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30 Cards in this Set
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What 2 countries signed a nonagression pact? |
Russia & Germany |
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France & England entered World War II because of Germany's invasion of what country? |
Poland |
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The Germans' Bleitzkreig was lightning warfare (everything goes). They used this first on what country? |
Poland |
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Charles de Galle was the exile leader of what country? |
France |
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The atlantic charter... the treaty signed between England & the US. What does it declare? |
Free trade & self determination |
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Battle of Britain between Germans & British. What critical lesson did the allies learn at the battle of Britain? |
Germany could be stopped |
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Where were close to 400,000 allied prisoners rescued in 1941? |
Dunkur |
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What is the lend-lease act? |
US lendt englad destroyers in exchange for bases. They could pay us back later. |
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What is Yamamoko famous for? |
Hm |
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What battle in the pacific was a turning point, where the US was on the aggressor & Japan was on the defense? |
The battle of midway |
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What general came up with the strategy of attacking Japan... ??? |
McArthur; Island Hopping |
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FDR says "this is a day we'll remember in infamy". What event is he talking about? |
Pearl Harbor |
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What was the USA's response to Japanese aggression in 1939, 1940, & 1941? |
We cut off OIL SUPPLY |
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This general was the allie commander in Europe. |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
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What was Hitler's "final solution"? |
Elimination of the Jews |
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Young man upset because his parents sent to concentration camps. Murders someone. Jewish community is destroyed & Jews beat up. What's this called? |
Kristallnight (Night of the broken glass) |
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What is the systematic elimination/murder of an entire race/group? |
Genocide |
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Most famous death camp. |
Auschwitz |
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This is the final offensive German battle. |
Battle of the bulge |
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Where did we drop the atomic bomb? |
Hiroshima & Nakasaki |
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This is the turning point battle for the allies in Europe. |
Battle of Stalingrad |
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After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, US put Japanese in internment camps. Why? |
Their ancestry; They were Japanese |
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When the US enters the war, Stalin wants America & England to invade what country? |
France |
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D Day was the invasion of what country? |
Normandy, France |
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What are the main targets of the kamikaze? |
US naval ships |
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What city wasn't damaged during the war? |
Paris |
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Who was the leader that helped draw up the new constitution of Japan? |
McArthur |
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Why does president Truman decide to drop the atomic bomb? |
Quickest way to end the war with Japan |
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Who is the allie commander in the Pacific? |
McArthur |
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Know stuff about japan after ww2 |
:) |
