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52 Cards in this Set
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Benito Mussolini |
dictator of italy |
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Francisco Franco |
dictator of spain |
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Neville Chamberlain |
prime minister of england “peace in our time” |
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Hendrick Himmiler |
In charge of Hitler’s SS (death camps, rounded up jews) |
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Joseph Goebbels |
in charge of hitler’s propaganda |
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Herman Goering |
Second command of Germany, in charge of Luftwaffe |
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Joseph Stalin |
dictator of Russia |
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Chaing Kai Chek |
leader of China |
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Daladier |
French Representatives at Munich agreement |
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Gerald Nye |
Lead the investigations as to why we went to war against germany in 1917, led to passage of neutrality acts |
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Tojo |
military leader of Japan |
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Winston Churchill |
prime minister of england during battle of britain “Never in the field of battle...” |
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Charles Lindbergh |
in charge of american first committee which spoke out about getting involved in WWII |
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Halie Selassie |
leader of ethiopia |
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Yamamento |
japanese admiral in WWII |
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Mein Kampf |
Hitler's book about his struggle |
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Italy's invasion of Ethiopia took place in what year? |
1935 |
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What were the reasons for WWII |
Failure of democracy in some european nations, failure of treaty of versailles to settle WWI problems, failure of appeasement policies |
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Axis powers |
Germany, Italy, Japan |
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Dunkirk |
English army had withdrawn to a small island, Hitler hesitated which caused British people to recapture our army |
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Outcome of Pearl Harbor |
WWII |
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When did U.S. declare war on Japan? |
December 8, 1941 after Pearl Harbor |
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America's first committee |
A group of american's who tried to prevent our involvement in WWII |
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UBRAT |
Unfair, Blame, Reparations, Army, Territory |
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Kellogg-Briand Pact |
Outlawed the sale of arms to other countries |
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Panay incident |
Attack on our boat by the Japs. All we did was protest and all they did was apologize and promise to pay for damages |
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What event in Germany led to the dictatorship of Hitler |
The depression |
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What is dictatorship? |
One individual who rules over a country |
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What is important about Germany's occupation of the Rhineland? |
It was one of the first territories he retook |
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Invasion of Manchuria by Japan |
First land the Japs took for raw materials |
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Germans occupation of the Sudetenland |
Land given to the Germans at the Munich Pact, Adolf claimed that those people wanted to be a part of Germany |
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How did nationalism contribute to the start of WWII? |
Adolf took pride in being a German and so did his people. Adolf felt that the treaty was abusing the Germans |
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First land Hitler took when reuniting Germany |
Rhineland |
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Dress Rehearsal for WWII |
Spanish Civil War |
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Appeasement |
Giving in to demands of a dictator, like when we gave Germany the Rhineland |
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Munich Pact |
A meeting of major powers which resulted in Hitler gaining Rhineland |
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Nanking |
Over 300,000 people were killed by the Japs |
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When did WWII begin? |
September 1, 1939 |
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Phoney War |
the first few months of the war when neither side was fighting |
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Blitzkrieg |
another name for lightning warfare used by the germans in WWII where they would hit everything fast and recklessly |
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Battle of Britain |
British Royal Air Force defeated the German Air Force |
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"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." |
Winston Churchill after battle of Britain |
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Luftwaffe |
German air force |
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RAF |
Royal Air Force |
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Washington Naval Conference |
Agreement that us and other major powers would reduce our navy size |
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Nye Committee |
Investigated our reasons for WWI |
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Neutrality act was designed to |
Prohibit sale of arms and weapons to nations at war, and you couldn't travel on a vessel that was at war, such as the Lusitania. Also the idea of cash and carry |
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Cash and Carry |
we will sell you the weapons, but you must pay in cash and come get them yourself |
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Undeclared war with Germany in the summer of '41 |
FDR ordered our ships to fire at the German ships if they were attacking us |
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Goals of Jap Peace Mission |
Unfreeze money, end oil and steel embargo, and we stop giving China lend lease |
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Greater Asia co-prosperity sphere |
Japan's plan to have an empire in the far east |
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Nonaggression Pact |
agreement between Russia & Germany to divide Poland and to give Russia the Baltic States. |
