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Rhineland
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30 mile on either side of the Rhine River.
A place where the Treaty of Versailles forbid Hitler & Germany to enter. (Though they do anyway) |
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Appeasement
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To give into someone to avoid conflict & keep peace.
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Axis Powers
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Germany, Italy, & Japan.
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Spanish Civil War
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War over Fascist govt.
Mussolini & Stalin helped Franco win the war & become Spain's new dictator. |
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Isolationalism
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Believed that political ties to other countries should be avoided.
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Third Reich
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German Government created by Hitler.
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Anschluss
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A union b/t Germany & Austria.
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Annex
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To take over by conquest.
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Sudentenland
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In the western borders of Czechslovakia.
Had over 3 million germans & Hitler belived it should become a part of Germany. |
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Munich Conference
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Proposed by Mussolini.
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Chamberlain
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Prime minister of Britain & represented Britain at the Munich Conference.
Preserved peace by giving into Hitler's demands. |
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Churchill
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Prime minister after Chamberlain.
Said that his country would never give up. |
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Danzig
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German port.
Taken by the Polish. Used to be called Gdansk. |
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Polish Corrider
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Cut from German territory & given to Polan which gave them access to the Baltic Sea.
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Nazi-Soviet Non-agression Pact
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An agreement that Hilter & Stalin would not attack one another.
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Stalin
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Dictator of Russia.
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Blitzkrieg
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Lightning War.
Consisted of fastmoving airplanes followed by massive attacks. Used in poland. |
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Phoney War
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After the French & Britain had declared war against Germany.
They waited for the Germans to attack. Nothing happened... Sizkrieg~ Sitting war. |
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Maginot Line
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1 Of the worst ideas ever.
A system of fortifications along france's border with Germany. (The Germans just go through to Britain to get to France.) |
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Dunkirk
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A French port city.
As allies were trapped with their backs against the sea. Britain sent over 850 ships across the English Channel to rescue them. |
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Fall Of France
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Hitler's 1st Big Victory.
Fell within 5 weeks. Germans took control of the northern part & left the sountern part as a puppet govt. Headed by Petain. |
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Vichy
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The headquarters of the southern part of France's govt.
Puppet for Hitler. |
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De Gualle
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French general.
Led the REconquest of France. |
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Free French
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Military forces created by De Gualle that battled the Nazis until France was liberated.
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Luftwaffe
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Germany's air force.
Bombed Britain. |
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Battle of Britain
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Was in Britain.
Battle b/t German & British forces. Hitler backed off. The RAF won. |
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Rommel
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Led the Afrika Korp in Africa.
Led the plot to kill Hitler. Nicknamed The Desert Fox |
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Afrika Korp
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German tank force which was under the control of Rommel.
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Operation Barbarosa
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Hitler's plan to attack the Soviet Union.
The Germans pushed back 500 miles. & as the Soviets retreated they used the scorched earth strategy. |
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Cash & Carry
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Allies could BUY Amercian arms.
As long as they paid CASH & CARRIED it in their own ships. |
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Lend & Lease
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Made it legal to seel arms or LEND money to nations at war.
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Atlantic Charter
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Signed scretly by Pres. Roosevelt & Churchill.
Upheld free trade among nations & the right of people to choose their wown govt. |
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Yamamoto
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Japanese Admiral.
Called for an attack in Pearl habor. |
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Bataan Peninsula
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Northwestern edge of Manila Bay.
U.S & Phillipines Vs Japanese. The U.S. drew back. |
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Greater East Asia Coprosperity Sphere
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A propaganda created by the Japanese, which suggested that Asia should not trade with Europeans, but with Japan.
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Doolittle
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Led the attack on Tokyo to avenge the Pearl Habor attack.
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Battle of Coral Sea
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Battle using planes & not ships.
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Battle of Midway
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Marked the tunring point in the pacific.
U.S. defeated Japanese forces in the central pacific. |
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MacArthur
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Commander of the Allies in the Pacific.
Wanted to island hop. |
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Guadacanal
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Located in the Soloman Islands.
1st island hoping battle. U.S. & Austrian troops landed here. |
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Aryans
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Belived to be the master race.
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Kristallnacht
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A violent attack on the Jewish community.
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Ghettos
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Walled in citied where Jews were forced to live.
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Genocide
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Killing of an entire people.
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SS
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Hitler's secret police force.
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Extermination camps
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Equipped with HUGE gas chambers that would kill 6,000 ppl in a day.
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Aschuwitz
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Largest extermination camp.
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Montgomery
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Controlled British forces in Africa.
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El Almein
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Village in Eqypt that the Germans advanced to proceeding the battle in Africa.
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Eisenhower
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Launched Operation Torch.
Invited the Highway System Commander of the force during D-Day |
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Battlem of Stalingrad
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German forces were defeated in their attempt to capture the city in the Soviet Union.
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Invasion of Italy
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Allied forces landed in Sicily & captured it from italian & German troops.
Italy son surrendered but the German seized control of northern italy and put Mussolini back in charge. |
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Mobilization for War
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Factoried started producing war materials.
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Effect on Japanese Amercians
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Were placed in concentraction camps.
Most lived in Hawaii. |
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D-Day
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Codenamed: Operation overload.
Eisenhower commanded the troops. Attacked in Normandy. Sent a DUMMY army to the French seaport to foul Hitler. Great success for the U.S |
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Battle of the Bulge
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Hitler's last offensive.
Failed~ |
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Bismarck
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Big German Battleship.
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Liberity Ships
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Ships that can be built within 5 days.
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VE Day
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Victory in Europe Day
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Kamikaze
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Japanese suicide pilots.
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Iwo Jima
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An island 760 miles from Tokyo.
The Japaned lied many tunnels. Flag was raised here. |
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Manhattan Project
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Developed the Atomic Bomb.
Headed by Leslie & opprenheimer. Bomb dropped in New Mexico. |
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Okinowa
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US troops moved onto this island 350 miles from southern Japan.
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Horishima
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1st atomic bomb was dropped here.
By the plane name Enolagay. |
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Nagasaki
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2nd atomic bomb was dropped here.
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Nuremberg Trails
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Nazi leaders were charged with the murder of 11 million ppl.
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Moto
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Japanese dictator
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Monte Cassino
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Ancient Monistary.
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Montgomery
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Controlled troops in Africa & general at El Almein.
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Goebbels
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Hitler's propaganda minister.
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