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38 Cards in this Set
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1939: Germany invaded Poland using____________or "lighting warfare", a new strategy of taking the enemy by surprise |
blitzkrieg |
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The Soviets tried to force their way into________, Lithuania and Estonia. |
Latvia |
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The Soviets took over_______, where the Fins fought heroically |
Finland |
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Hitler demanded that_________ and Denmark accept the "protection of the Reich"- Denmark accepted;_______ did not |
Norway |
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______________________ became the new Prime Minister of G.B |
Winston Churchill |
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The____________ was felt to be impenetrable by the French. |
Maginot |
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French tank commander,_____________ pleaded-for more tanks and planes- did not receive any from the gov't/ |
Charles de Gaulle |
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Germany invaded___________ and ______________ fighting the French army |
Belgium and Luxembourg |
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Southern France was known as__________-- |
Vichy France |
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Vichy France (Southern France) sided with the Germans under the control of___________. This left France very weak |
Henri Petain |
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Hitler had planned an__________- across the English Channel to destroy British industries |
air attack |
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Hitler attacked_____________first. |
London |
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Hitler hit London with a great______-or, series of air attacks |
blitz |
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Hitler dropped ________thousand bombs on London. Killed thousands of civilans, damaged industries and r.r's |
70 |
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The RAF or,_____________- took down_______ German air crafts |
Royal Air Force 1,700 |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt convinced Congress to pass a ______________- program set up in which Britain traded cash for supplies they needed, without risking neutrality |
Cash and Carry |
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Britain ordered_______planes but couldn't pay for them. |
12,000 |
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Congress approved a ____________ policy allowing defense weapons to be sent to those countries who were vital to the nation security of the US |
Land- Lease |
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______________-set up for trade during war with the British |
Atlantic Charter |
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__________- Italy declares war on Britain and France |
June 1940 |
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German general,__________-- had driven the British back into Egypt. |
Erwin Rommel |
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___________ Hitler launched a massive attack on the S.U, ignoring the Soviet Union Pact. |
June 1941 |
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Stalin used the famous________-policy |
Scorched Earth |
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November, 1941- Germany threating__________ and they had already taken over Kiev and Leningrad |
Moscow |
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Hitler wanted to take over the SU to create his "______" (master race) |
new order |
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Hitler deported_____million people to Germany to work in factories |
7.5 |
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July, 1941- Nazi leaders planned to completely exterminate all________ from Europe |
Jews |
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Most famous concentration camps, Dachua and_________- |
Auschuvitz |
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Jews were either used as slave labor or killed in_______ |
gas chambers |
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Nazis killed ________, Slavs and Gypsies |
Jews |
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_____million people were slaughtered in the Holocaust |
6 |
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US banned or put an_________ on trade of scrap metal when the Japanese took over Indochina |
embargo |
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September, 1940- Japan singed the __________- with Germany and Italy {axis powers} which said to come to another's aid if attacked |
Tripartite pact |
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July, 1941- FDR asked japan to withdraw from ____________ and China |
Indochina |
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Dec. 7th, 1941- attack on ________, killed 2,400 wounded 1,100 |
Pearl Harbor |
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" A date that will live in____________" - FDR, Dec. 7th, 1941. |
infamy |
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What caused the US to declare war on Japan |
Pearl Harbor |
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US joined_________ in fighting Germany, Italy and Japan. The Soviets later joined the allies because they shared a common enemy. |
Great Britian |
