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Joseph Stalin
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-Leader of the Soviet Union
-Modeled a communist state |
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Benito Mussolini
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-Leader of Italy during WWII
-Established the Fascist Party |
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Adolph Hitler
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-Leader of Germany during WWII
-Leader of the Nazi Party -Established the Third Reich |
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Franklin Deleno Roosevelt
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-President of the U.S during WWII
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Francisco Franco
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-Leader of Spain during WWII
-1st facist leader of Spain |
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Hideki Tojo
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-Leader of Japan during WWII
-Put on trial and sentenced to death |
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Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
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-Prime Minister of Britain before Churchill
-Signed the Munich Agreement |
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Premier Daladier
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-Premier of France
-Signed Munich Agreement |
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What did the Woman's Auxiliary Army Corps do?
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-Women did things other then fighting during WWII
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Harry Truman
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-Roosevelt's vice president
-Became the 33rd president when Roosevelt died |
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Emperor Hirohito
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-Emperor of Japan during WWII
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Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)
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-Fought for the compensation of the Japanese
-Got $20,000 for every Japanese sent to relocation camps |
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Charles De Gaulle
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-French general who fled to England after France fell
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Jews
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-Were put in concentration camps and ghettos
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Winston Churchill
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-Leader of Britain at the end of WWII
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Phillip Randolph
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-Fought for the civil rights of African Americans
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Erwin Rommel
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-Known as Desert Fox
-Fought for the Axis power in North Africa |
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General Patton
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-Lead gropund forces from France to Germany
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Eva Braun
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-Hitler's mistress
-Committed suicide |
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Dwight Eisenhower
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-Led the U.S troops into North Africa
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J. Robert Openheimer
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-Created the atomic bomb
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What happened at the March on Rome?
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The March of Rome was the first place that was taken over by Mussolini
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What was the Invasion of Ethiopia?
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The Invasion of Ethiopia was a battle that was fought by Mussolini in Africa.
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What was the Invasion of Manchuria?
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The Invasion of Manchuria was when the Japanese invaded North Eastern China.
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What was the Battle of Britain?
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The Battle of Britain was a three month bombing of Britain by the Germans.
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What was Pearl Harbor?
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The battle of Pearl Harbor caused the U.S to enter WWII.
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What happened at the battle of Stalingrad?
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Hitler took most of the city, but the Soviets still won the battle.
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What was D-Day?
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D-Day was the massive invasion of the beaches of France by the allies.
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What was the Battle of the Bulge?
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The Battle of the Bulge was Hitler's last effort to try to penetrate the allied lines.
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What was the Battle of the Coral Sea?
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The Battle of the Coral Sea was the first major battle that the Japanese lost.
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What was the Battle of Midway?
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The Battle of Midway was fought north of Hawaii. The U.S attacked Japanese ships before they could attack us.
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What was the Battle of Leyte Sea?
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The Japanese sent almost all of their Navy to the Leyte Sea and were destroyed.
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What happened at Iwo Jima?
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All but 200 Japanese troops were killed at Iwo Jima.
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What was the Battle of Okinawa?
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The Battle of Okinawa was the last island taken before the U.S invaded Japen.
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What happened at Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
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Atomic bombs were dropped at Hiroshima and Hagasaki.
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What happened during the Invasion of Poland?
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During the invasion of Poland, French and British soldiers were surrounded at the Miginot Line.
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What was the Battle of Aachen?
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The Battle of Aachen was the first German city taken by the Allies.
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What was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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The Battle of Guadalcanal was the first island that the allies took from Japan.
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What was the Bloody Anzia?
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The Bloody Anzia was a battle that took place in Italy, about 40 miles outside of Rome.
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What happened after the Invasion of North Africa?
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After the invasion of North Africa, Hitler and Stalin split the country.
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What was the Battle of Dunkirk?
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The Battle of Dunkirk was where FDR and Churchill decided to invade first.
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What is the G.I. Bill of Rights?
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The G.I. Bill of Rights provided education and training for vetrans.
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What is the Selective Service Act?
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It requires that men register for military service.
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What were the Neutrality Acts?
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It prevented the sale and loan of U.S. arms to nations at war.
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What was the Non-aggression Pact?
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An agreement between Hitler and Stalin not to invade each other.
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What were the Lend-Lease Acts?
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The Lend-Lease acts allowed the United States to ship arms and other supplies, without immediate payment, to nations fighting the Axis powers.
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What was the Tripartite Act?
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An act signed by Germany, Italy and Japan that said they would help each other in case of a war.
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What was the Yalta Conference?
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At the Yalta Conference, Stalin, FDR, and CHurchill all met to discuss what to do with Germany now that the war was over.
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What were the Nuremburg Laws?
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The Nuremburg Laws stripped Jews of their Jobs, citizenship, and property.
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What was the Cash and Carry Act?
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The Cash and Carry act said that the U.S. would sell waepons to England as long as they paid money up front and transported it on their own ships.
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What was the War Production Board?
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The War Production Board decided what goods were needed and would be rationed for the war.
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What was Korematsu v. United States?
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A court case that decided that the U.S did nothing wrong when they put Japanese in internment camps during WWII.
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What was the Rome-Berlin Axis Pact?
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The Rome-Berlin Axis pact was an agreement between Germany, Spain, and Italy to protect each other in case of war.
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What was the Munich Pact?
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The Munic Pact was an agreement between Germany, Italy, and France that allowed Hitler to keep Austria and Czechoslovakia as long as he promised not to take any other lands.
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What is Anti-Semitism?
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Anti-Semitism is the term used to describe hatred of the Jewish people.
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What is a Kamikaze?
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A kamikaze is a piolet that gives up his own life by crashing his plane into a target.
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What was the Maginot Line?
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The Maginot Line was the line where German troops were sitting on one side, and French and English troops were on the other side.
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What does the term Aryan mean?
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Aryan was the term given to Hitler's elite race of people.
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What is Mein Kampf?
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Mein Kempf is the book that Hitler wrote while in prison.
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What is radar?
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Radar was the invention of the British that was used to detect planes that were coming after them.
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What does the "V.E" in V.E. Day stand for?
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V.E. stands for VICTORY IN EUROPE.
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What were the Ghettos?
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The ghettos were the places that Jewish people were sent to live and work.
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What was the Night of Broken Glass?
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The Night of Broken Glass is the night that the Nazi's stormed Jewish homes and businesses.
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