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38 Cards in this Set
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What two groups did the Nazis blame for Germany's problems after ww1?
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Jews and communists |
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Why did Clemenceau and and Wilson have such different goals at Versailles? |
France had been attacked by Germany and Clemenceau had seen it first hand and Wilson had never been attacked by Germany. |
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Why did Hitler want to invade Poland? |
Lebensraum |
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Why did the Japanese go to war in 1941? |
Militarism, lack of resources, and friction with the US. |
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Why was the German blitzkreig so successful? |
The Ardennes forest was lightly defended. |
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How did the treaty of Versailles countribute to the start of ww2? |
It made the Germans very hostile and angry. |
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Why was the Battle of Britain a turning point? |
It stopped operation sealion completely |
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How did the bushido code affect Japanese leaders? |
It made them reckless and they did not think about the consequences of their actions |
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What did Hitler hope to achieve from the blitz. |
He wanted the British to sign a armistice. |
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Why did the Americans hate the japanese so much? |
The Japanese were brutal and racist, and the Americans were racist. |
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Who were the main allies? |
Great Britain, the U.S, and Russia |
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Who were the main axis powers? |
Germany, Italy and Japan. |
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The Blitz |
The German bombing of english cities |
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Midway |
A big turning point in the fight between the Americans and the Japanese. |
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Mussolini |
The Leader of Italy, and the Fascist party |
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Truman |
The president who chose to drop the atomic bomb, and the second president during WW2 |
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Churchill |
The British Prime minister. |
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Tojo |
The most powerful general in the Japanese army. |
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D-Day 6/6/44 |
The battle where the british, americans, and canadians fought germany on the normandy coast. This battle had the largest fleet of ships ever assembled. |
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Okinawa |
a battle where many americans died and japanese fought to the death |
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Rommel |
The Best German General of the war. |
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The RAF |
The Air force of Britain |
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Sitzkrieg |
The Sitting War. |
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Hitler |
The Leader of the Nazi Party |
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Fat Man |
The second bomb dropped on Japan, it was dropped on Nagasaki. |
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Gold,Sword,Juno,Omaha,Utah |
The codenames of the beaches for D-DAY |
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Hirohito |
The emperor of Japan, was seen as a god. |
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The North Africa Campaign |
The battle in north africa over oil and territory and was the british and americans vs the italians and the germans |
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Operation Barbarossa |
The surprise attack on the soviet union by germany, was a epic fail. |
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Kamikaze |
Japanese planes filled with explosives that crashed into enemy territory as suicide bombers, definition in japanese is divine wind. |
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Lebensraum |
German for living room, or territory. |
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Stalin |
The Dictator of Soviet Russia. |
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The Luftwaffe |
The german air force that got destroyed by the RAF in the battle of britain |
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Blitzkrieg |
Lightning war |
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The Battle Of Britain |
A battle fought between the RAF and the Luftwaffe in great britain, was a big turning point in the war. |
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Eisenhower |
The supreme commander of the allied forces. |
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Little Boy |
The first nuclear bomb ever dropped, was dropped on Hiroshima by the Americans. |
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What's My Favorite Food?(creds Daniel) |
Nazi |
