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Benito Mussolini

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Facial dictator of Germany during ww2

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Adolf hitler

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Facing dictator of Germany during ww2

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Joseph Stalin

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Maginot line

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France’s fortifications along the borders of Germany and luxenberg

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Facism

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Governmental doctornine that relies on dictorial rule and a toletarian regime in which the state maintaines rigid control of the people thrash force and censorship.

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Black shirts

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Facials who conchental all violent campaign their opponents

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Nazi party

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Extremley nationalistic anti semetic and anti communist party that rose to power in Germany in the 1920s

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Third reich

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adolf hitlers name for his regime meaning “third empire”

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Rome Berlin axis

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1936alliance formed between mousolini in Italy and hitler in germany

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Purge

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A large scale elimination of people from an organization or area

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Kristanllant

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“Night of the broken glass” November 9th, 1938when over 7500 Jewish buisnessand synagogues were destroyed in germany

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Durnkirk

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Largest military evacuation in history 330000 British and Allied troops are evacuated from France to England May 26 to June 4

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Appeasement

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Policy of trying to avoid war by accepting some demands of the aggressor

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Axis powers

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Alliance, including Germany, Italy, and Japan

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Anti comentrn pact

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Agreement between Japan and Germany pledging to stop the spread of Russian communism

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Munich conference

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Meeting called by Hitler in 1938 to discuss the Czech problem which led to the annexation of the sedate land by Germany

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Neville Chamberlain

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A Prime Minister, who accepted Hitler’s demand for Dateland to join Germany later spoke to a Keurig announcing that he’d found and achieved peace in our time

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Edward Dalier

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A French premier who joined chamberlain on the meeting with Hitler, made same decisions as Chamberlain

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German Soviet non-aggression packed

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1939 agreement dividing each east Europe into spheres of influence

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Blitz Craig

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German for lightning war, fast, forceful style of fighting by German during World War II

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Phony war

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Early phases of World War I marked by little activity in western Europe

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Collaborators

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People who are willing to help their countries enemies

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Marques

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Members of a French underground resistance movement

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Isolationist

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Person who believes that their own country should not be allowed in relations with other nations, especially alliances

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Winston chirchill
british prime minister during ww2 . he helped boost British hopes of victory. stressed the importance with maintaining close ties with the usa
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Philippe petin
french leader who framed a government and assumed dictatoral powers . treaty with hiter
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Charles de gaulle
he framed the free french government. they equipped an army for ww2. he was the general for this army to escape to Britain and africa
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luftwaffe
German air force in ww2
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battle of briatin
non stop German air raids on British during 1940 and 1941
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neutrality acts
legislation passed between1935 and 1937 in the US that stated its wish to stay neutral in future wars
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Lead the lease act
1941 legislation allows the great US to supply war nutrients to Great Britain on credit
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Atlantic charter
Statements created by Winston Churchill in Franklin Roosevelt that declared their two countries nations in 1941
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When did Hitler invade Poland?
September 1
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When did Japan invade Mantura China for its natural resources?
1931
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When did Japan invade the rest of China rape 3000 thousand Chinese civilians were killed?
1937
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When did Japan invade Vietnam with a year had control of all its of all of China
1940
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Emperor Hirohito
Emperor of Japan during World War I
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Admiral Yamamoto
In charge of the Japanese Navy ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor
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AdmiralNgymo
Person in charge of the six aircraft carriers that attacked Pearl Harbor
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Commander Glenda
Officer who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor
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Fuchida
Commanded the first strike wave of Pearl Harbor
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Climb mt niaka
Japanese code for the attack on Pearl Harbor to begin
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Tora, Tora Tora
Code phrase that means complete surprise had been achieved on Pearl Harbor
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Erwin Rommel
German general, who commanded the troops to move across the Mediterranean to take control of Libya in early 1941 they were attacked in beat by Britain and had to retreat to tunsia
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Hideki Tojo
Japanese Premier, who led the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor
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Soft underbelly of the axis
Region of Italy and Falcons, that Churchill believed to be the weak part of the axis powers
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Island hopping
Military strategy of capturing only certain islands of a country in passing the others
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Battle of Stalingrad
Battle between Germany and the Soviets installing grad in the summer of 1942 Soviet victory greatly weak in Germany’s forces
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Dwight D Eisenhower
General of the United States landed his troops in Africa in 1941
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Battle of Midway
Important battle in which the Americans defended the Japanese in 1942
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Operation overload
Codename for the Allied invasion of Northwest France
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D-Day
June 6, 1944 the day the LA troops began the invasion on France France Normandy coast
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VE/day
September 2, 1945 the day the Japanese surrendered to the United States in World War II
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Batam death March
For March by the Japanese of prisoners in war in the Philippines in 1942
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How many Japanese were entered during World War II
120,000 people
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What reason were the Japanese inmturned?
Because the US was at war with Japan
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What percentage were American citizens or were legal immigrants?
62% American the rest were immigrants
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What two jobs did the Chinese immigrants have in the 1800s?
Worked in Gold, mines and built railroads
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What prevented Chinese immigration in the US?
The Chinese exclusion act
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How long was this law in effect?
60 years
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What did the US do in 1924
US Baird citizenship to all ethnic Japanese except born in the US
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What did President Roosevelt do and sign on February 19th
Executive order 9060
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From what four states were the Japanese forced to set in relocation center
California, Washington, Oregon, and Arizona
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How many relocation centers were there?
10
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How many people did Canada intern during World War II?
20,000
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Which he was president signed a reparations bill for surviving in intees in 1988
Ronald Reagan
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How much money were the surviving interns given?
$20,000 each
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Richard songi
Greatest spy in history, accurately predicts the German invasion of Russia Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
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New order
Adolf Hitler’s plan for organizing Europe into a single political and economic system ruled by Germany
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Final solution
Name given to the Nazi attempt to destroy Jewish population of Europe
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Henrich Himler
The head of the shutstaffel (ss) the military branch of the Nazi party
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Shutzstaffel
Military branch of the Nazi party
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Wannese conference
Meaning of German officials to plan for systematically exterminating Jews
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Auschwitz
Nazi death camp in which people were systematically murdered
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Holocaust
Systematically elimination of European Jews and others by the Nazis
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Anne Frank
A Jewish girl who wrote a diary of her experiences of hiding in her house in Amsterdam, with her family was later found in place in camp, where they all died
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El Alamein
Divisive battle in North America, where the Germans are affected by the British shoes canal stays in British hands
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Douglas MacArthur
Commander of all the US ground forces in the Pacific in World War II
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George Patton
Commander of the US troops in North Africa, Sicily and in Europe in 1942 through 1945
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Bernard Montgomery
British general in North America and Europe wins at Alamine Egypt in 1942
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Zhukov
Lesson in general who defends Moscow in 1941 also won the battle of Stalingrad in February 1943
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Admiral Nimitz
Commander of the US Navy in the Pacific during World War II
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Kamikaze
Japanese suicide pilots in World War II
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Tuskegee airman
African-American pilots in Europe during World War II
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Navajo code talkers
Native Americans, who transmitted military into their native Navajo language only code the Japanese could break in World War II
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440 second resign meant
All Japanese American regiment that fought in Europe during World War II, the most decorated Hawaiian regiment of the war

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