. He is...

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Hitler

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Germans, Blue eyes, Blondes were called Aryans, which formed the ___. Inferior races were to serve them.

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"master race"

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Japanese militarists launched a surprise attack on China in Manchuria causing ___

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complete control of the Province

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The Leaugue of Nations became a failure once it didnt helpout The invasion in Manchuria, Germany dropped out and this caused___

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demilitarizing with the treaty of Versailles.

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Mussolini began to try to control Ethiopia. The treaty of Versailles did nothing causing, ______

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Ethiopia to fall

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Spanish army officers led by General Fracisco Franco rebelled against the Spanish Republic causing _____

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Revolts broke out all over Spain causing Civil War to break out.

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Rome-Berlin axis was formed by_____

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Hitler supporting Mussolini causing a totalitarian rule in Europe.

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Kellogg-Briand pact-

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signed by 62 countries, declared war would not be used "as an instrument of national policy"

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Roosevelt pushed the Reciprocal Trading Act

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this act lowered trade barriers by giving the president the power to make trade agreements with other nations and tarriffs by 50 %.

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Congress passed a series of Neutrality Acts in order to keep the United States out of war.

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The first 2 acts outlawed loans or arm sales to nations at war, third was in reponse to Spain, unabling loans to Civil Wars in countries.

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Hitler decided he needed more grounds for his country therefore targeting Austria and Czechoslovakia.

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First, Hitler marched into Austria and "unified with Germany" then eventually getting the Czech as well.

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British prime minister

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Neville Chamberlain

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Hitler and his troops marched toward France, leading ____ to join the war.

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Italy

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Charles de Gaulle

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fled to Britain after the fall of France proclaiming that France had not lost the war.

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German's Luftwaffe began making bombing runs over Britain.

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The goal was to gain total control of the skies by destroying Britain's Royal Air Force.

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Winston Churchill

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Chamberlain's rival in Great Britain.

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appeasement:

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giving up principles to pacify an agressor.

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nonaggresssion pact:

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Stalin surprised everyone by signing this with Hitler.

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blitzkrieg

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"lightning war"

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While German tanks thundered across Poland, Roosevelt revised the Neutrality Acts

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Roosevelt began to prepare Americans for the struggle ahead.

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Axis Powers included:

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Japan, Germany, Italy, a mutual defense Tripartite Pact

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Tripartite Pact:

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aimed at keeping the United States out of the war

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Lend Lease Act:

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had to do with lending weapons from the US to Britain

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Hitler eventually went against Stalin and broke their treaty, causing the United States to ___

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let the Soviet Union take place in the Lend Lease Act

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Atlantic Charter:

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Both Britan and the US pledged security, disarment and freedom of the seas.

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Allies:

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the nations that had fought the allies.

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Hideki Tojo:

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chief of staff of Japan's Kwantung Army, launched the invasion into China.

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Pearl Harbor caused the United States to declare war on Japan causing ____

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Germany and Italy to declare war on the United States.

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December 22, 1941, Winston Churchill arrived at the white house to devise plans with Roosevelt

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Churchill convinced Roosevelt to strike first against Hitler being that Germany posed as a greater threat.

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The Battle of Stalingrad

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Germany prepared nightly bombings over the city causing all wooden structures to ablaze.

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Soviet Union froze all German tanks causing

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Germany and troops to surrender, reliving Soviet Union from Germans.

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Operation Overload:

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was to free Western Europe from the Nazis and invade France led by Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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D-Day

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the first day of the invasion of France

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Battle of The Bulge

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when United States invaded Germany, causing Germans to move westward.

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V-E DAY

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Victory in Europe Day! The war was finally over!

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after Roosevelt had a stroke, vice president Harry S. Truman began presidency ending the war with _____-

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V-E Day

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Douglas MacArthur:

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was in command of Allied forces on the islands

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Americans broke their Japanese code and found out the next attack would be at ____

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Midway, an island northwest of Hawaii.

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Admiral Chester Nimitz:

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commander of American naval forces in the Pacific, moved to defend Midway.

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kamikazee:

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Japanese suicide plane, to be crashed into Allied ships

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J. Robert Oppenheimer:

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scientist, creater of the atomic bomb

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Americans dropped "Little Boy" atomic bomb over Hiroshima

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Hiroshima was an important Japanese military center

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"Fat man" was dropped over Nagasaki 3 days later which

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leveled half the city

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Nuremberg Trials:

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included Hitler's most trusted officials, etc. These were trials towards the 24 remaining Nazi leaders.