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38 Cards in this Set
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alliance of Great Britain, the US, the Soviet Union and other nations
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Allied Powers
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discrimination towards Jews
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Anti-Semitism
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WWII alliance of Germany, Italy and Japan
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Axis Powers
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brutal march of US and Filipino prisoners by Japanese soldiers
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Bataan Death March
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1942 naval battle between US and Japan
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Battle of Midway
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battle between Germany and Soviets
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Battle of Stalingrad
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rapid and mechanized battle tactic
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Blitzkrieg
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Allied invasion of France in 1944
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D-Day
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required military service
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Draft
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Germany’s decision to kill Jews
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Final Solution
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organized killing of an entire people
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Genocide
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Japanese cities destroyed by the US with atomic weapons
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Hiroshima/Nagasaki
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Nazi Germany’s systematic attempt to murder all European Jews
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Holocaust
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night of violence in Germany where Jewish property was vandalized
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Kristallnacht
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secret development of atom bomb by US
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Manhattan Project
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judgment of Nazis charged with war crimes
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Nuremberg Trials
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Japanese attack of US naval forces in Hawaii
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Pearl Harbor
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information intended to sway public opinion
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Propaganda
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brutality of Japanese soldiers against Chinese
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Rape of Nanking
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systematic government control of distribution of goods
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Rationing
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intense fear of communism and radicals
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Red scare
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African American fighter pilots of WWII
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Tuskeegee Airmen
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German submarines
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U-boats
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US government borrowing money from citizens for war effort
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War bonds
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An international organization composed of most of the countries of the world. It was founded in 1945 to promote peace, security, and economic development.
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United Nations
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It dictates how prisoners of war, civilians and anyone else is supposed to be treated under the convention
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Geneva Convention
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A conference held in Yalta where Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill planned the final stages of World War II and agreed to the territorial division of Europe
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Yalta
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They were laws during WWII against the Jews. It said that if all grandparents were German then you were of the "good" race, also known as the Aryan. If you had 3 or 4 Jewish grandparents you were of the "bad" race and you could be persecuted. If you just had 2 you were a mixbreed or a mischling and you weren't treated as well as a fullbreed German.
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Nuremberg Laws
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A Japanese pilot trained in World War II to make a suicidal crash attack, especially upon a ship
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Kamazake
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It was a method used by the American Forces to occupy one Island at a time towards japan, which was the eventual goal. it was like using these islands a stepping stones to the ultimate target.
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Island Hopping
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The first women other than nurses to serve within the ranks of the United States Army
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Women’s Army Corps
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A system organized by the US in 1941 by which equipment and services were provided for countries fighting Germany
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Lend Lease Act
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Giving in to enemies in hopes of maintaining peace (Made Hitler more confident → invaded Poland in 1939)
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Appeasement
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A treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans
Hitler defied Versailles by building up military Lebensraum “Living space: → slowly reclaimed “lost territory” |
Treaty of Versailles
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A form of gov’t in which a single party controls every aspect of the lives of its people
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Totalitarianism
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From the Axis Powers side, and Prime Minister of Italy. He attacked Ethiopia and joined alliance with Hitler later on. Declared war on France and Britain, and was defeated by Greece.
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Benito Mussolini
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He was the British Prime Minister, an officer in WWI, and He helped the British Hold out against Adolf Hitler and WWII. He inspired the British with radio and his speeches during the war.
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Winston Churchill
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In a non-aggressive agreement with the Nazis, then they violated the agreement and launched a massive attack on Moscow and Stalingrad, in very important territorial Spots. Germans gave up Berlin and ended the war.
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Josef Stalin
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