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30 Cards in this Set
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A camp where enemies of the government and other people are held against their will, often under brutal conditions is called a _______________________.
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concentration camp
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The breaking down of armed forces is called ___________________.
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demilitarization
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An agreement that says countries will not attack or invade one another is called a ______________ pact.
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nonagression
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Warfare in which surprise air attacks are followed by massive attacks on land is called a ____________.
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blitzkrieg
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The leader of the French government-in-exile was _______________.
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Charles de Gaulle
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Trials of Nazi leaders charged with crimes against humanity, held in Nuremberg, Germany were called the _________________________.
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Nuremburg Trials
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The leader of Great Britain during World War II was _________________.
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Winston Churchill
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Japanese suicide pilots were also called _________________.
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kamikaze
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The battle of British and German air forces fought over Britain during 1940-1941 was called the __________of ____________.
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Battle of Britain
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The final large-scale attack by German troops that was forced back by the Allies was called the __________________.
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Battle of the Bulge
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The declaration of principles issued by Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt in August 1941 was called the ____________________.
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Atlantic Charter
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The Japanese admiral who decided that the U.S. fleet in Hawaii had to be destroyed was __________________.
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Isoroku Yamamoto
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The huge allied invasion mounted to retake France from the Germans was called _______________.
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D-Day
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The Navy Base in Hawaii attacked by the Japanese was __________________.
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Pearl Harbor
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The sea and air battle in which American forces defeated Japanese forces near Midway Island in the Pacific was called the ___________of _____________.
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Battle of Midway
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The U.S. general who commanded Allied forces in the Pacific was _____________.
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Douglas MacArthur
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Germanic peoples were called ___________.
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Aryans
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A mass killing of civilians, especially Jews during World War II was called the __________________.
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Holocaust
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The "Night of broken glass," when Nazies attacked Jews throughout Germany was called _________________.
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Kristallnacht
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Neighborhoods in which European Jews were forced to live in were called _________.
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ghettos
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Hitler's plan to kill as many Jews as possible was called the _________________.
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Final Solution
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The systematic killing of an entire group of people is called ________.
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genocide
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The British general who drove the Germans out of Egypt was ________________.
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Bernard Montgomery
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The American general who helped drive the Germans out of Africa was _________________________.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Traveling with or for the sake of protection is called ____________.
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escorting
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The number of ships operating together under one command is called a _________.
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fleet
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When things are done according to a plan or system it is said to be _______________________.
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systematic
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Something that is important or essential to a plan of action is said to be _______________.
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strategic
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Spirit is also called ____________.
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morale
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An attack made in response to an enemy's attack is called a _____________.
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counterattack
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