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56 Cards in this Set
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Joseph Stalin
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entered into a pact with Germany in 1934
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Benito Mussolini
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supported government ownership of property
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Japan's miitarists
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forced Japan to become China's ally
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Francisco Franco
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totalitarian
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Britain
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won the battle of Britain
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Austria
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Germany's 1st target in 1938
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officially neutral althjough it sent arms and supplies to Britain after the start of the war in Europe
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U.S.
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built an empire through expansion in Asia and the Pacific
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Japan
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built the Maginot Line, a series of fortifications alon part of its northern border
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France
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was invaded in September 1939 - the nations of Europe united against Germany
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Poland
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blitzkrieg
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military strategy og "lightening war" first used by Poland
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appeasement
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policy toward Germany-taken by Britain and France by signing the Munich Pact
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non aggression pact
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Germany and the Soviet Union agreed to his prior to the invasion of Poland
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Luftwaffe
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German Air Force
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liebensraum
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Germany wanted this to accommodate the needs of the German population
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Hideki Tojo
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Japanese Prime Minister who ordered the Japanese navy to prepare for attack on the US
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Congress boosted defense spending and created the first peacetime_________ in US History
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draft
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Germany, Italy and Japan
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Axis powers
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this allowed the president to lend or lease arms and supplies to any country whose defense was vital to the US
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Lend- Lease Act
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invaded by Germany in spite of the peace treaty signed
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Soviet Union
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Japanese surprise attack
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Pearl Harbor
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traditional leader of Japan and considered devine
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Hirohito
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partly occupied by the Germans and partly by Nazi Vichy government
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France
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Dunkirk
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thousands of British troops were evacutated from here to avoid capture by the Germans
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US, Britain, France, Soviet Union
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Allies
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code name for the atomic bomb program
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Manhattan Project
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created by Congress to fight the threat of inflation during the war
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office of Price Administration
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expanded the draft
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Selective Service Act
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method used to decrease the use of scarece and essential wartime goods
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rationning
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day marking the end of the war in Europe
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V-E Day
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general who commanded Opertion Overlord - Allied invasion of Europe
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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day marking the invasion of Nazi-controlled Europe
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D- Day
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`code name for the invasion of Axis -controlled North Africa
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Operation Torch
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convoys, sonar, and radar helped the Allies wim this battle
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Battle of Britain
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the gneral that led the American troops that liberated Paris from German occupation
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George Patton
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initial success of thie German offensive battle was due mainly to the Allies being caught off-guard
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Battle of the buldge
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The RAF held off the Luftwaft and saved an island nation
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Battle of Britain
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winter helped defeat the Germans in this eastern fron battle
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Battle of Stalingrad
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commanded the Allied froces in the Phillipines in Dec. 1941
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Douglas MacArthur
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Manhattan Project
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plan to develop the atomic bomb
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nation defeated at the Battle of Midway after its plans of an attack were intercepted
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United States
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U.S. dropped the atomic bomb
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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defendants at the Nuremburg trials
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Soviet occupants of Eastern European countries
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organized a march on Washington on July 1, 1941
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Battle of the Buldge marked
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last German offensive
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Allies first landed in Europe in
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Italy
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Guidelines for treatment of prisoners of war were spelled out in
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Geneva Convention
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who made the vow "I shall return"
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Douglas MacArthur
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Nisei, living on the west coast, was subjected to _______ during the war
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internment
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At the conclusion of WWII, the Soviet Union
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remained in Eastern Europe and installed communist governments & controlled the eastern part of Germany while the US controlled the western part
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countries with concentration camps
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U.S,
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mastermind behind the strategy of Battle of Midway
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Nimitz
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Fought the British in North Africa
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Rommel
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Led the air raid on Tokyo early in the Pacific War
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Doolittle
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was successful militarily during the war and politically after the war
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Eisenhower
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this person worked in the factory - helped the military with supplies to succeed
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Rosie the Riveter
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