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80 Cards in this Set
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"Peace for Our Time"
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appeasement slogan
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"The Soft Underbelly of Europe"
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Italy
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Anglo-German Naval Pact
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German navy created
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Anschluss
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annexation of Austria into Germany
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Appeasement
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letting an agressor take over
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Aryans
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practicers of racist Darwinism
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Auschwitz
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biggest and most brutal death camp
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Battle of Midway
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battle which the Japanese lost
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Battle of Stalingrad
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Germany lost to Russia
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Battle of the Bulge
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Germany took the offensive
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Battle of the Coral Sea
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Japanese navy lost
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Blitzkrieg
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quick attack strategy
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Chancellor
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prime minister
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Dawes Act
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US loans Germany money to restore economy
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Dunkirk
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massive British retreat from Germany
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Einsatzgruppen
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German mobile killing squads
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El Alamein
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Germany failed to conquer in Africa
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Emperor Hirohito
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Japanese ruler during WWII
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Ethiopia
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country in Africa taken over by Italy
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Fascist Party
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authoritarian government of communists
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General Dwight Eisenhower
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commander of European forces
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General Hideki Tojo
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Japanese general
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Ghetto
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poorly kept Jewish living places in Germany
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Grand Alliance
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allies
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Great Depression
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time in which the world economy dives, save for communist governments
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Heinrich Himmler
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leader of SS
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Henri Petain
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leader in Vichy France
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Hiroshima
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city on which the first nuclear bomb was ever used in warfare
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Hitler
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Nazi leader
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Hitler Youth
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youth groups that were similar to facist youth groups
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Holocaust
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mass killing of "inferior" races
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Il Duce
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"the leader" Mussolini
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Irwin Rommel
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Nazi general
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Kristallnacht
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anti-Jews program in Germany
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Lebensraum
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removal of Jews
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Lend-Lease Act
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US agrees to give supplies to the Allies
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London Blitz
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Germany's non-stop bombing of Britain for a straight week
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Luftwaffe
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German air force
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Maginot Line
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French defence line against Germany
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March on Rome
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threat made by Mussolini but was never carried through
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Mein Kampf
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Hitler's autobiography that was the basis of Nazi life
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Munich Conference
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also known as the great appeasement, served no purpose in the end other than to prove Germany lies
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Mussolini
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creator of facism
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Nagasaki
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second city to ever be bombed with a nuclear weapon
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Nazi Party
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made of socialist German workers
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Neutrality Acts
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US claims to be "neutral" during WWII
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Neville Chamberlain
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appeaser from Britain
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Non-Aggression Pact
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Germany and the USSR agree to be on good terms
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Nurmenburg Laws
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anti-Judaism laws
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Operation Barbarossa
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Germany invades the USSR
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Operation Overlord
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Germany invades Normandy
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Operation Sea Lion
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Germany invades Britain
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Puppet State
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a state governed by another
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Radar
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used to scan skies for planes
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Royal Air Force
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British air force
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Rhineland
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fertile land in Germany
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Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis
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the "Axis of Evil" consisting of Italy, Germany, and Japan
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Slacs and Jews
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people persecuted bu the Nazis
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Sonar
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used to scan the water for boats and submerged objects/vehicles
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Storm Troopers
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origional Nazi army
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Sudetenland
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Czech land taken by Germany
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Treaty of Versailles
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treaty that was suppose to prevent another German takeover and end WWI
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Ultra Project
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British plan to break Germany
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Vichy France
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southern france
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Wannsee Conference
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where the "final solution" was agreed upon
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Weimar Republic
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democracy in German after WWII
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Winston Churchill
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British leader during WWII
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Zyklon B
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gas used in concentration camps to kill Jews
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September 1, 1939
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Germany invaded Poland
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December 7, 1941
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Pearl Harbor
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June 6, 1944
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D-Day
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May 7, 1945
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WWII ended
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August 14, 1945
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Hiroshima bombed in retalliation to Pearl Harbor
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Blitzkrieg Method
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airforce drops bombs, tanks capture land, troops secure territory
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Facism Advocates
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war and expansion
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Fascist Method of Rule
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violence and loud speakers
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Dawes Act
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US lent Germany money and ordered France be removed from Germany
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Mussolini's Methods
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stopped opposing parties, ended freedom of press, rigged elections
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Roles of People in Italy
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men -> soldiers
women -> mothers children -> youth groups |
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Facism Appeal
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strong government, nationalist, approved by other countries until war came
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