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25 Cards in this Set
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pact of steel
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contract that the axis powers signed that noted that they would help them if they were attacked
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Luftwaffe
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german airforce
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Winston churchill
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british prime minister during WWII
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island hopping
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strategy the US used to jump, hop, and skip from one island to another to get to japan
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Omaha beach
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bloodiest landing beach on d-day
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kamakazi
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suicide bombers packed with tnt
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name 3 dictators after WWI and during WWII and their country
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Hitler-Germany, Mussilini-Italy, and Tojo-japan
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Hitler's govt.
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third reich
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things axis powers wanted
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more land-power
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hitlers 1st aggressive move
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austria
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why did the allies enter the war
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germany invaded poland
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name 4 allied powers
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US france Britain Canada
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first/only ally to surrender
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france
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1st air war and 1st german defeat
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battle of britain
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name 4 things people did 2 resist the germans
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glass in oil, sugar in gas, blew up ammo dumps, killed Nazi officers
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german tank commander
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Rommel
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Rommel's nickname
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desert fox
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general _________ made a surprise landing in north africa
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Eisenhower
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_____ landings were made in north africa
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3
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the 1st axis CAPITAL to surrender was ________
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Rome, Italy
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invasion from britain was called operation ________
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overlord
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the day of invasion was called ________
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D-Day
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_________ was in command of dday operation
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eisenhower
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the uboat threat was neutralized when the allies perfected _____
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sonar
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last german drive of war
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Battle of bulge
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