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38 Cards in this Set
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appeasement
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attempting to preserve peace by yielding to the demands of an aggressor
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blitzkrieg
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"lighting war" germans new type of war
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collaborator
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nataves who were willing to become traitors and work for their countries enemy
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luftwaffe
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german airforce
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rommel
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"the desert fox" hitlers general who tried to take over ailfields in middle east
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maquis
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The french resistance
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propaganda
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lies to get an excuse to invade
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Charles De Gaulle
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formed free French government in exilin London
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Radar
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electronic tracking device
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Church hill
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Prime minister of England
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Panzer
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armored german tank
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Holocost
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term used to destribe the nazi attempt tp destroy jewish race my murdering 6 million of them
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atlantic center
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british/U.S. document that stated the war aims of the allies
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D-Day
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June 6th, 1944. day allies invaded europe
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VE- day
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may 8, 1945 germans surrender unconditionally, hitler commits sucide
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montgomery
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N. Africa British general pushes germans under rommel back to the west
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eisenhower
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U.S. general attacks Rommel deom East Tunisia, rommel surrenders
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hitlers strategy for invading
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start nazi party in the territory, use propaganda/lies to get an excuse to invade
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the countries he used this strategy on
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austria, sudetenland, areas of czechoslovakia
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what made england/france realise hitler was a liar?
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when hitler takes over the "polish corridor"
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what was involved in blitzkrieg warfare
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dive bombers, panzer tanks and armored trucks
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what happened at dunkirk
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allied troops traped at sea with no way out. fishermen and people with boats got troops
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difference between Vichy France and the Free French government
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vichy govt collaborated with hitler. Free french government was exiled in london
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what event made the U.S. decide to enter World WarII
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The attack at pearl harbor
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Describe life during wartime
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the entire population was mobilized for war,rationing of food and gasoline, women took over mens jobs when they left
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how the entertainlemt/media industries promoted war
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they used propaganda
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what happened in the "battle of britain"
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hitlers attemps to "soften up" England for invasion in 1940
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what hister did to hers in concentration camps
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used for slave labor then murdered them
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how rommel was defeated
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he was attacked from east tunisia and he surrendered
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island hopping
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allies capture some Japanese held islands while leaving others alone but cut off from japanese supply ships
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what happened at yalta
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Stalin, Churchill,and Roosevelt met to plan strategy against Japan
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what happenedat potsdam
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second comference that issued altamadime
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operation overlord
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the invasion of Europe on june 6th 1944 (D-day)
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where was the atomic bomb dropped and what did Japan do?
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Hiroshima and Nagasake, Japan surrendered
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describe in detail what happened when Hitler foolishly tried to keep invading Russia during winter time essay
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Hitler lost over 1 million soldiers. Also the temperature was so cold that lubricating oil froze and jammed guns, it was the first time Hitler had to retreat
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Give 2 reasons advisors uned to urge Truman TO drop the bomb and 2 reasons advisors urged trueman NOT to use the bomb
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The 2 reasons they urged him to drop the bomb were,it would give japan and honerable excuse to surrender, also there werw 1 millions troops ready to defend the homeland. 2 reasons not to were, they said it was immoral and they said japan could be defeated with more conventional warfare
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describe in detail the 2 steps of hitlers "final solution" (including names of camps) and define the word holocost
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2 steps of final solutin were put jew in concentration camps like dachau, Buchenwald, treblinka and auschwits. Then part 2 is use as slave labor then murder. Holocost was a term used to describe the Nazi attempt to destroy the jewish race by murdering 6 million of them
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operation sealion
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the plan to send ships to invade england and take it over
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