Cade's study notes Flashcards
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Benito Mussolini
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Formed the Fascist party and was the leader of Italy for a while
2
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Adolf Hitler
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Leader of the Nazis and Germany
3
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Enabling Act
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The thing that made Hitler the leader
4
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Operation overload
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D-day/ the battle of Normandy
5
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Island hopping
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To bypass heavily fortified enemy islands instead of trying to capture every island in sequence
6
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Hitlers blunders during the war
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- Attacking Soviet Russia in the winter
- Bombing British cities instead of the airfields
7
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Why were the atomic bombs dropped
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To get Japan to surrender and show off to the Russians
8
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Operation Sea Lion
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Germany’s code name for their attack on Britain
9
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Operation Barbarossa
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Nazis invasion of the Soviet union
10
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D-day beaches
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Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword
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Utah
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U.S.
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Omaha
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U.S.
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Gold
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British
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Juno
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Canada
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Sword
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British
