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Chapter 15- WW2 Flashcards

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Allies (w leaders)

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Great Britain- Winston Churchill
U.S.- FDR
France- Charles de Gaulle

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Axis (w leaders)

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Germany- Hitler
Japan- Hirohito
Italy- Benito Mussolini

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Attack Weapons

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Tanks, planes, ships

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Defense Weapons

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Radar, sonar, anti-aircraft guns

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Eisenhower’s nickname

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Supreme Allie Commander

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S.S. Nickname

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“Black Shirts”

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Good Neighbor Policy

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Hoover initiated FDR pledge to be nice to neighboring countries (Latin America)

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Yamamoto

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Planned attack on Pearl Harbor

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MacArthur

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Developed island hopping; accepted surrender of Japan

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Patton

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Nicknamed “old blood & guts”

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Goering

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In charge of Luftwaffe (German Air Force)

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Nimitz

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Proved value of Magic

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Barbie

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Head of the Gestapo (German police)

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Rommel

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Nicknamed Desert Fox

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Yamashita

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Tiger of Malaya

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Bradley

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Led troops on Omaha & Utah beaches

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Montgomery

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defeated Rommel in Africa

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Arnold

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Defender of female pilots

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Franco

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Fascist military leader who attempted to overthrow Spanish government

20
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Von Hindenberg

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President of Germany who made Hitler chancellor

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Hitler… What he wanted to study, justification for 1934 murders, Third Reich, who compared to, Mein Kampf, reasons for rise to power

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  • art
  • he loved German people so he protected them by murdering enemies
  • German empire
  • Genghis Khan
  • Book called My Struggle
  • he was convincing & Germany was in economic distress
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Non-aggression pact

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Agreement between Hitler & Stalin that they wouldn’t attack each other

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D-Day… Date, code name, what the attack enabled

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  • June 6, 1944
  • Operation Overlord
  • Allies had a better position
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Ultra

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Decodes German messages

25
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Magic

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Decodes Japanese messages, battle at coral sea showed its importance

26
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Reuben James

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U.S. Boat sunk by U-boats

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Stalingrad nickname

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Operation Barberosa

28
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El Alamein

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Montgomery defeated Rommel

29
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Selective Service &Training Act

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Peacetime draft

30
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Pearl Harbor date

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December 7, 1941

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