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35 Cards in this Set
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dictator of Italy
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Benito Mussolini
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ordered to drop the atomic bomb
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Harry Truman
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why did they not make cars during 1942-1945
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car makers were building tanks and planes
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American women did what during the war
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served in US navy and army
were in Coast Guard built planes and tanks |
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Munich Conference
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accept Germany's demands in order to avoid war
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before invading Europe
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allies had to win in North Africa
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Manhattan Project
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building of atomic bomb
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Navajos
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code talkers
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"final solution"
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eliminate Jews
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Nazi leaders who were still living after the war
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tried as war criminals
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hatred of Jews
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anti-Semitism
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where Germans killed the Jews
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concentration camps
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Nazis disguised the gas chambers as
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showers
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invasion of Europe
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"Operation Overlord"
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"preserve peace in our time"
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Neville Chamberlain
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Japenese Americans were put into
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internment camps
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Battle of Midway
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victory for the US navy over Japan
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Axis
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Germany, Italy, and their Allies
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Appeasement
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granting favors to hostile powers to maintain peace
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D-Day
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allied invasion of Europe
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Hololcaust
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systematic murder of the Jews
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Island Hopping
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military strategy of the US in the Pacific
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Hiroshima
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Japanese city where the atomic bomb was dropped
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V-E Day
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Victory in Europe
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V-J Day
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Victory in Japan
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rationing
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a fixed amount of food for people
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fascism
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political philosphy-strong central government
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lend-lease act
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US send supplies to Allied countries without immediate payment
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Battle of Bulge
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Allied powers turned back Hitler's last major offensive
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Genocide
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deliberate destruction of a group of people
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Bataan Death March
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Japanese moved Filipino and American soldiers 60 miles to a prison camp
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internment camps
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imprisonment of Japanese-Americans
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Why were the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa so important?
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The U.S would be able to bomb Japan from these islands
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How did World War II affect life in the U.S.?
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They planted "victory gardens" to support the war
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How was propaganda used?
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recruit people for the military, to support the war effort at home and to sell war bonds
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