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28 Cards in this Set
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Joseph Stalin
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Leader of USSR (Russia) during WWII. He killed anyone who made him unhappy.
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Benito Mussolini
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Leader of Italy and the Fascist party in WWII. Also wanted Italy to be center of Roman Empire.
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Adolf Hitler
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Leader of Germany and the Nazi Party in WWII. Believed Germans were the superior race and wanted to destroy the Jewish People.
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Winston Churchill
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Famous politician from Great Britiain who let the nation in fighting Hitler in WWII.
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Tojo Kideki
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The General and Prime Minister of Japan in WWII. Led the military in conquering parts of China.
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Hirohito
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Emperor of Japan during WWII. Japanese people believed he was a god.
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Franklin Roosevelt
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Leader of the United States during WWII and most of the Great Depression.
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George Patton
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US General who led US troops in pushing Axis powers out of North Africa
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Douglas MacArthur
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US General who led US troops in defending the Philippines.
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Dwight Eisenhower
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US General who became Supreme Allied Commander in Europe
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USSR
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Stands for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. What Russia was called when it was Communist.
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Pearl Harbor
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The location of the naval base that the Japanese performed a surpise attack on. The attack led us to join WWII.
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Hiroshima
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A Japanese city where an American plane dropped the 1st atomic bomb and lead to the ending of WWII.
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Nagasaki
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A Japanese city where an American plane dropped the 2nd atomic bomb and lead to the ending of WWII.
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Ration |
To limit the amount of an item each person can buy. |
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Blitzkrieg |
The fast-moving attack against Poland. |
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Luftwaffe |
The German Air Force |
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Jews |
The people Hitler murdered during the Holocaust. |
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Saboteur |
Person who does damage to hurt war production. |
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Poland |
The country that Great Britain and France warned Hitler not to attack. |
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Japan |
President Roosevelt asked US Congress to declare war on Japan after Pearl Harbor. |
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Midway |
The tiny island in the Pacific Ocean between North America and Asia where the battle was the turning point of the war. |
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France |
D-Day began the Allied liberation of France |
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Chian Kai-Shek |
The man who led the non-Communist Chinese fighters to defend their country. |
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European Dictators |
Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Joseph Stalin |
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Doolittle Raid |
The air attack on Japan |
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Allies |
Great Britain, the United States, and other nations fighting the Axis powers. |
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Axis Powers |
Germany, Italy, and Japan; had a three-way alliance against the Allies. |
