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23 Cards in this Set
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Causes of WWII
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The Great Depression
Treaty of Versailles: Land losses Reparations War Guilt failure of the League of the Nations to: Keep peace Bring about disarmament |
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allies
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axis: Germany, Italy, and Japan
Poland, British France Canada, Soviet Union, United States, China, |
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leader of America
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Roosevelt (trumen)
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...Great Britian
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WINSTON CHURCHILL
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..France
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CHARLES DE GAULLE
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...Germany
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ADOLF HITLER
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...italy
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MUSSOLINI
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....japan
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HIROHITO
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...russia
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stalin
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..china
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chiang
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Kristallnact?
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'night of broken glass'
*burned stores and churches that were jewish. he had to wait to make sure he had full support. |
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Geneva Conventions
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4 treaties that set international laws
1.treatment of battlefield casualties 2.treatment of battlefield casualties at sea 3.primarily regarded the treatment of prisoners of war 4.relates to the protection of civilians during times of war |
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yalta agreements
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divide germany
churchill voted out stalin will fight with japan |
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Munich Conference
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Germany is forcing war and allies. Keep all your countries dont take anymore
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Japanese Internment
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moved japanesse into concentration camps
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island hopping
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The strategy employed by the U.S. military was to bypass heavily fortified Japanese positions and instead concentrate the limited Allied resources on strategically important islands that were not well defended but capable of supporting the drive to the main islands of Japan
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Facism
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stressing nationalism that place states needs over individuals
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America joined war in
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dec 8, 1941
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Blitzkrieg
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'lighting war'
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ap·pease·ment
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The policy of granting concessions to potential enemies to maintain peace.
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desert fox
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Erwin J. Rommel
Key German general in World War II |
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d-day
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1941 June 6
Battle of Normandy |
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August 6, 1945
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Atomic bombing of Hiroshima
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